Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW800 engine achieves new milestone
LONGUEUIL, 24 days ago Pratt & Whitney Canada, a business unit of Pratt & Whitney, announced its award-winning PW800 engine has achieved a new milestone with the first flight of the Falcon 6X business jet, powered by PW812D engines, from Dassault’s assembly centre in Bordeaux-Mérignac, France. “The PW812D engine for the Dassault Falcon 6X features the latest innovations and technologies,” said Maria Della Posta, president of Pratt & Whitney Canada. “We are thrilled with the engine’s performance and proud to have it powering the Dassault Falcon 6X, building on our successful relationship with Dassault over the past 20 years of active programmes.”
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By Jon Hemmerdinger2021-01-26T19:50:00+00:00
Steep losses at Pratt & Whitney and slumping profits at Collins Aerospace pushed parent company Raytheon Technologies to a $3.5 billion loss in 2020.
The losses largely reflect the sharp impact of the pandemic on sales of aftermarket aerospace services and of new aerospace equipment, including aircraft engines.
Raytheon’s Pratt & Whitney business lost $546 million in 2020, a notable contrast from the Connecticut company’s $426 million profit in 2019. P&W generated $16.8 billion in sales last year, down 20% from 2019.
Source: Airbus
Airbus A321neo with Pratt & Whitney engines
The engine maker in 2020 shipped 546 large commercial engines, which include its line of PW1000G geared turbofans, down 27% year-on-year. Sister company Pratt & Whitney Canada, which makes turboprops, delivered 1,650 engines in 2020, down 30% from 2019.
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With 64 000 engines in service with over 1 000 airlines, Pratt & Whitney Canada continues to support clients around the world in spite of the coronavirus pandemic, and this includes customers in Africa.
2020 was a big year for United Technologies, Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W’s) parent company. Raytheon Technologies was formed in April through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation.
Raytheon Technologies is an aerospace and defence company that provides advanced systems for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It consists of four businesses: Collins Aerospace, which specialises in aerostructures, avionics, interiors, mechanical systems, mission systems and control systems for commercial and military sectors; P&W, which designs and manufactures aircraft engines; Raytheon Intelligence and Space, which specialises in developing advanced sensors, trading in cyber software solutions; an