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  Pratt & Whitney will acquire Aerojet-General's space-propulsion unitto form a new U.S. rocket-engine company
Pratt & Whitney would own a majority interest in the new rocket firm.
Both Aerojet and Pratt and Whitney have chosen Russian rocket engines for their latest space booster projects instead of attempting to develop a purely domestic U.S. design.
Pratt and Whitney is importing Russia's RD 180 engines to power the new U.S. commercial Atlas 3 and 5 launchers.
www.space.com /businesstechnology/technology/aerojet_prattwhitney_000724.html   (981 words)

  
  Pratt & Whitney
The Pratt and Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engine was one of the most efficient and reliable engines of the 1930s.
Pratt and Whitney produced both the Twin Wasp and the Double Wasp R-2800, which powered much of the U.S. fighter fleet as well as many British planes.
Pratt and Whitney had spent the war years focusing exclusively on its piston engines, and in 1945, was far behind its competitors in jet engine development.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Pratt/Aero10.htm   (1549 words)

  
  Pratt & Whitney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pratt and Whitney Company was founded in 1860 by Francis Pratt and Amos Whitney with headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut.
Pratt and Whitney loaned him $250,000, the use of the Pratt and Whitney name, and space in their building.
Pratt and Whitney is a business unit of industrial conglomerate United Technologies, making it a sister company to Pratt and Whitney Canada (PWC, originally United Aircraft of Canada), Sikorsky Helicopters, Hamilton Sundstrand, Otis Elevator Company and refrigeration giant Carrier Corporation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pratt_and_Whitney   (463 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney
Pratt and Whitney North Berwick plant manufactures, overhauls and repairs components of gas turbine engines for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft.
Pratt and Whitney wanted to undertake a significant energy conservation effort in a relatively short amount of time in order to reduce environmental impact, while also reducing costs and creating a better working environment for employees.
Pratt and Whitney underwent an energy Kaizen, a Japanese method of continuous improvement, which according to David Garriepy, a Pratt engineer, identified the "low hanging fruit".
www.maine.gov /dep/oia/case/pratt.htm   (667 words)

  
 Plumtree Software : Customers : Industries :Aerospace:Pratt & Whitney   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Pratt and Whitney is a leader in the design, manufacture and support of engines for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft, space propulsion and power systems.
Pratt and Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corporation, a $24.1 billion company that includes Otis elevators and escalators, Carrier heating and air-conditioning systems, Sikorsky helicopters and Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace systems.
Pratt and Whitney is deploying its eBusiness Portal to provide airlines, partners, and suppliers such as Airbus and Boeing with personalized data on service, spare parts and reliability to help speed engine repair or replacement.
www.plumtree.com /customers/industries/aerospace/prattwhitney.asp   (354 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney
Pratt and Whitney North Berwick plant manufactures, overhauls and repairs components of gas turbine engines for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft.
Pratt and Whitney wanted to undertake a significant energy conservation effort in a relatively short amount of time in order to reduce environmental impact, while also reducing costs and creating a better working environment for employees.
Pratt and Whitney underwent an energy Kaizen, a Japanese method of continuous improvement, which according to David Garriepy, a Pratt engineer, identified the "low hanging fruit".
www.state.me.us /dep/oia/case/pratt.htm   (667 words)

  
 Pratt and Whitney Engines in 1937 - USA
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, Conn., the engine manufacturing division of the United Aircraft Corporation, produced and delivered approximately 1,300 engines during 1936.
Pratt & Whitney announced that the two-row type has the same possibilities for future development as the single row engine had a decade ago; and company engineers were working on the development and test of larger models of the two-row engine.
While Pratt & Whitney's available engine list contained a large number of units not referred to here, nevertheless, those which are discussed were the latest models appearing on their current production list at the beginning of 1937.
www.aviation-history.com /engines/pr-1937.htm   (1058 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney
Pratt and Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation, is a Fortune 100 manufacturer of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems, and industrial gas turbines.
Pratt and Whitney was already using a Plumtree portal to facilitate collaboration and communication among employees, conduct e-business transactions with its largest clients, and speed development and sales cycles with partners and suppliers.
Pratt and Whitney is leveraging its Plumtree portal infrastructure to increase efficiency in numerous areas besides proposals.
www.documentum.com /customer_success/success/pratt_whitney_plumtree.htm   (1483 words)

