Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company (NYSE:UTX), is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, industrial gas turbines and space propulsion systems. Pratt & Whitney reported an operating profit of $2.0 billion in 2007 on revenues of $12.1 billion. The company’s 38,577 employees support more than 9,000 customers in 180 countries around the world.

Pratt & Whitney was founded in Hartford, Conn., in 1925 by Frederick Rentschler. Pratt & Whitney’s first aircraft engine was the 410-horsepower, air­cooled Wasp, which delivered unprecedented performance and reliability for the time and transformed the aviation industry. Pratt & Whitney has been leading change ever since.

Pratt & Whitney Canada has produced more than 60,000 engines which power corporate jets, regional aircraft and helicopters around the globe.

Pratt & Whitney’s large commercial engines power more than 30 percent of the world’s passenger aircraft fleet. The company continues to develop new engines and work with its partners in International Aero Engines and the Engine Alliance to meet airline customers’ future needs.

Pratt & Whitney's broad portfolio of businesses includes industrial gas turbines that light cities and power ships, and rocket engines that send payloads into orbit at 20,000 miles an hour.

Pratt & Whitney is developing game-changing technologies for the future, such as a Geared Turbofan^TM  engine for next generation single-aisle aircraft and hypersonic propulsion systems for aircraft that will travel more than six times the speed of sound. Through Global Service Partners, Pratt & Whitney is also developing innovative new services that will delight customers around the globe. Pratt & Whitney Global Material Solutions is the first OEM to re-engineer, certify and manufacture both gas-path and life-limited parts for the CFM56-3 engine.