Flight: P&W-Powered F-16s Delivered to Pakistan

Flight International reports that Pakistan recently received three F-16D Block 52 aircraft from the United States. The Block 52 aircraft are powered by Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engines. Check out the Flight story, which includes photos from the Pakistan air force.

The F100-PW-229 EEP (Engine Enhancement Package) engine is the only fighter engine funded and qualified by the U.S. Air Force to 6,000-cycle capability and is the latest evolution of the F100 family of fighter aircraft engines.

The F100-PW-229 EEP engine increases the engine depot inspection interval from seven years to 10 years and provides up to a 30 percent cost reduction over the life the engine. The EEP will also offer significant safety benefits, with an expected 25 percent reduction in the already low probability of in-flight shutdown.

AvWeek: Royal Air Force Adding a C-17

Aviation Week reports that the United Kingdom plans to add another C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to its fleet. The Royal Air Force now has seven C-17s in its fleet.

Four Pratt & Whitney F117 engines provide exclusive power for the C-17 Globemaster III - the world’s premier heavy airlifter. The F117-PW-100 is the sister engine of Pratt & Whitney’s PW2037 commercial engine powering the Boeing 757. With more than 50 million hours of proven military and commercial use, the F117/PW2037 has consistently proven itself as a world-class dependable engine.

Sixth Lot of F135 Engines 'Powers The World'

The Connecticut Business News Journal recently reported on Pratt & Whitney's recent $194.1 million contract award for F135 engines. The contract - the first production contract to include two of our key international partners and customers - covers long-lead materials for the sixth lot of F135 engines.

The sixth lot calls for 37 install engines, including 18 conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) engines for the U.S. Air Force; seven carrier variant (CV) engines for the U.S. Navy; six short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) propulsion systems for the U.S. Marine Corps; four CTOL engines for the Italian Air Force; and two CTOL engines for The Royal Australian Air Force. The main engines deliveries in LRIP 6 are slated to begin in June 2013.

The headline? "P&W Powers The World" - we love it!

Coverage:

• P&W Powers The World (Connecticut Business News Journal)

FT4000 SWIFTPAC Featured in Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production

Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production reports on the FT4000 in an article published this week.

The FT4000 is based on the flight-proven PW4000 class turbofan engine, which has 26 million hours on more than 850 engines for the Airbus A330 and Boeing 777. Designed for simple cycle, combined cycle or cogeneration and available in 60 and 120 MW power blocks, the FT4000 SWIFTPAC will provide the highest power output of any aeroderivative gas turbine generator package available in the market.

The FT4000 is now in full scale development. Pratt & Whitney Power Systems expects a prototype to be available in 2013, with full-scale production under way in 2014.

Coverage:

• Pratt & Whitney prepares FT4000 for take off (Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production)

BSkyB Uses Power Systems / Turboden Technology

Biomass Magazine and the Forest Business Network reported on the installation of a Pratt & Whitney Power Systems / Turboden Organic Rankine Cycle turbine at the BSkyB studio in London. BSkyB aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and improve its energy efficiency with biomass boiler at its "sustainable studio."

Coverage:

• British broadcasting giant turns to biomass (Biomass Magazine)
• British broadcasting giant turns to woody biomass (Forest Business Network)
  

'Unique Advantage' of P&W Power Systems Products

Swift Tarbell of Pratt & Whitney Power Systems discusses the advantages of the PWPS product portfolio in this story in the UK-based Gas To Power Journal. The FT8 MOBILEPAC, FT8 SWIFTPAC, FT4000 and Organic Rankine Cycle products are mentioned in the article.

Coverage:

• Pratt & Whitney's turbines offer fast start-up capacity and reactive power to stabilize grid

ATW: IAE V2500 - The Engine of Choice

Air Transport World features a video overview of International Aero Engines. The video reports that IAE was due to assemble its 5,000th V2500 engine in January. Click here to view the video via ATW online.

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Signs Agreement for Commercial-Scale Gasification Demonstration Plant in China

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has signed a negotiation framework agreement with two energy industry leaders to design, construct and operate a commercial-scale advanced gasification demonstration plant in China’s central eastern Henan Province. The agreement is a key step toward commercializing technology designed to lower the cost of coal gasification and provide an alternative fuel source that reduces water use and carbon dioxide emissions.

Under the framework, Zhongyuan Da Hua Group Company Ltd. and East China Engineering Science & Technology Company will share development costs for construction and operation of a demonstration plant with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, subject to the terms of a formal agreement currently being negotiated between the parties.

Click here to read the press release from Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.

Coverage:

• P&W Rocketdyne signs agreement for China commercial-scale gasification demonstration plant (Industrial Fuels and Power)
• China seeks energy-tech license from UTC (Hartford Business Journal)

Epstein Talks (Geared Turbofan) Technology with Airplane Geeks

Alan Epstein, vice president, Technology & Environment, Pratt & Whitney, is featured on episode No. 182 of the Airplane Geeks podcast. In a 32-minute interview with Max Flight and friends, Epstein fields questions about the history and evolution of the geared turbofan technology, the benefits of the Pratt & Whitney PurePower engine, and the engine's impact on the marketplace.

" ... The history for the last 20, 30 years has been the airframers have said we're going to build this airplane, give us a proposal for an engine. The GTF is unique. ... There was this demo engine that flew in 2007, and the communications people painted a slogan on the nacelle that said 'This Changes Everything.' And I thought that was advertising enthusiasm, but to my surprise, it has. The fact that the GTF is there made the Bombardier and MRJ airplanes so attractive, forced Airbus and Boeing to do something - they could've come up with new airplanes or re-engine. They chose to re-engine. So this is getting back to the good old days from an engine point of view, where you build a great engine and people start designing airplanes around it. ..."

The Epstein interview begins at 03:30 and runs through 35:30. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Visit www.purepowerengine.com for more information about the PurePower engine.

NASA: J-2X Begins New Series of Tests

NASA is set to begin a series of tests on the powerpack for the J-2X engine. The tests, at the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center, will evaluate a full range of operating conditions.

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is developing the J-2X engine to power the upper stage of the NASA Space Launch System.

Click here for additional information - and photos - from NASA.

Coverage:

• Stennis testing next generation space flight engines (The Picayune Item)