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...A big part of this challenge will fall to the engine makers, notably CFM, Britain’s Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney, part of Raytheon, all of whom are developing or exploring different technologies to decrease...
...The ARJ21’s engines come from Connecticut-based Pratt & Whitney....
...The decision to switch to CFM for the next batch follows months of highly publicised troubles with the Pratt & Whitney engine in India....
...Google combines all this data with automation and artificial intelligence to make it even more efficient....
...UTC said on Monday evening it planned to create three new businesses: one in aircraft parts including Pratt & Whitney engines, one as Otis elevators, and one as Carrier heating and air-conditioning systems...
...Chief executive Gregory Hayes said the maker of Pratt & Whitney engines will benefit from “really solid trends in aerospace across the board” and economic strength in the US....
...Delays at Airbus this year have been primarily linked to problems with the Pratt & Whitney geared engine powering the A320neo single-aisle jet, although the engine company has pledged to meet its 2018 delivery...
...United’s Pratt & Whitney division saw the quickest pace of sales growth, up 16.3 per cent....
...The Pratt & Whitney engine division clocked an 11 per cent jump in sales to $4.46bn while its Otis elevator and aerospace systems divisions reported a 6.1 per cent 5.7 per cent rise in sales respectively...
...Mr Eremenko, a Ukrainian-born aeronautics engineer who has also worked at Motorola and the Pentagon’s research agency Darpa, will join United Technologies, owner of the aero-engine maker Pratt & Whitney...
...Problems with a UTC Pratt & Whitney engine have caused delays and cancelled orders for Airbus....
...Higher sales in its Otis elevator and Pratt & Whitney engine divisions all helped to offset continued sluggishness in United Technologies aerospace systems unit, where sales fell 2 per cent to $3.6bn....
...But its Pratt & Whitney aero-engine subsidiary continues to struggle with its groundbreaking geared turbofan engine and UTC has not yet achieved the aerospace margins promised at the time of the Goodrich...
...UTC’s Pratt & Whitney division has been struggling with severe delays in producing its groundbreaking geared turbofan engine....
...It’s just like an aircraft: the airline chooses whether to have a GE or a Pratt & Whitney engine, it’s not decided by Boeing.” The big challenge now is extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography....
...& Whitney jet engines — an even more critical supplier of components to aircraft companies such as Boeing and Airbus....
...Airbus has lost orders for its popular A320neo single aisle due to problems with a geared engine supplied by UTC’s Pratt & Whitney....
...This is partly because of the complexity of its innovative Pratt & Whitney engines, but also down to what industry experts describe as one of the most advanced avionics systems available....
...Add to that the Pratt & Whitney aero engines division with its first of a kind geared turbofan jet turbine powering Airbus’s A320neo and Bombardier’s C-Series narrow body aircraft....
...Mr Hess’s previous roles include running Pratt & Whitney, United Technologies’ aero engines division, which is a customer for components made by Arconic....
...Bombardier on Tuesday slashed its forecast for deliveries in 2016 of C Series aircraft after “delays” by its engine supplier, Pratt & Whitney....
...Pratt & Whitney spent two decades and more than $1bn developing its innovative geared turbofans, one of two engine types available on the A320neo....
...United Technologies, owner of engine maker Pratt & Whitney, has publicly admitted that roughly 44 per cent of its suppliers are not delivering on time....
...Pratt & Whitney had to decide how to adapt the GTF for the very different demands of powering a business jet, according to Michael Perodeau, head of marketing for Pratt & Whitney Canada, the division working...
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