Engines
P&WC Unveils PT9 Engine with Type Certification in Hand
Clean-sheet engine design in 2,000-shp class
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT9
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Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has taken the wraps off the PT9, a 2,000-shp clean-sheet turboprop engine that draws on the PT6 name but incorporates new architecture scalable to multiple platforms. The engine maker unveiled the centerline powerplant today at NBAA-BACE 2026, and with Transport Canada certification already in hand.

P&WC president Satheeshkumar Kumarasingam stressed the engine is neither a replacement for, nor a successor to, its venerable PT6 line, but is designed with new technologies that could adapt to future applications such as hybrid operations. With the PT9, Kumarasingam said, “We leaped ahead in this next-generation architecture and product line” to bring more modularity, scalability, and maintainability. 

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