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P&WC Prepares As Momentum Builds for New-Gen Turboprop
Pratt & Whitney Canada is continuing with early development work for its planned New Generation Regional Turboprop.
Pratt & Whitney Canada is continuing with early development work for its planned New Generation Regional Turboprop.

Consensus is building among manufacturers and operators alike for a new 90-seat regional turboprop airliner, according to Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC), which is eager to press ahead with its plans for a New Generation Regional Turboprop (NGRT) engine. Both ATR and Bombardier are known to be actively considering plans for larger members of their respective turboprop families and P&WC is stepping up development work to be ready for what it believes could be a pair of program launches next year.