Engines
UTC Sees Supply Chain Struggling With Narrowbody Rate Hikes
Shortage of skilled manpower stands as a crucial issue for aerospace vendors
Pratt & Whitney has agreed with Airbus to increase over the next two years its monthly production rates of PW1100G engines for 320neo-family jets, United Technologies CEO Greg Hayes revealed on April 24. (Photo: Pratt & Whitney)
Pratt & Whitney has agreed with Airbus to increase over the next two years its monthly production rates of PW1100G engines for 320neo-family jets, United Technologies CEO Greg Hayes revealed on April 24. (Photo: Pratt & Whitney)

Second-tier and third-tier vendors to the Airbus and Boeing narrowbody manufacturing programs will struggle to maintain a smooth flow of their products to the two major OEMs’ assembly lines if the two companies decide to accelerate A320neo and 737 monthly production rates in sudden large increments, according to United Technologies CEO Greg Hayes.


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