Pratt & Whitney Canada

The new regional carrier signed an agreement with the engine OEM covering PW127M engines powering its ATR 72-600s.

Specialists are adding new services, growing their global footprint and signing new customers.

Pratt & Whitney Canada is piloting a digital visibility tool for customers, enabling real-time status updates during engine overhauls.

Pratt & Whitney Canada is creating a new overhaul line in Singapore for its PT6C-67C engines—a second location for the overhaul capability.

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

Active flow control promises to be lighter, less complex and higher-performing than movable flight controls.

Ampaire is claiming a world record for hybrid-electric aircraft endurance after completing a nonstop 12-hr. flight with its Electric EEL propulsion testbed.

Leonardo Helicopters has completed its first flight with a helicopter fueled with 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

France’s EcoPulse distributed electric propulsion demonstrator—developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus—has conducted its first flight in hybrid-electric mode.

Development of the VRT500 co-axial single-engine light helicopter looks set to continue in the UAE after Russian Helicopters was eliminated from the project.

Pratt & Whitney Canada hopes to continue its penetration of the high-end business jet market with more derivatives of the PW800 turbofan.

Embraer unveiled its newest entry-level jet, the Phenom 100EX, ahead of the 2023 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE).

H55 has secured almost $50 million from investors including RTX Ventures for infrastructure at plants in Switzerland and Montreal and a subsidiary in Toulouse.

Collins Aerospace says it is on track to open a $50 million aircraft electrification and electric propulsion laboratory dubbed "The Grid" in October.

Collins Aerospace has met a key milestone on the path toward development of the Hybrid-Electric Propulsion flight demonstrator.

As wildfires rage across Canada, a Belgian startup is pursuing plans to develop a new generation of large-capacity amphibious firefighting aircraft.

Pratt & Whitney Canada has revealed design details of the PW545D turbofan derivative it is developing for the newly announced mid-size Cessna Citation Ascend.

Engine-makers are accelerating tests of business aircraft engines with 100% sustainable aviation fuel.

eVTOL noise rules; Adaptive drone wings; Assuring autonomy; and A220 on 100% SAF.

Turboprop aircraft OEM has targeted savings through software partnership rollouts.

Swiss battery startup H55 has received unspecified funding support from the Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions program.

The engine continues to dominate the regional turboprop market.

Both airlines have outsourced signed agreements with airline affiliated maintenance providers.

The new member of P&WC’s PurePower PW800-series engines has undergone 4,900 hr. of engine testing.

The Canadian federal and Quebec provincial governments together will invest in projects at Bell, CAE and Pratt & Whitney Canada to develop technologies supporting the electrification and decarbonization of aviation.