Pratt and Whitney - Definition and Overview

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.

Civil turbine engines and applications

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

• JT8D
  • Boeing 727
  • Boeing 737
  • Douglas DC-9

• JT9D
  • Airbus A300
  • Airbus A310
  • Boeing 747
  • Boeing 767
  • McDonnell Douglas DC-10

• JT15D
  • Cessna Citation

• PW2000/F117-PW-100
  • Boeing 757
  • C-17 Globemaster III

• PW4000
  • Airbus A300-600
  • Airbus A310-300
  • Boeing 747-400
  • Boeing 767
  • Boeing 777
  • McDonnell Douglas MD-11

• PW6000
  • Airbus A318

• IAE V2500
  • Airbus A320 family
    • A318
    • A319
    • A320
    • A321
    • Airbus Corporate Jet

• Engine Alliance GP7200
  • Airbus A380

Military turbine engines and applications

F-22's F119s

• J58/JT11D
  • Lockheed SR-71

• TF-30
  • F-111
  • F-14As

• F100
  • F-15 Eagle
  • F-15E Strike Eagle
  • F-16

• F119
  • F/A-22 Raptor

• 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/)