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Moroccan F-16s Have Enhanced F100 Engine
The Royal Moroccan Air Force unveiled the first four of 24 Pratt & Whitney-powered F-16 aircraft in a ceremony on August 4 at Ben Guerrir Air Base in Marrakech, Morocco. Senior representatives from the Moroccan and U.S. governments and air forces were present for this historic event. Pratt & Whitney’s F100-PW-229 Engine Enhancement Package (EEP) [...]
First Production F135 Short Take Off Vertical Landing Engine Delivered
Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first production F135 Short Take Off/Vertical Landing (STOVL) engine for the F-35 Lightning II, a major milestone and clear demonstration that the F135 STOVL propulsion system has transitioned from development to production. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. company. “The F135 engine program accomplishments this year have [...]
Pratt Engine to Power Egyptian Air Force F-16s
EAST HARTFORD, Conn.: Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, was awarded a contract for $46 million to provide F100-PW-229 Enhanced Engine Package (EEP) engines to power the Egyptian Air Force’s new fleet of 20 F-16 aircraft. This contract covers engines to support the initial aircraft production for the Egyptian Air Force’s F-16 Block [...]
Pratt F100-PW-229 EEP Engine to Power Moroccan Air Force F-16s
FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW: Pratt & Whitney was awarded a contract from the U.S. Government valued at approximately $145 million to provide engines to power the Royal Moroccan Air Force’s new fleet of F-16 aircraft. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. company. Pratt & Whitney’s contract includes F100-PW-229 Enhanced Engine Package (EEP) engines scheduled [...]
Tests Validate PurePower Engine Core
EAST HARTFORD, Conn.: Pratt & Whitney has completed more than 100 hours of testing on its full-scale PurePower engine core, successfully validating performance goals of its new generation of commercial jet engines and demonstrating excellent starting and operability characteristics. The PurePower family of engines is designed to power the next generation of passenger aircraft, including [...]
F135 STOVL Exceeds Vertical Thrust Requirement
EAST HARTFORD, Conn.: The Pratt & Whitney F135 short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant propulsion system, which includes the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem, has exceeded thrust performance expectations in recently completed tests, providing more vertical power than required by the F-35 Lightning II STOVL aircraft. The testing was conducted on a specially instrumented “hover pit” at Lockheed Martin [...]
Rocketdyne Marks 400th RL10 Engine Powering Upper-Stage Rocket Launches
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne marked the 400th RL10 rocket engine to power a payload into space with the launch of an Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., today. The RL10 engine powered the upper stage of Atlas V and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne also provided the rocket’s [...]