  
 eBay View About Me for pratt_and_whitney_corporation
Pratt and Whitney has the responsibility and the right to protect its trademarks, trade dress and copyrights.
Pratt and Whitney representatives monitor sales on eBay and other retail venues to ensure that Pratt and Whitney’s intellectual property rights are not infringed.
Pratt and Whitney has spent considerable time, money, and effort developing products, its reputation and goodwill through the marketing of its products – the Pratt and Whitney brand and many of its product marks and designs are now famous.
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 Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Donates Model of Legendary Rl10 Rocket Engine to Southern University
At a ceremony today as part of the College of Engineering's 50th anniversary celebration, Thomas Kmiec, Pratt & Whitney Fellow and former PWR RL10 chief engineer, said, "We are delighted to donate an RL10 to the prestigious Southern University.
Pratt & Whitney established the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory in 2000 to support Southern University's instructional projects, including advanced design, thermodynamics and combustion, fluid dynamics, materials science and rapid prototyping.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines.
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 Pratt & Whitney engine cleared - Boston.com
Aircraft engine maker Pratt and Whitney said Monday its F135 engine has finished its final flight clearance review, conducted by the joint program office in charge of the F-35 Lightning II fighter.
Pratt and Whitney is the lead propulsion system supplier for Lockheed Martin's jet, previously known as the joint strike fighter.
Shares of Pratt and Whitney parent, United Technologies Corp., fell 44 cents to $64.17 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/09/18/pratt__whitney_engine_cleared   (172 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney Information
Pratt and Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft.
The Pratt and Whitney Company was founded in 1860 by Francis Pratt and Amos Whitney with headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut.
Pratt and Whitney is a business unit of industrial conglomerate United Technologies, making it a sister company to Pratt and Whitney Canada (PWC, originally United Aircraft of Canada), Sikorsky Helicopters, Hamilton Sundstrand, Otis Elevator Company and refrigeration giant Carrier Corporation.
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 Isilon Systems :: Pratt & Whitney Advances Jet Engine Testing With Move to Clustered Storage
"Pratt and Whitney's use of clustered storage for their zero-tolerance engine testing programs is a significant milestone for the broad adoption of clustered storage," said Brett Goodwin, vice president of marketing and business development for Isilon Systems.
Pratt and Whitney is currently developing the GP7000 engine for the 555 passenger Airbus A380, as well as providing military power for twenty-seven countries' front line military fighters, including the F-15, F-16, F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Pratt and Whitney is a division of United Technologies Corporation, a company whose stock is one of the 30 which comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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 CSC: CSC SIGNS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY PACT WITH PRATT & WHITNEY May 12, 1999
The agreement, effective today, calls for CSC to acquire and manage Pratt & Whitney's engineering, manufacturing and business distributed systems including advanced engineering and desktop applications, Unix and NT servers and systems, 20,000 desktops and related peripherals, VMS midrange systems, help-desk and voice, video and data networks.
Pratt & Whitney will retain approximately 45 I/T specialists to direct the company's overall I/T strategy, standards and architecture.
"We are committed to Pratt & Whitney's success as a global aerospace leader," said Van B. Honeycutt, CSC chairman, president and chief executive officer.
www.csc.com /newsandevents/news/848.shtml   (578 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney -- Jack works for Pratt & Whitney and its customers
Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of aircraft engines, gas turbines and space propulsion systems.
Along with the JSF engine, Pratt and Whitney is using Jack on a number of other engine programs, including the GP7000, an engine being developed jointly with General Electric for the new Airbus A380 aircraft.
In addition to maintainability studies and optimization of the engine layout, Pratt is using Jack to create animations demonstrating different maintenance operations, with the goal of optimizing them.
www.ugs.com /about_us/success/pratt_whitney_jack.shtml   (1021 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney settles charges of illegal tech transfer
The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that Pratt and Whitney (Pratt) of East Hartford, Connecticut, agreed to pay a $150,000 civil penalty to settle charges that it committed 42 violations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) when it exported controlled items without licenses.
The “deemed export” provision of the EAR states that an export license is required to release technology to a foreign national in the United States if a license would be required to export that technology to his/her home country.
Pratt voluntarily self-disclosed the violations and cooperated fully with the investigation.
www.bis.doc.gov /news/2004/PrattWhitney_June04.htm   (217 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney's F135 Powers the First F-35 Low Speed Taxi Test
During the testing, the F-35 taxied to the runway at a speed of 10 knots and reached a maximum speed of 30 knots on the runway.
The F135 propulsion system team consists of Pratt & Whitney, the prime contractor with responsibility for the main engine and system integration; Rolls-Royce of the United Kingdom, providing lift components for the STOVL (short takeoff, vertical landing) F-35B; and UTC's Hamilton Sundstrand unit, provider of the F135's control system, external accessories and gearbox.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines.
www.earthtimes.org /articles/show/news_press_release,33384.shtml   (528 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney - Products - Commercial   (Site not responding. Last check: )
VP, Environment, Health & Safety and President, SMS" we3_quote_array(16) = "We are on track to have all Pratt & Whitney sites around the world registered to ISO 14001, the international environmental standard, by 2004.
More than 600 customers worldwide have chosen Pratt and Whitney engines from a product line that powers everything in the sky from narrow-bodied airplanes to wide-bodied jumbo jetliners.
Pratt and Whitney has powered thousands of airplanes that have moved millions of people all over the world.
www.pratt-whitney.com /prod_commercial.asp   (626 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney - Products - Space   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne will focus solely on providing world-class space propulsion systems and services.
Pratt and Whitney Space Propulsion has powered missions to nearly every planet in the solar system and has supported the Space Shuttle program from its inception.
Pratt and Whitney continues to lead the industry in its quest to provide reliable communication networks, ensure national security and expand our understanding of the universe.
www.boeing.com /space/rdyne   (837 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Pratt and Whitney's precision manufacturing plant is a 24 x 7 critical facility.
In addition to maintaining the CUP, because of our round-the-clock presence at the facility, Pratt and Whitney asked us to provide an emergency help desk service at this facility so that we could take in facility work orders on a 24-hour basis.
Over the years, we have served several Pratt and Whitney facilities.
www.nemsi.com /services/projects/proj_pratt.html   (143 words)

