Development for the Pratt & Whitney-designed J58 turbojet engine began in 1958. At the time, the United States Navy sought a fast reconnaissance jet, though it would later be the U.S. Air Force's ...

Pratt & Whitney's jet engine development began in 1944. Its first model was licensed from Rolls-Royce and was called the Nene, although it later became known as the J42 Turbo-Wasp.

The Pratt & Whitney J58, an engine that was designated by the manufacturer as the JT11D-20, is an American-built jet engine that originally powered the Lockheed A-12, and later the YF-12 and the ...

Pratt & Whitney’s recall of several hundred airplane engines continued to pummel stocks across the global engineering sector on Tuesday. At the start of the week engine maker and Pratt & Whitney ...

In December, two fan blades broke off in flight on a Japan Airlines 777-200 with a Pratt & Whitney 4000-112 engine on a flight from Naha to Tokyo, according to The Seattle Times.

In 2023, Pratt & Whitney announced that more than 1,000 of its engines needed to be removed and re-inspected after the discovery of microscopic cracks due to a defect in a powder metal coating ...

Pratt & Whitney on Wednesday celebrated the production of its 1,000th F-135 military engine as the possibility that competition may emerge from an old rival to take on familiar complaints about… ...

Pratt & Whitney’s GTF Advantage engine has obtained FAA type certification for the Airbus A320neo family of aircraft, the manufacturer said Thursday. It’s the latest development for the engine ...

Rotating Detonation Engine rig test. (Image credit: AFRL) Pratt & Whitney is not the only engine manufacturer studying this technology. In 2023, General Electric Aerospace announced a successful ...

Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test results” from a series of ground tests.

A Pratt & Whitney F135 engine undergoes accelerated mission testing in Sea Level Test Cell 3 at Arnold Air Force Base, Tenn., Nov. 15, 2021. The F135 is the engine used to power the F-35 Lightning II.