Engines
P&WC’s work on C Series leads to bizjet possibilities
Having passed responsibility for an engine for the planned Bombardier C Series 110- to 149-seat jetliner to its U.S.

Having passed responsibility for an engine for the planned Bombardier C Series 110- to 149-seat jetliner to its U.S. parent, Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) says time devoted to the exercise has not been wasted. Rather, it is contributing to work on a 10,000- to 14,000-pound-thrust design–dubbed X10–aimed at a future generation of large business and corporate jets.

Work on a C Series engine moved south of the U.S./Canada border after Bombardier discussions with airlines drove power requirements beyond the 20,000-pound-thrust threshold that defines respective P&WC and parent company Pratt & Whitney product ranges. The Canadian subsidiary’s facilities in Quebec do not have, for example, the test cell or lifting capacity to handle engines of the emerging size required for the proposed new airliner–which otherwise would have become its largest offering.