WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Oct. 26, 2012 – Pratt & Whitney has
completed assembly of its first engine to test (FETT) for its PurePower®
PW1100G-JM engine – the first engine to power the Airbus A320neo
aircraft. Company leadership, Airbus, MTU, JAEC and employees
celebrated the program milestone with a Last Bolt Ceremony at Pratt
& Whitney’s West Palm Beach facility today, where the full engine is
scheduled to begin testing soon. The engine, rated at 33,000 pounds of
thrust, is the third member of the PurePower PW1000G family of engines
to begin testing.
The PW1100G-JM engine test program will run a total of eight test
engines over the next 24 months. Test engines will be built both at
Pratt & Whitney’s West Palm Beach and Middletown facilities. Entry
into service is scheduled for October 2015. To date, Pratt &
Whitney has firm orders for 1,136 PW1100G-JM engines to power the Airbus
A320neo family of aircraft.
The PurePower engine uses an advanced gear system allowing the engine’s
fan to operate at a different speed than the low-pressure compressor and
turbine. The combination of the gear system and an all-new advanced
core delivers fuel efficiency and environmental benefits. Pratt &
Whitney’s PurePower engine family testing recently exceeded 3,700 hours
and 11,000 cycles of full engine testing.
Click here to read the Pratt & Whitney press release.
Coverage:
- Pratt & Whitney completes first PW1100G test engine (Flight International)
- P&W Completes First A320NEO Engine; Tests To Start Next Month (Aviation Week)
- A320neo's First Pratt & Whitney Test Engine Takes Shape (Aviation International News)
- P&W's NEO engine shows a surprising new face (Flight International)
- PurePower PW1100G-JM readies for tests (Air Transport World)
- Pratt & Whitney Completes Assembly of First Engine for Airbus A320neo (Aviation Today)
- First PurePower Engine For Airbus Finished (Hartford Courant)
- Pratt to test first PurePower for the A320neo (Hartford Business Journal)
