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, …

JetZero has just announced it has chosen the legacy Pratt & Whitney PW2040 engine to power its demonstrator that is planned to fly in 2027 . Ambitiously, JetZero plans for the blended-wing-body (BWB) aircraft (called the Z4) to enter commercial service …

Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. Opportunities, and ironies, were in abundance Thursday at a matchmaking event Connecticut organized for its small manufacturers to gain entree to NASA, SpaceX and …

Cranfield University is in pursuit of the next big breakthrough in the aviation world. To date, virtually every plane to take flight is the traditional "tube and wing" layout. Like any modern widebody or narrowbody jet, the plane has a long tube- …

Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of RTX, has provided an update on its Hydrogen Steam Injected, Inter-cooled Turbine Engine (HySIITE) program. The program, launched in 2022, received $3.8 million in funding from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced …

HyAxiom’s 440-kilowatt phosphoric acid fuel cell is now its flagship product, and it still builds on technical know-how developed under the Apollo and space shuttle programs. (Image: HyAxiom Inc.) When NASA started investing in fuel cell technology in the …

By tapping into a network of both industrial and academic partners, NASA ensures a diverse input of ideas and solutions. Each entity, while working in its area of expertise, complements the others, thereby fostering a holistic developmental approach to …

NASA is aiming high with the AACES programme, aiming to harness expertise and take sustainable flying to the next level. Bob Pearce, NASA associate administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, said: “Through initiatives like AACES, NASA …

NASA has commissioned five different studies, worth a total of $11.5 million to develop a new generation of low-emission commercial aircraft that will provide a sustainable mode of travel. The space agency, through its Advanced Aircraft Concepts for …

NASA is looking to develop a new generation of low-emission commercial aircraft that will offer a more efficient and sustainable mode of travel. The space agency has commissioned five new design studies as part of its Advanced Aircraft Concepts for …