see hellmuth walter kommanditgesellschaft . 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 . august 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message walter aircraft engines type subsidiary industry aerospace founded 1911 ; 105 years ago 1911 headquarters prague czech republic parent ge aviation website www.walterengines.com walter aircraft engines was a company that manufactured aircraft engines particularly the m601 turboprop . based in prague czech republic the company has been a subsidiary of ge aviation since july 2008 . contents 1 history 2 engines 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded by josef walter bohemia in 1911 to produce motorcycles and motor tricycles . they started to manufacture cars in 1913 both their own models and later the fiat 508 and fiat 514 under license . car production ceased in 1954 . from the early 1920s the company manufactured bmw aircraft engines under license as well as their own family of air cooled radial piston engines . in the 1930s walter also produced bristol jupiter mercury and pegasus engines under license before producing their own in line inverted air cooled four and six cylinder engines and in 1936 an air cooled inverted v12 . walter aircraft engines were used by the air forces of thirteen countries before world war ii . during world war ii walter produced argus engines under license for germany . production of the bmw 003 turbojet was put into preparation but none were produced . the walter plant survived the war intact and in 1946 the company was nationalized as motorlet n.p. they produced soviet licensed piston engines and in 1952 production of the walter m 05 jet engine began this was the soviet klimov vk 1 engine based on the rolls royce nene which powered the mig 15 and was exported to many countries . the company produced a series of soviet designed engines during the 1950s and 1960s though piston engine production was closed and handed over to avia in 1964 . in 1995 the company was privatised as walter a.s. and in 2005 the aviation engine division became walter aircraft engines . in july 2006 it was acquired by the czech investment firm ff invest . in march 2007 it was announced that walter aircraft engines would merge with avia s aero engine division . 1 the company was also merged with the precision casting company pcs . citation needed in september 2007 it was announced that the company s assets which do not include its current facility in prague would be purchased by ge aviation . the transaction was completed in july 2008 . ge s interest in walter has to do with the former s desire to compete more aggressively with pratt and whitney in the small turboprop market ; pratt whitney holds a commanding market share there . walters builds the m601 engine which ge hopes to refine and position against pratt and whitney s pt6 . walter currently builds 120 m601 engines per year ; ge intends to increase production by 2012 to 1 000 engines per year . 2 engines edit m110 walter atlas walter atom walter bora walter castor walter gemma walter junior walter m110 walter m202 walter m208 walter m332 walter m337 walter m601 walter m602 walter major walter mars walter mikron walter minor walter nz 40 walter nz 60 walter nz 85 walter nz 120 walter pollux walter regulus walter sagitta walter scolar walter super castor walter vega walter venus see also edit related lists list of aircraft engine manufacturers references edit 1 archived april 1 2007 at the wayback machine . ge takes on jet engine rival . the wall street journal . july 3 2008 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to walter aircraft engines . http www.oldengine.org members diesel duxford czechaer1.htm v t e walter aircraft engines engines atlas m208 opposed engines atom m202 inline engines m 332 m 337 junior major mikron minor v 12 engines sagitta radial engines nz 40 nz 60 nz 85 nz 120 bora castor gemma jupiter mars merkur pegas polaris pollux regulus scolar super castor vega venus turbojets m05 m06 m701 turboprops h80 m601 m602 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title walter aircraft engines & oldid 717669729 categories manufacturing companies based in pragueaircraft engine manufacturers of the czech republicmotor vehicle manufacturers of czechoslovakiacompanies of czechoslovakiamanufacturing companies established in 1911hidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from august 2008all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2008commons category with local link different than on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschfran aisitalianomagyarnorsk bokm lsloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 29 april 2016 at 01 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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