Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations and a subsidiary of RTX Corporation, formerly Raytheon Technologies. Its aircraft engines are widely used in civil aviation, especially airliners, and in military aviation, and its headquarters are in East Hartford, Connecticut. The company was founded in 1925 by Frederick and Gordon Rentschler, Edward Deeds and George J. Mead. It is the world's second-largest commercial aircraft engine manufacturer, with a 35 percent market share as of 2020, and it also makes gas turbine engines for industrial use, marine propulsion and power generation. In 2017 it reported supporting more than 11,000 customers in 180 countries.
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Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations.
Subsidiary Of: RTX Corporation, Lead [subsidiary-of]
It is a subsidiary of RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies).
Founded By: Frederick Rentschler, Article body: founded-by
In April 1925, Frederick Rentschler, an Ohio native and former executive at Wright Aeronautical, was determined to start an aviation-related business of his own.
Founded By: Edward Andrew Deeds, Article body: founded-by
His social network included Edward Deeds, another prominent Ohioan of the early aviation industry, and Frederick's brother Gordon Rentschler, both of whom were on the board of Niles Bement Pond, then one of the largest machine tool corporations in the world.
Founded By: George J. Mead, Article body: founded-by
Rentschler persuaded the board of Niles Bement Pond that their Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool (P&WMT) subsidiary of Hartford, Connecticut, should provide the funding and location to build a new aircraft engine being developed by Rentschler, George J. Mead, and colleagues, all formerly of Wright Aeronautical.
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Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations.
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