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Heat, Not Fatigue, Blamed For Cracked Fighter Jet Engine Blade
Heat was the cause of a cracked blade in an engine on an F-35 fighter jet that prompted the entire fleet to be briefly grounded last month, manufacturer Pratt & Whitney said Wednesday.
Bradley-Bound Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Syracuse
Officials say a Delta passenger jet made
an emergency landing at in Syracuse, N.Y., after one of its engines
failed.
GE Drops Work On Alternate To Pratt Engine For Fighter
GE Aviation has abandoned efforts to keep alive development of its alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The move leaves East Hartford-based Pratt & Whitney as the sole supplier.
Subcommittee Moves To Restore Alternate To Pratt Engine
The House Armed Services Subcommittee has voted to require the Pentagon to re-open its engine competition if it asks for more money for the engine for the F-35 fighter. Pratt & Whitney is the current engine supplier.
Pentagon Orders Halt On Alternative To Pratt Engine
The Defense Department has ordered a stop to work on an alternate engine for the military Joint Strike fighter. Pratt & Whitney Aircraft is the engine’s primary supplier.
Win For Pratt & Whitney In Fighter Vote
A big victory in Washington for lawmakers from Connecticut, as the house voted to kill an alternative to the Pratt & Whitney engine for the F-35 fighter jet.
Pratt Wins 15 Contract for Airbus Turbofan Engines
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Airbus has selected Pratt & Whitney’s next-generation engine, giving the Connecticut manufacturer a big boost for the jet engine it says saves fuel and reduces noise. Parent company United Technologies […]
Investigators Blame Rolls-Royce Manufacturing Defect for Airline Engine Failures
By ROHAN SULLIVAN and KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) _ Australian investigators on Thursday identified the source of an oil leak that caused a superjumbo engine to blow apart in mid air last month, […]
Former Army Engine Site on "For Sale" List Again
STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The federal government has put a contaminated 78-acre former Army engine manufacturing plant in Stratford back on the auction block. The site along the Housatonic River was sold for $9.6 million […]
Pratt & Whitney Charges Rolls Royce Patent Infringement
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ In a continuing battle over engine part designs, jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney says it has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Rolls Royce of misleading the U.S. Patent and […]
