Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon this week awarded Pratt & Whitney a sole-source contract worth as much as $870 million to sustain the ...

Contract will support fleet readiness for NATO's "eyes in the sky" EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has received an $18 million TF33 ...

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of operation and age of the engine, the in-flight shutdown rate and depot cost are expected to increase even faster (Figure 4-4). There are serious issues other than fuel efficiency that need to be ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a long-term TF33 engine sustainment contract valued up to $870 million by the Defense ...

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has secured a potential $870 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to sustain the global fleet of TF33 engines. The company said Wednesday it ...

Rolls Royce has started testing their new F130 engines at the NASA Stennis Space Center, according to a press release. The engines will be to replace the Pratt and Whitney TF33 engines currently being ...

The new engine is the Rolls Royce F130, the military version of the BR700. The BR700 weighs the same (two tons) as the current B-52 engine and over 3,700 have been built since 1995. Some BR700s ...

October 10, 2022: The U.S. Air Force has finally determined that all the upgrades to the B-52H will require a new designation (B-52K and B-52K). The B-52G became the ...