Pratt & Whitney

In this special anniversary episode of Check 6 Revisits, Pratt & Whitney President Shane Eddy and Aviation Week editors Guy Norris and Christine Boynton delve into the engine-maker’s achievements over its first century.

Gas turbines still dominate Pratt & Whitney’s future road map, but emerging new cycles and alternative fuels will also play a major role.

Following five years of headwinds and with bulging order backlogs, is the commercial engine sector finally in for smoother sailing in 2026?

The U.S. Air Force flight test community received the first Boeing B-52 equipped with the RTX APQ-188 radar and related systems.

Maintenance expenditures in the Americas may not keep pace with fleet expansion until closer to 2035.

Chinese air taxi startup AutoFlight has developed a vessel-based mobile vertiport.

ITA Airways is preparing a lawsuit against engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney after ITA was forced to ground twice as many aircraft as expected this year.

A “high proportion” of GTF in-shop turnaround times are now under 120 days, says Rick Deurloo, president of Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines.

Pratt & Whitney is confident that steps it is taking will cut AOG incidents on the Airbus A220 and Embraer E2 fleets to near zero by the end of 2026.

ATR received a request from the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking to fly a demonstrator in 2029.

RTX businesses Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace are poised to keep pace with rising production and delivery rates at both Airbus and Boeing.

Demand for air travel remains strong and will ensure fleet growth over the next 10 years, but will industry be able to deliver?

RTX posted double-digit sales growth in the third quarter of 2025 thanks to robust demand for its aftermarket and commercial OE products.

Pratt & Whitney is not far from improving its materials supply chain, which it sees as the main roadblock holding up engine shop visits, an official says.

Delta TechOps is expanding its third-party MRO work for Jet2 under a new long-term component support contract.

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PT6 E-Series has passed the 500,000 flight hr. milestone after only five years of service.

A recent study has flagged another potential threat to the strategic supply chain—a possible chokehold on a rare metal essential to high-performance engines.

The Aviation Week Network also predicts changing demand in the North American, Indian and Middle Eastern markets.

Boeing says it remains focused on nearer term recovery efforts and will only commit to the launch of a new product “when the time is right.”

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Tests have shown that when used in uncrewed applications, Pratt's small turbofan engines could provide up to 20% more thrust than they were originally qualified for, the company says.

Pratt & Whitney has teamed up with Czech Republic-based PBS Group on the development of a next-generation APU for commercial and military aircraft platforms.

Pratt & Whitney is developing a new family of scalable engines targeting the emerging market of Collaborative Combat Aircraft and cruise missiles.

The Middle East is likely to remain a difficult area for sales of both Embraer and Airbus small narrowbody jets, believes Jetcraft Commercial president, Raphael Haddad.

Beyond fixing the supply chain and production execution, the industry must reconsider how profits are shared across the value chain.