For any given era and social niche, there are certain markers, certain cultural icons, that serve as symbolic bywords for that era and culture. Clothing can easily become such a reference: ...

The Mirage G was a French prototype aircraft that ultimately never made it into military service. The jet, powered by a potent Pratt & Whitney/Snecma FF 306 turbofan, revolutionized the idea of the ...

Rolls-Royce set a new record for most powerful aircraft engine gearbox on Monday, as its Power Gearbox (PGB) intended for the upcoming UltraFan engine reached 70,000 horsepower on a test rig at ...

Pratt & Whitney's new PurePower geared turbofan engines are designed to be cleaner, quieter, more powerful, and more fuel-efficient than existing jet engines. The engines will power the next ...

NASA has launched a research effort aimed at squeezing 5-10% more fuel efficiency out of turbofan cores, with the goal of developing engine technology for future commercial aircraft, possibly ...

Raquel Rivera, who runs Pratt & Whitney’s assembly plants, wanted to know what was going wrong with production of the company’s new flagship jet engine, and at an emotional meeting in late March at ...

Two of the largest engine manufacturers today are Pratt & Whitney and CFM International. Both companies compete in the single ...

Nobody at Pratt & Whitney is going to remember 2020 as a good year for the company. The engine business of aerospace behemoth Raytheon Technologies RTX has seen sales of commercial aircraft products ...

Losing four geared turbofan engines to in-flight failures as a result of a botched durability upgrade was not how Pratt & Whitney wanted 2018 to begin – quite the opposite. The two-year anniversary of ...

Ice crystal accretion and icing in turbofan engines present a significant challenge to aviation safety and engine performance worldwide. The phenomenon occurs when high-altitude glaciated particles, ...