Pratt & Whitney

Also known as Pratt & Whitney (United States), PW, Pratt and Whitney, Pratt and Whitney Company, P&W

aircraft engine manufacturer

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Pratt & Whitney is an active company and funder established in 1925. The organization is located in East Hartford, United States. It operates under the aliases Pratt & Whitney and Pratt and Whitney.

The entity maintains an official website and has 155,857 social media followers. Its inception date is recorded as January 1, 1925.

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Key facts

Company type: Subsidiary
Industry: Aerospace , electricity generation
Founded: 1925 ; 101 years ago ( 1925 )
Founders: Frederick and Gordon Rentschler , Edward Deeds , George J. Mead
Headquarters: East Hartford, Connecticut , U.S.
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Shane Eddy ( president )
Products: Aircraft engines , gas turbines
Revenue: US$28 billion (2024)
Operating income: US$2,281 million (2024)
Number of employees: 43,000 (2023)
Parent: RTX Corporation
Divisions: Pratt & Whitney Canada
Website: prattwhitney .com

via Wikipedia infobox

Research organization · ROR

Type: Company, Funder
Founded: 1925
Location: East Hartford, United States
Also known as: Pratt & Whitney, Pratt and Whitney
Status: Active

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ISNI 0000 0004 0637 859X

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Encyclopedic overview

Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations. It is a subsidiary of RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies). Pratt & Whitney's aircraft engines are widely used in both civil aviation (especially airliners) and military aviation. Its headquarters are in East Hartford, Connecticut. The company is the world's second largest commercial aircraft engine manufacturer, with a 35% market share as of 2020. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney manufactures gas turbine engines for industrial use, marine propulsion, and power generation. In 2017, the company reported that it supported more than 11,000 customers in 180 countries around the world.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pratt & Whitney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.