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29/12/11
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India awards Pratt & Whitney C-17 engine contract
Pratt & Whitney has received a contract from India to provide four F117-PW-100 engines for the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.
The engines will be delivered in the second quarter of 2012, with India to receive its first C-17s in early 2013,...
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24/11/11
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PurePower® PW1000G Geared Turbofan™ Engine Named to TIME Magazine’s ‘50 Best Inventions of 2011’
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Nov. 21, 2011 – TIME Magazine has named Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower® PW1000G engine as one of “The 50 Best Inventions of 2011,” describing it as "the most important development in aviation in 2011.” Pratt & Whitney...
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09/10/11
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1st PurePower PW1200G engine concludes ground testing
Ground testing of Pratt & Whitney's first PW1200G family engine - the PW1217G engine for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) - recently concluded. The engine, the first of an eight-engine validation and certification program, completed more than 300...
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25/09/11
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F-35 program completes static structural testing
Lockheed Martin's F-35 program has successfully completed static structural testing, achieving one of five milestones established by the Joint Program Office for 2011.
Static structural testing is used to verify the structural integrity of the...
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25/09/11
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United Technologies buys Goodrich for $18.4 billion
United Technologies said late Wednesday it has struck a deal to acquire Goodrich at a 16% premium to the stock's latest close.
United Technologies said it is paying $127.50 per share in cash to buy Goodrich. The deal totals $18.4 billion, including...
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