Pratt & Whitney Press Release Archive: 2006

Press Releases

Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Powers Joint Strike Fighter First Flight China Southern Orders IAE V2500 Engines in Deal Worth $450 Million to Pratt & Whitney Pratt & Whitney's F135 Powers the First F-35 Low Speed Taxi Test Pratt & Whitney to be Presenting Sponsor of the Connecticut Audubon Society's 2007 Eagle Festival Jon Beatty to Become President of IAE; Pratt & Whitney Announces Organizational Changes in Commercial Engines Business Pratt & Whitney and Turkish Airlines Technic Partner to Build New V2500 and CFM56® Engine Overhaul Center Jim Maser Named PWR President; Byron Wood Retires Pratt & Whitney and China Eastern Airlines Form CFM56® Engine Overhaul Joint Venture TAM Expands Fleet with V2500-Powered A320 Order Valued at $160 Million for Pratt & Whitney Pratt & Whitney, Kingfisher Airlines Sign Contract for $300 Million Engine Order Pratt & Whitney Names Jerry Tarnacki Vice President, Quality and Environment, Health & Safety Martinair Signs Three-Year Agreement with Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners Tiger Airways V2500 Order Valued at More Than $100 Million for Pratt & Whitney Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Donates Model of Legendary RL10 Rocket Engine to Southern University Pratt & Whitney Shares in Sichuan Airlines V2500Select<sup>SM</sup> Order GP7200-Powered A380 Completes High Altitude and Hot Weather Testing Pratt & Whitney F135 Certified to Power Lightning II's First Flight Pratt & Whitney F135 Program Reaches 6,000 SDD Test Hours, Remains on Track to Support Lightning II's First Flight Polish-Assembled F100 Engine Powers Ceremonial Flight of Polish Air Force's New F-16 Aircraft Pratt & Whitney, MTU Aero Engines Complete First Production PW6000 Mighty F-35 Lightning II Engine Roars to Life Pratt & Whitney F135 Completes Final Flight Clearance Review, Paving the Way for the Lightning II First Flight First GP7200-Powered Airbus A380 Takes Its First Flight Pratt & Whitney F135 Program Cleared for Installed Ground Engine Runs and Taxi Testing Pratt & Whitney and United Technologies Corp. Offer Aid for Victims of Indonesian Natural Disasters Pratt & Whitney's William J. Begert Elected to United States-India Business Council Board Tuskegee Airmen Choose South Carolina Teen as Pratt & Whitney Golden Eagle Scholarship Award Recipient Pratt & Whitney Delivers Third Flight Test F135 Engine for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Pratt & Whitney Canada Receives Transport Canada Certification for PW610F Powering the Eclipse 500 VLJ Pratt & Whitney Announces $1.5B in Commercial Engine Sales at the Farnborough International Airshow U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets Tour Pratt & Whitney New 'Rocket Engine of the Future' Goes to 'Mainstage' Pratt & Whitney Canada Signs US$60 million Exclusive Engine Maintenance Agreement with Kingfisher Airlines Pratt & Whitney Announces New Geared Turbofan Technology Partnerships Pratt & Whitney Announces Kingfisher Airlines as First Advantage70 Customer UPS Selects GP7200 Engines for Airbus A380 Fleet Kingfisher Airlines Chooses Pratt & Whitney's PW4000 Engine for A330 Fleet and Awards Exclusive Service Agreement Pratt & Whitney Completes EcoPower<sup>SM</sup> Pilot Program with Asiana PW617F Engine for Embraer Phenom 100 Achieves First Run Milestone Global Material Solutions Debuts New Parts At Farnborough Airshow Evergreen To Purchase Pratt & Whitney JT9D Durability Kits Pratt & Whitney Selected to Power Cathay Pacific Freighter Fleet Pratt & Whitney F117 Engine Achieves Four Million Hours of Dependable Power for the C-17 Globemaster III Pratt & Whitney To Offer New Engine Washing Service at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners Celebrates 300th V2500 Engine Overhaul Orenburg Airlines Selects Pratt & Whitney for CFM56® Engine Maintenance Pratt & Whitney WSK PZL-Rzeszów Launches F100 Assembly and Testing Capabilities For Poland's F-16 Fleet Pratt & Whitney Canada Turboprop Deliveries Climb to Record Heights Todd Kallman Named to Succeed Steve Heath as President, Commercial Engines, Pratt & Whitney Electricite de France Purchases a Pratt & Whitney Power Systems' FT8® MOBILEPAC(TM) Gas Turbine Pratt & Whitney's F135 Engine Featured in F-35 Unveiling Pratt & Whitney Delivers Second Flight Test F135 Engine for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Pratt & Whitney F135 Completes First Engine Runs at Joint Reserve Base in Support of JSF Flight Tests Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW980A APU Receives Transport Canada Type Certification Pratt & Whitney F117 Engine Reaches Milestone -- Four Million Flight Hours on the C-17 Globemaster III Pratt & Whitney Awarded First Production Contract For Joint Strike Fighter Engines Pratt & Whitney Global Material Solutions Completes Successful CFM56 Performance Test Air France Industries Finalizes Agreement to Repair the Engine Alliance's GP7200 Engine Pratt & Whitney F135 Program Reaches 5,000 SDD Test Hours, Remains On Track To Support JSF's First Flight Southern Cross Group Purchases Two Pratt & Whitney Power Systems FT8® SWIFTPAC(TM) Gas Turbines Pratt & Whitney and Aviation Fleet Solutions Noise Reduction System for JT8D-200 Powered MD-80 Receives FAA Certification Guangzhou University-City Purchases Two Pratt & Whitney Power Systems FT8® SWIFTPAC(TM) Gas Turbines Pratt & Whitney Canada Delivers First PW615F Engine for Cessna Citation Mustang Chênevert elected UTC President, Chief Operating Officer and Director; Finger named President, Pratt & Whitney; Pino named President, Sikorsky Pratt & Whitney Chamberlain Award Celebrates 12th Anniversary; Nominations Open Pratt & Whitney Awarded 20-Year Service Agreement Pratt & Whitney Canada Signs Major Engine Maintenance Agreement With ATR Jetstar Airways Selects IAE'S Aftermarket Support Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce Sign Agreement for Continued Collaboration on Joint Strike Fighter Propulsion System Pratt & Whitney Launches CFM56 Parts Business Pratt & Whitney and MTU Collaborate on Innovative Compressor for Next Generation Engines Pratt & Whitney Canada Celebrates 60,000th Engine Pratt & Whitney to Power Airbus A318 Elite Engine Alliance GP7200 Achieves FAA Certification

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