Pratt & Whitney

Over the next two years Spirit plans a “generational” shift in its fleet makeup, completely retiring the Airbus A319ceo and improving cost and fuel efficiency.

How OEMs are ramping up aftermarket support as air carriers struggle to meet resurgent demand.

The F-35 Joint Program Office has issued a directive recommending that all Pratt & Whitney F135 engines be retrofitted within 90 days.

Hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus expects to receive Pratt & Whitney’s F100-229 military turbofan for tests later this year.

Pratt & Whitney says it has developed an “immediate resolution” to the F135 engine problem that caused the crash of a Lockheed Martin F-35B.

U.S. startup Jetoptera has completed wind tunnel testing to validate the ability of its adaptive Fluidic Propulsion System.

New engine reliability issues are helping drive the need for work on older engines, forcing MRO providers to adapt.

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

Big order shows demand for new aircraft continues rising, but Boeing and Airbus struggle to keep pace. Engine reliability issues don’t help.

ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) plan to collaborate to achieve 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) readiness in PW127 series engines.

Airbus has notified Frontier that nine A321neo deliveries previously expected this year will shift to 2024.

Why some Middle Eastern airlines are moving to in-source more of their maintenance requirements.

Spirit Airlines’ unit costs and profitability continue to be negatively affected by significant reliability problems posed by Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofans.

Bell’s tandem-cockpit, single-main-rotor Invictus is competing for the FARA contest against Sikorsky’s Raider X.

As the last Boeing 747-8 leaves its birthplace, Aviation Week looks at how design features of the first widebody have shaped and influenced the industry.

Raytheon Technologies will merge its two defense divisions under the Raytheon brand.

The delayed milestone keeps the program on track for a rescheduled first delivery of the upgraded, single-engine fighter to the Royal Bahrain Air Force.

The Super Tier 1 and defense prime contractor is consolidating several activities in Bengaluru, India.

Spare engines have become a chokepoint for airlines due to delivery delays and longer periods out of service for older engines undergoing maintenance.

The 11-blade propeller has been flown on MT’s Piper Cheyenne testbed, fitted to one of the aircraft’s two Pratt & Whitney PT6A turboprops.

Which engines and airlines will generate the most engine MRO demand in North America over the next decade.

Propulsion-related test and development contracts have been awarded to engine-makers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney as well as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and

Aviation executives departed into a parallel universe for a few days in June.

The future of aviation manufacturing could be dramatically quieter, cleaner, more efficient and productive, and its Mecca might be located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.

The move puts Chris Calio onto the shortlist to succeed Raytheon Chairman, CEO and President Greg Hayes.