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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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Founded Year
1925 1
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10,000 to 99,999 1
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Active 1
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Subsidiary 1
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Pratt & Whitney developed the combustor

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It was designed and manufactured by Pratt & Whitney

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Source Pratt & Whitney F119 (Wikipedia)Lead
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is an afterburning turbofan engine developed by Pratt & Whitney

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The Pratt & Whitney F135 is an afterburning turbofan developed for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

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The Pratt & Whitney F401 (company designation JTF22) was an afterburning turbofan engine developed by Pratt & Whitney in tandem with the company's F100.

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Source Pratt & Whitney FT4 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Pratt & Whitney FT4 is an aero-derivative gas turbine engine

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The Pratt & Whitney J48 (company designation JT7 Turbo-Wasp) is a turbojet engine developed by Pratt & Whitney as a license-built version of the Rolls-Royce Tay.

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The Pratt & Whitney J52 (company designation JT8A) is an axial-flow dual-spool turbojet engine originally designed for the United States Navy

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Source Pratt & Whitney J57 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Pratt & Whitney J57 (company designation: JT3C) is an axial-flow turbojet engine developed by Pratt & Whitney in the early 1950s.

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Source Pratt & Whitney J58 (Wikipedia)Development, Materials
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The development of the J58 involved some of the most challenging metallurgical development problems experienced by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft so far

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Source Pratt & Whitney J75 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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the J75 was essentially the bigger brother of the Pratt & Whitney J57 (JT3C)

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The Pratt & Whitney JT12 (US military designation J60) is a small turbojet engine.

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The Pratt & Whitney JT3D is an early turbofan aircraft engine derived from the Pratt & Whitney JT3C turbojet.

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The Pratt & Whitney JT8D is a low-bypass (0.96 to 1) turbofan engine introduced by Pratt & Whitney in February 1963 with the inaugural flight of the Boeing 727.

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It was Pratt & Whitney's first high-bypass-ratio turbofan.

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a family of high-bypass geared turbofan engines produced by Pratt & Whitney

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The Pratt & Whitney PW2000, also known by the military designation F117 and initially referred to as the JT10D, is a series of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines with a thrust range from 37,000 to 43,000 lbf (160 to 190 kN).

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produced by Pratt & Whitney as the successor to the JT9D

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Source Pratt & Whitney PW6000 (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Pratt & Whitney PW6000 is a retired high-bypass turbofan jet engine designed for the Airbus A318 with a design thrust range of 18,000–24,000 lbf (80–107 kN).

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Source Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp is an aircraft engine of the reciprocating type that was widely used in American aircraft from the 1920s onward.

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Source Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp Junior is an American aircraft engine developed in the 1930s.

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Source Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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Developed by Pratt & Whitney, 2,944 were produced from 1926 through 1942.

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Source Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp is an American air-cooled radial aircraft engine.

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It is one of the Pratt & Whitney Wasp series of radial engines.

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Source Pratt & Whitney R-2060 Yellow Jacket (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
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The Pratt & Whitney R-2060 Yellow Jacket was a liquid-cooled aircraft engine project developed for the United States Army in the early 1930s.

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Source Wikipedia: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double WaspLeadtier 2
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The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is an American twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a nominal displacement of 2,800 cu in (46 L), and is part of the long-lived Wasp family of engines.

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Source Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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It was the last of the Pratt & Whitney Wasp family

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Source Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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built by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company from the 1930s to the 1950s

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Source Pratt & Whitney T34 (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Pratt & Whitney T34 (company designation PT2 Turbo-Wasp) is an American axial flow turboprop engine designed and built by Pratt & Whitney.

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Source Pratt & Whitney T73 (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
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The Pratt & Whitney T73 (company designation JFTD12) is a turboshaft engine.

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Source Pratt & Whitney TF30 (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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The Pratt & Whitney TF30 (company designation JTF10A) is a military low-bypass turbofan engine originally designed by Pratt & Whitney

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Source Pratt & Whitney X-1800 (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
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The Pratt & Whitney X-1800 (later enlarged as the XH-2600) was an H-block aircraft engine project developed between 1938 and 1940, which was cancelled with only one example being built.

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Source Pratt & Whitney XT57 (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
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The Pratt & Whitney XT57 (company designation: PT5) was an axial-flow turboprop engine developed by Pratt & Whitney in the mid-1950s.

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Source Pratt & Whitney/Allison 578-DX (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Pratt & Whitney/Allison 578-DX was an experimental aircraft engine, a hybrid between a turbofan and a turboprop known as a propfan.

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he went to the Pratt and Whitney company, who after a year of development produced a military version of the weapon

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1. Wikipedia: Pratt & Whitney
  • Infobox: num_employees
    43,000 (2023)
  • Infobox: founded
    1925
  • Infobox: type
    Subsidiary
  • Operates In: Aerospace Industry, Lead [operates-in]
    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.
  • In Group: Aerospace and Defense, Lead section
    Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations.
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Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF): GLEIF record for Pratt & Whitney Aero Engines International GmbH
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"status": "ACTIVE"
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Pratt & Whitney Canada (Wikipedia)
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It is a division of the larger US-based Pratt & Whitney (P&W), itself a business unit of RTX Corporation.
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