In addition to adaptive-cycle military engines for combat aircraft, Pratt & Whitney is poised to develop constant-volume combustion rotating detonation propulsion systems for missiles.
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One hundred years after Pratt & Whitney founder Frederick Rentschler watched nervously as the manufacturer’s first reciprocating engine fired into life, he would undoubtedly be astonished at what his company has become. Now a global powerhouse, Pratt & Whitney has transformed beyond all recognition...
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