When aviation enthusiasts saw a new Boeing 747 variant roll out of the Everett factory in 1975, many did a double-take. From head-on, it had the familiar hump and four engines of the “Queen of the Skies,” but side-on, it looked surprisingly different. The …

Daily Quiz 1. Scientists analysing 15 years of data from NASA’s … Gamma-ray Space Telescope found a mysterious glow of gamma rays surrounding the halo region of our galaxy, and the energies and characteristics of these rays, scientists say, matched those …

The Lockheed U-2 'Dragon Lady' spy plane is famously one of the oldest aircraft types in service with the United States Air Force. The aircraft is a relic of the Cold War and first entered service in the 1950s, before playing a critical role in the …

When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates were selected as the ridiculously massive Lockheed C- …

IN A NUTSHELL ✈️ Pratt & Whitney secures a contract to produce the latest F135 engines for the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet. 🔍 The engine features low-observability capabilities, enhancing mission success in challenging environments. 💼 The F135 …

Since Pratt & Whitney emerged as a startup a century ago, Aviation Week has chronicled its growth into a world-leading propulsion powerhouse. In this first of two special features, we look back through our archives at some of the company’s key …

Le BOURGET, France — Moses Lake, Washington, will be the test site for a new hybrid-electric plane as part of an experiment that aims to make aircraft cleaner and more fuel efficient. RTX, an aerospace conglomerate that includes engine maker Pratt & …

LE BOURGET—RTX company Pratt & Whitney has appointed modification specialist AeroTEC to convert a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 turboprop into its long-planned Hybrid-Electric Propulsion (HEP) flight demonstrator. The modified aircraft, which was …

… -breathing experiment. But in NASA’s own paperwork, the … system is attempted. One NASA planning document is blunt: … -Mach scramjet systems. Outside NASA, even simple outreach material … flight. Powered by a Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne SJY61 scramjet engine, …

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Pratt & Whitney, the engine manufacturer based in the United States and a subsidiary of RTX, has announced several developments that would improve the maintenance capacity and capabilities of the PW1000G aircraft engine family, …