Engines
PW looking to reduce C02
U.S.

U.S. engine maker Pratt & Whitney (PW) is here touting its solutions to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, including more fuel-efficient technologies and better engine maintenance. During a press conference here at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday, president Steve Finger highlighted existing PW engines features and pledged geared turbofan flight-testing very soon.

“Our 30,000-pound-of-thrust geared fan demonstrator will fly on a Boeing 747 testbed next year,” Finger announced. It is to start ground tests this fall (see AIN’s Tuesday Paris Air Show edition, page 30). PW’s target is to be ready for a entry into service by 2013 on a new generation of single-aisle airliners.

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