by EnviroTREC | Oct 17, 2023
Pratt & Whitney Canada announced a week ago (on Oct 11, 2023) that it had achieved its 200th Engine Type Certification. In this case, the PW127XT-L Regional Turboprop will be moved into production and ultimately into service for the ATR 42-600S regional turboprop...
by EnviroTREC | Aug 31, 2023
The USAF1. announced a major project for developing a Piloted Blended Wing Body (BWB) Demonstrator on August 16, 2023. This proposed project will build an airliner-scale piloted blended-wing-body demonstrator in partnership with Northrup Grumman and JetZero. Figure 1:...
by EnviroTREC | May 1, 2023
Ubiquitous Composites are supporting the evolving Gas Turbine Engine Cycle in a number of ways. But gathering materials for the second part of this story[1] on the Engine Cycle proved challenging as background materials and ideas were not provided in the referenced...
by EnviroTREC | Apr 13, 2023
In this series discussing the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Technology Roadmap, we discussed New Engine Architectures and Advanced Engine Concepts. This web story will cover the Engine Cycle and two companies supporting those developments. Two engine...
by EnviroTREC | Mar 2, 2022
This story is copied from Pratt & Witney’s Pressroom EAST HARTFORD, Conn., February 21, 2022 – Pratt & Whitney has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) to develop novel, high-efficiency hydrogen-fueled propulsion technology for commercial...