Engines
Pratt Assembles First Engine for MRJ
Pratt & Whitney completed assembly of the first

Pratt & Whitney completed assembly of the first PurePower PW1217G engine to test for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), the company announced today. The engine, rated at 17,000 pounds of thrust, is the third PurePower PW1000G series engine to complete assembly. It will go to Pratt & Whitney’s West Palm Beach, Fla., facility to initiate testing. Pratt & Whitney held the so-called MRJ “last-bolt ceremony” at its Middletown Engine Center in Connecticut.

“The PurePower engine is an integral part of the new Mitsubishi Regional Jet,” Yukihiko Nakata, Mitsubishi Aircraft senior deputy project manager, told Pratt & Whitney employees at the ceremony today. “We continue to work closely with Pratt & Whitney to integrate the engine with the airframe, and we look forward to getting the initial test results from this first engine to test.”