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Encyclopedia > Pratt and Whitney

Pratt & Whitney is an American owned aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft. The company was founded in 1860 by Francis Pratt & Amos Whitney with headquarters in East Hartford, Connecticut.


As one of the "big three" aero-engine manufacturers the company competes with General Electric and Rolls-Royce. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney manufactures fixed gas turbines for industry and power generation, marine turbines, and railway locomotive engines.


Pratt & Whitney is a business unit of industrial conglomerate United Technologies, making it a sister company to Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC), Otis Elevator Company and refrigeration giant Carrier Corporation. PWC designs and builds the smaller aircraft engines while P&W manufactures the larger engines.

Contents
1 Civil turbine engines and applications
2 Military turbine engines and applications
3 Reciprocating engines
4 External links

Civil turbine engines and applications

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TF33s of a C-141 Starlifter leave exhaust trails over Antarctica
  • JT3D/TF33
    • Boeing 707
    • USAF and NATO E-3 Sentrys
    • E-8 JSTARS
    • KC-135
    • RC-135 Rivet Joint
    • B-52 Stratofortress
    • C-141
  • JT15D
    • Cessna Citation
  • PW2000/F117-PW-100
  • PW6000
    • Airbus A318

Military turbine engines and applications

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F-22's F119s
  • TF-30
    • F-111
    • F-14As
  • F100
    • F-15 Eagle
    • F-15E Strike Eagle
    • F-16
  • F135
    • F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Reciprocating engines

  • Wasp
  • Hornet
  • Wasp Jr.
  • Twin Wasp Jr.
  • Twin Wasp
  • Double Wasp
  • Wasp Major - powering many postwar large bombers and transports.

External links

  • Pratt & Whitney a United Technologies Company website (http://www.pratt-whitney.com/)
  • Pratt & Whitney Measurement Systems website (http://www.prattandwhitney.com/)

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