Engines
Pratt Sees ‘Winning Conditions’ for NGRT Launch
Pratt & Whitney Canada continues development of the NGRT while airframe OEMs dither over the launch of a 90-seat turboprop.
Pratt & Whitney Canada vice president of marketing Richard Dussault. (Photo: Gregory Polek)
Pratt & Whitney Canada vice president of marketing Richard Dussault. (Photo: Gregory Polek)

While ATR and Bombardier continue to vacillate over plans to introduce a new 90-seat turboprop, Pratt & Whitney Canada keeps moving forward with an engine it believes will deliver a 20-percent fuel burn improvement over existing engines in the 5,000- to 7,000-shp range by the turn of the decade. 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 likely an eight-blade propeller.