Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon this week awarded Pratt & Whitney a sole-source contract worth as much as $870 million to sustain the ...

Contract will support fleet readiness for NATO's "eyes in the sky" EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has received an $18 million TF33 ...

For more than six decades, the B-52 Stratofortress has flown on the same Pratt & Whitney TF33 turbofans that were bolted to its wings when the Beatles were still playing Hamburg clubs. That era is ...

of operation and age of the engine, the in-flight shutdown rate and depot cost are expected to increase even faster (Figure 4-4). There are serious issues other than fuel efficiency that need to be ...

For the first time since the Kennedy administration, the B-52 Stratofortress is getting new primary propulsion engines. Boeing has received formal authorization from the U.S. Air Force to begin ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a long-term TF33 engine sustainment contract valued up to $870 million by the Defense ...

October 4, 2021: The B-52H, the oldest and most useful American heavy bomber, is finally getting its new engines, after using the TF33 since entering service. The new engines are expected to lower ...

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has secured a potential $870 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to sustain the global fleet of TF33 engines. The company said Wednesday it ...

The historic B-52 bomber is a step closer to a new engine. The B-52J Commercial Engine Replacement Program recently held a Critical Design Review, a “pivotal milestone” that advances the older plane ...

October 10, 2022: The U.S. Air Force has finally determined that all the upgrades to the B-52H will require a new designation (B-52K and B-52K). The B-52G became the ...