In the aviation industry, innovation is usually the name of the game. Think of the last 86 years and how the jet engine has evolved, allowing folks to traverse to the other side of the planet in hours ...

Founded in 1925 by Frederick B. Rentschler, pioneer of the air-cooled radial engine design, Pratt & Whitney’s first engine was the R-1340 Wasp, which led to the popular Wasp series of engines that are ...

The core difference in business strategy is that Pratt & Whitney targeted the high-volume, fast-growing narrowbody market with a " disruptivetechnology " approach to gain market share, while ...

Half title: Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum. "Fourth Lester B. Gardner lecture, delivered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, March 8, 1962, and at the Smithsonian ...

Gulf Air has awarded Rolls-Royce a $900m contract for Trent 1000 engines to power 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The contract also includes long-term TotalCare service support. Gulf Air also has the ...

Engine issues affecting Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) and Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines have proved to be “much deeper and more persistent” than their manufacturers expected, according to Air ...