Pratt & Whitney Canada
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| Division | |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | November 1928 |
| Headquarters | Longueuil, Quebec, Canada |
Key people | John Saabas (President) |
| Products |
Turbine aircraft engines Gas turbines |
Number of employees | 9,200[1] |
| Parent | Pratt & Whitney |
| Website |
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Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC or P&WC) is a Canada-based aircraft engine manufacturer. PWC's headquarters are in Longueuil, Quebec, just outside Montreal. It is a division of the larger US-based Pratt & Whitney (P&W), itself a business unit of United Technologies.[2] United Technologies has given PWC a world mandate for smaller aircraft engines while P&W's US operations develop and manufacture larger engines.
Although PWC is a division of P&W, it does its own research, development and marketing as well as the manufacturing of its engines. The company currently has 9,200 employees worldwide, with 6,200 of them in Canada.[1]
History
The Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company, Ltd. was founded in November 1928 to act as a service centre for P&W aircraft engines.[3] During World War II, it assembled Pratt & Whitney Wasp series engines built in the U.S. In 1952, the production of Wasp engines was transferred to P&WC so P&W could concentrate on developing jet engines.
In the late 1950s, a team of 12 P&WC engineers began the development of the first small turbine engine in Canada, the PT6. The first example was delivered to a customer in 1963. In 1962, the company was renamed United Aircraft of Canada(UAC), a unit of United Aircraft and assumed its current name in 1975.[3] In 1963 a total of 41 Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King (originally CHSS-2) helicopters were delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy. The airframe components were made by Sikorsky in Connecticut but most were assembled by UAC in Longueuil, Quebec.
Its 100,000th engine was produced in May 2017, its fleet logged 730 million flight hours and 60,000 in-service engines are operated by 12,300 customers in more than 200 countries.[4]
Products
- Pratt & Whitney JT12 - initial design, then transferred to US Pratt & Whitney
- Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A/B/C
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW200
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW300
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW500
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW900
Fleet
As of March 2014, Pratt & Whitney Canada operates the following aircraft as test beds for new engines:
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 747SP | 2 | 0 | |
| Dornier 328jet | 1 | 0 | |
| Cessna Citation | 1 | 0 |
References
- 1 2 "Corporate Profile: Fast Facts". About P&WC. Pratt & Whitney Canada. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ↑ PW Fast Facts page Archived June 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 Leyes II, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 433–434. ISBN 1-56347-332-1.
- ↑ "Pratt & Whitney Canada Produces 100,000th Engine: Demonstrates Continued Focus on Driving Innovation" (Press release). Pratt & Whitney Canada. May 2, 2017.