Engines
Pratt Breaks New Ground in Singapore
Plans call for Pratt & Whitney's new plant in Singapore to deliver its first part in 2015. (Image: Pratt & Whitney)
Plans call for Pratt & Whitney's new plant in Singapore to deliver its first part in 2015. (Image: Pratt & Whitney)

Pratt & Whitney broke ground on a new engine-part production plant at the Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore on Thursday. Plans call for the new 180,000-sq-ft facility to produce fan blades and high-pressure turbine disks for Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower Geared Turbofan engines, chosen to power the Airbus A320neo, Mitsubishi MRJ, Bombardier CSeries, Irkut MS-21 and Embraer’s next generation of E-Jets.