& whitney company founded in 1860 see pratt & whitney measurement systems . for other uses see pratt & whitney disambiguation . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message pratt & whitney type subsidiary industry aerospace electricity generation founded 1925 headquarters east hartford connecticut key people robert leduc president products aircraft engines gas turbines revenue us 14 billion 2015 1 net income us 1.9 billion 2013 parent united technologies corporation divisions pratt & whitney canada website www.pw.utc.com pratt & whitney is an american aerospace manufacturer with global service operations . it is a subsidiary of united technologies corporation utc . pratt & whitney s aircraft engines are widely used in both civil aviation especially airlines and military aviation . its headquarters are in east hartford connecticut . 2 as one of the big three aero engine manufacturers it competes with general electric and rolls royce although it has also formed joint ventures with both of these companies . in addition to aircraft engines pratt & whitney manufactures gas turbines for industrial and power generation and marine turbines . as of 2014 the company reported having 31 500 employees supporting more than 11 000 customers in 180 countries around the world . in 2013 pratt & whitney s revenue totaled 14.5 billion . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 recent 2 headquarters 3 divisions 3.1 commercial engines 3.2 global material solutions 3.3 global service partners 3.4 military engines 3.5 pratt & whitney canada 3.6 pratt & whitney space propulsion 3.7 pratt & whitney rocketdyne 3.8 pratt & whitney power systems 3.9 international aero engines 3.10 engine alliance 3.11 motorsports 4 products 4.1 reciprocating engines 4.2 turbojet engines 4.3 turbofan engines 4.4 turboprop turboshaft engines 4.5 aeroderivative industrial and marine gas turbines 4.6 engine maintenance systems 5 see also 6 references 7 bibliography 8 external links history edit early history edit in april 1925 frederick rentschler an ohio native and former executive at wright aeronautical was determined to start an aviation related business of his own . 3 his social network included edward deeds another prominent ohioan of the early aviation industry and frederick s brother gordon rentschler both of whom were on the board of niles bement pond then one of the largest machine tool corporations in the world . frederick rentschler approached these men as he sought capital and assets for his new venture . deeds and g. rentschler persuaded the board of niles bement pond that their pratt & whitney machine tool p & wmt subsidiary of hartford connecticut should provide the funding and location to build a new aircraft engine being developed by rentschler george j. mead and colleagues all formerly of wright aeronautical . 3 conceived and designed by mead 3 the new engine would be a large air cooled radial design . pratt & whitney machine tool was going through a period of self revision at the time to prepare itself for the post great war era discontinuing old product lines and incubating new ones . 3 the great war had been profitable to p & wmt but the peace brought a predictable glut to the machine tool market as contracts with governments were canceled and the market in used recently built tools competed against new ones . p & wmt s future growth would depend on innovation . having idle factory space and capital available at this historical moment to be invested wherever good return seemed available 3 p & wmt saw the postwar aviation industry both military and civil commercial private as one with some of the greatest growth and development prospects available anywhere for the next few decades . it lent rentschler 250 000 the use of the pratt & whitney name and space in their building . this was the beginning of the pratt & whitney aircraft company . 3 pratt & whitney aircraft s first engine the 425 horsepower 317 kw r 1340 wasp was completed on christmas eve 1925 . on its third test run it easily passed the navy qualification test in march 1926 ; by october the navy had ordered 200 . the wasp exhibited performance and reliability that revolutionized american aviation . 3 the r 1340 powered the aircraft of wiley post amelia earhart and many other record flights . the r 1340 was followed by another very successful engine the r 985 wasp junior . 4 eventually a whole wasp series was developed . both engines are still in use in agricultural aircraft around the world and produce more power than their original design criteria . replacement parts for both engines are still in production and it is theoretically possible to assemble a new engine from the parts . george mead soon led the next step in the field of large state of the art air cooled radial aircraft engines which the wasp dominated when pratt & whitney released its r 1690 hornet . it was basically a bigger wasp . in 1929 rentschler ended his association with pratt & whitney machine tool and merged pratt & whitney aircraft with boeing and other companies to form the united aircraft and transport corporation . his agreement allowed him to carry the pratt & whitney name with him to his new corporation . recent edit in october 2014 pratt & whitney was awarded a 592 million contract with us defense department to supply 36 f135 engines for the f 35 fighter . 