  
 Glitch delays Pratt & Whitney cancer study - Boston.com
A glitch in a massive study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt and Whitney will delay the release of the final report, researchers said Wednesday.
Jennifer Arsenault, a spokeswoman for Pratt and Whitney, said a computer-generated query did not run correctly as it sought information from a large database.
The state Department of Health and Pratt began the study in 2002 after complaints from families of workers who had died from glioblastoma multiforme, a form of brain cancer.
www.boston.com /news/local/connecticut/articles/2007/03/14/glitch_delays_pratt__whitney_cancer_study   (432 words)

  
 P & W - Pratt & Whitney Measuring Machines - The Standard of Accuracy Since 1860
Pratt and Whitney manufactures the world's most accurate measuring instruments.
Pratt and Whitney measuring instruments have the advantage of having two measuring instruments in one, a direct reading instrument and an electronic size comparator.
Pratt and Whitney's newest testing machines include: Simple Spindle-Type, Standard Table-Top, High Capacity, Screw Testing Model 205 and Torsion Testing Model 210.
www.prattandwhitney.com   (207 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney (P&W) - Tensile / Compression Test Machines - Shear, Flexure, Tear, Bend
Pratt and Whitney (PandW) - Tensile / Compression Test Machines - Shear, Flexure, Tear, Bend
Pratt and Whitney sells a complete line of simple, all-purpose spindle-type testing machines.
They were originally developed for use in research and teaching and for simple determination of quality criteria at relatively low measurement ranges.
www.prattandwhitney.com /pratt-whitney-tensile-compression-simple-spindle.htm   (157 words)

  
 Pratt & Whitney
Pratt and Whitney, a United Technologies company, has been a world leader in aerospace propulsion for over 80 years with a full range of products and services for general aviation, business aircraft, helicopters, large commercial and military aircraft.
Pratt and Whitney also participates in two joint venture companies that provide engines for commercial aircraft.
The Engine Alliance, a 50-50 joint venture between Pratt and Whitney and GE, is developing the GP7200 engine for the Airbus A380.
www.iata.org /events/agm/2006/sponsors/pratt_whitney.htm   (149 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Pratt & Whitney is an American aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft.
The Pratt & Whitney Company was founded in 1860 by Francis Pratt and Amos Whitney, with headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut.
Pratt & Whitney is a business unit of industrial conglomerate United Technologies, making it a sister company to Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC, originally United Aircraft of Canada), Sikorsky Helicopters, Hamilton Sundstrand, Otis Elevator Company and refrigeration giant Carrier Corporation.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Pratt_and_Whitney   (644 words)

  
 Boeing to Sell Rocketdyne Propulsion Unit to Pratt & Whitney
In addition to Chubb, Otis, Carrier and UTC Power, United Technologies' companies include Pratt and Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand and Sikorsky Aircraft.
Pratt and Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines.
These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
www.boeing.com /news/releases/2005/q1/nr_050222o.html   (780 words)

  
 DAVID CAPLAN, CHAIRMAN & CEO, PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA
The highlight of Pratt and Whitney Canada's presence here at NBAA is a previously unseen mockup of its newest engine family--the PW600 -- which is now in the advanced design stage.
So Pratt is asking operators at NBAA to fill out a questionnaire asking just what they are prepared to pay for.
Pratt is embarking on the new program against a background of major successes with its other new or nearly-new engines--the PW500 and PW300 turbofans, the PW200 turboshaft, and advanced versions of the PT6--which together account for 15 new installations worldwide between 1999 and 2001.
www.aviationnow.com /shownews/99nbaa2/newsmk10.htm   (732 words)

  
 globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : Pratt & Whitney Global Material Solutions Tests First CFM56-3 Engine Parts
Pratt and Whitney owns two CFM56-3 engines which have been used to conduct several engine tests.
The tests are used to generate performance and telemetry data which enables Pratt and Whitney to understand the operating parameters of the engine in all conditions at each stage of operation.
Pratt and Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/story/PRNEWS.20070118.CLTH072/GIStory   (417 words)

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