In 1945, preliminary design began on Allison's first turboprop engines. One was the T40 (Allison Model 500), which consisted of two T38 power sections driving co-axial contrarotating propellers ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a company-owned MQ-9B SkyGuardian ® Remotely Piloted Aircraft on July 15, 2024, with a PT6 E-Series model turboprop engine supplied by Pratt & ...

Today's passenger aircraft house some of the most cutting-edge innovations in engine technology, and that list most certainly includes turboprop engines. In layman's terms, a turboprop is a jet engine ...

When you're at an airport and see propeller aircraft, you likely think it is powered by a piston engine. This is usually true among smaller planes, like the Cessa 172 Skyhawk and the Piper Archer, or ...

Less glamourous than the part of the aviation industry that deals in jets, regional transport by means of turboprop aircraft continues to be the lifeline of our world. And in this segment, there is no ...

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) appears to be working on a successor to the best-selling PT6 turboprop engine it refers to as the PT9A-11 according to regulatory filings with the US Federal Aviation ...

RTX Corporation’s RTX business, Pratt & Whitney, has been awarded the type certification for the PW127XT-L regional turboprop engine by Transport Canada Civil Aviation. This marks the 200th type ...

The VK-800SP engine is being developed since 2020 for the whole range of looking-forward projects of small and regional aviation, the Ural Civil Aviation Plant noted RIYADH, February 10. /TASS/. The ...

Companies will target continued improvements to aircraft fuel efficiency, durability and operating costs PARIS, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada today announce their intent ...