5 headquarters edit headquarters on main street in east hartford pratt & whitney is headquartered in east hartford connecticut and also has plants in columbus georgia ; middletown connecticut ; dallas texas ; west palm beach florida north berwick maine ; and bridgeport west virginia . the home stadium for the university of connecticut huskies football team rentschler field is located adjacent to pratt & whitney s east hartford connecticut campus on pratt s company owned former airfield of the same name . in 2015 the stadium was renamed to pratt & whitney stadium at rentschler field in time for the 2015 2016 university of connecticut football season . divisions edit pratt & whitney is a business unit of industrial conglomerate united technologies making it a sister company to utc aerospace systems hamilton sundstrand otis elevator company utc fire & security utc power and refrigeration giant carrier corporation . it is also involved in two major joint ventures the engine alliance with ge which manufactures engines for the airbus a380 and international aero engines company with rolls royce mtu aero engines and the japanese aero engines corporation which manufactures engines for the airbus a320 and the mcdonnell douglas md 90 aircraft . commercial engines edit pratt & whitney s large commercial engines power more than 25 percent of the world s passenger aircraft fleet and serve more than 800 customers in 160 countries . with more than 16 000 large commercial engines installed today pratt & whitney provides power to hundreds of airlines and operators from narrow bodied airplanes to wide bodied jumbo jetliners . in june 2007 pratt & whitney s fleet of large commercial engines surpassed 1 billion flight hours of service . global material solutions edit pratt & whitney s global material solutions gms makes parts for the cfm56 engine thus giving customers an alternative in new cfm56 engine materials . in addition to engine parts gms provides customers with fleet management and customized maintenance service programs . united airlines was the gms launch customer . 6 gms received its first part certification in july 2007 when the federal aviation administration faa granted parts manufacturing approval pma certification for the gms high pressure turbine hpt shroud for the cfm56 3 engine . in march 2008 the faa certified the gms fan and booster with a supplemental type certificate stc with faa chapter 5 life limits equal to the original type certificate holder . the stc was the first faa certification ever granted for alternative life limited engine parts . in may 2008 global material solutions received faa stcs for its remaining life limited parts for cfm56 3 engines . 7 global service partners edit pratt & whitney global service partners gsp offers overhaul maintenance and repair services for pratt & whitney international aero engines general electric rolls royce and cfmi engines . in addition to engine overhaul and repair services gsp provides services including line maintenance engine monitoring and diagnostics environmentally friendly on wing water washes leased engines custom engine service programs and new and repaired parts . pratt & whitney maintains one of the largest service center networks in the world with more than 40 engine overhaul and maintenance centers located around the globe . military engines edit pratt & whitney s military engines power 27 air forces around the globe with nearly 11 000 military engines in service with 23 customers in 22 nations . pratt & whitney military engines include the f135 for the f 35 lightning ii joint strike fighter jsf the f119 for the f 22 raptor the f100 family that powers the f 15 eagle and f 16 falcon the f117 for the c 17 globemaster iii the j52 for the ea 6b prowler the tf33 powering e 3 awacs e 8 joint stars b 52 and kc 135 aircraft and the tf30 for the f 111 and f 14a . in addition pratt & whitney offers a global network of maintenance repair and overhaul facilities and military aviation service centers focused on maintaining engine readiness for their customers . pratt & whitney canada edit main article pratt & whitney canada pratt & whitney canada pwc originally canadian pratt & whitney aircraft company and later united aircraft of canada provides a large range of products including turbofan turboprop and turboshaft engines targeted for the regional business utility and military aircraft and helicopter markets . the company also designs and manufactures engines for auxiliary power units and industrial applications . its headquarters are located in longueuil quebec just outside montreal . speaking to reuters june 16 2013 ahead of the paris airshow 2013 pratt & whitney president david hess said he was confident that canada would decide to stick with the f 35 program despite its recent discussions about having a new competition . if the orders did shift to another company pratt & whitney could decide to move some of the industrial base work it is currently doing in canada hess said . we might reallocate the work elsewhere he said adding that reduced order volumes would likely trigger changes in canada . http www.cnbc.com id 100818837 the division admitted in july 2012 to providing engines and engine software for china s first attack helicopter the z 10 . this violated u.s. export laws and resulted in a multimillion dollar fine . 8 pratt & whitney space propulsion edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message pratt & whitney space propulsion consisted of liquid space propulsion at the liquid space propulsion division west palm beach fl and solid rocket propulsion at the chemical systems division san jose ca as well as refurbishment and integration of the non motor elements of the space shuttle s solid rocket boosters at the usbi co. division nasa kennedy space center fl . pratt & whitney space propulsion provided advanced technology solutions to commercial government and military customers for more than four decades . products included the rl10 the upper stage rocket engine used on the boeing delta and lockheed martin atlas rockets high pressure turbopumps for the space shuttle main engines ssme and the rd 180 booster engine offered by rd amross a partnership 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