Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney is a very large American aircraft engine manufacturer. Pratt & Whitney engines are widely used in both civil and military aircraft.
The company was founded in 1860 by Francis Pratt & Amos Whitney, and has its headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut. As one of the "big three" aero-engine manufacturers the company competes with General Electric and Rolls-Royce. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney manufactures fixed gas turbines for industry and power generation, marine turbines, and railway locomotive engines.
Pratt & Whitney is a business unit of industrial conglomerate United Technologies, making it a sister company to Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC), Otis Elevator Company and refrigeration giant Carrier Corporation. PWC designs and builds the smaller aircraft engines while P&W manufactures the larger engines.
Civil jet engines and applications
Military jet engines and applications
Reciprocating engines
- Wasp
- Hornet
- Wasp Jr.
- Twin Wasp Jr.
- Twin Wasp
- Double Wasp
- Wasp Major - powering many postwar large bombers and transports.
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