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Pratt & Whitney
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aircraft engine manufacturer
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
ISNI 0000 0004 0637 859X
Official website
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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.