Engines
Compressor Performance Key to Pratt Canada’s NGRT
Pratt & Whitney Canada vice president of marketing Richard Dussault (Photo: Gregory Polek)
Pratt & Whitney Canada vice president of marketing Richard Dussault (Photo: Gregory Polek)

Despite some vacillation on the part of airframe OEMs still studying the form their respective 90-seat turboprop might finally take, development of Pratt & Whitney Canada’s engine offering continues on what company vice president of marketing Richard Dussault called a critical path leading to expected launch next year. Dubbed the Next Generation Regional Turboprop (NGRT), the engine would feature an all-new compressor, a miniaturized version of Pratt & Whitney’s patented Talon combustor and, perhaps, an eight-blade propeller, all meant to contribute to a 20-percent improvement in fuel efficiency specified by Bombardier and ATR.