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- Pratt Gains $975 Million NASA Space Shuttle Engine Contract Change
- NASA gave Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a $975 million extension of a contract for maintaining main engines on orbiter vehicles in the space shuttle fleet, bringing the total contract to more than $2 billion. A unit of United Technologies [UTX], Pratt will perform the work through ...
- Research articles 2007-08-03
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Snares $1.2 Billion NASA Pact For Ares
- NASA on Monday gave Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Inc. a $1.2 billion sole source contract for work on the upper stage of the Ares I and Ares V rockets that will propel the next generation U.S. spaceship, Orion. Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies [UTX],...
- Research articles 2007-07-18
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne growth plans
- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne PWR--a unit of United Technologies Corp--has announced plans to grow its Huntsville, Ala. site operations through new business opportunities associated with NASA's Vision for Space Exploration. Expansion of the Huntsville operation is part of an overall growth strategy by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne to design,...
- Research articles 2006-09-22
- NASA AWARDS HIGH-SPEED PROPULSION CONTRACT
- As part of the High-Speed Research Program, NASA has signed a $266 million contract with the industry team of GE Aircraft Engines and United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney for work on the critical propulsion component technologies for a 21st century High-Speed Civil Transport HSCT. The...
- Research articles 2005-02-28
- Connecticut Shuttle Contractors Review Data for Probe.
- By Pam Dawkins, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Pam Dawkins, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2003-02-04
- X-44A designation for tailless F-22
- NASA, the USAF Research Laboratory, Pratt & Whitney and Lockheed Martin are conducting a feasibility study of an experimental tailless aircraft, the X-44A, based on an F-22 airframe. The study started earlier this year and will be completed in early 2000. The X-44A project is an extension of the...
- Research articles 1999-11-01
- NASA has tested a new high pressure liquid oxidizer turbopump and is ready to fly an upgraded space shuttle main engine in June
- NASA has tested a new high pressure liquid oxidizer turbopump and is ready to fly an upgraded space shuttle main engine in June. Final tests on the new liquid oxygen high pressure turbopump was completed March 15. The pumps, built by Pratt & Whitney and Rocketdyne, will increase reliability and...
- Research articles 1995-03-22
- GE, UTC developing propulsion for high speed civil transport
- General Electric Aircraft Engines and United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney are researching propulsion technologies for the 21st century High Speed Civil Transport under a $266 million NASA award which definitizes a June letter contract. The two firms are working to develop the technology required for ultra-low n...
- Research articles 1994-09-12
- P&W begins LOX Turbopump flight certification tests
- Pratt & Whitney yesterday began flight certification tests for an advanced turbopump NASA hopes will substantially reduce the operational pricetag on its space shuttle fleet. "This is a major milestone for P&W's turbopump program," John Price, manager for P&W's Alternate Turbopump Development program, said...
- Research articles 1994-06-22
- P&W resumes work on alternate fuel pump for shuttle
- NASA yesterday gave prime contractor Pratt & Whitney the green light to resume work on the liquid hydrogen fuel Alternate Turbopump Development ATD program for space shuttle. The effort was halted in December 1991 due to funding problems and to give P&W's Government Engines and Space Propulsion unit time...
- Research articles 1994-05-18
- NASA picks GE-P&W team for HSCT propulsion development
- NASA has selected a team comprised of General Electric and Pratt & Whitney for negotiations leading to award of a $300 million, eight-year contract to develop critical propulsion component technologies for a future High Speed Civil Transport HSCF. Work on the cost-plus-award-fee contract could begin as early as February...
- Research articles 1993-11-30
- Thrust vectoring nozzles give pilots an edge.
- Thrust vectoring is the redirecting of aircraft jet-engine thrust. The US Air Force, NASA and engine manufacturers are developing thrust-vectoring engine nozzles, with the intent of increasing supersonic fighters' maneuverability. General Electric Co and Pratt & Whitney have developed and are currently testing thrust-vectoring systems. An Air Force F-15 fitted...
- Research articles 1993-03-01
- New shuttle turbopump achieves 6,000-second test milestone
- A new liquid oxygen turbopump built by Pratt & Whitney for the Space Shuttle Main SSME reached 6,000 seconds of test time December 10 at NASA's Stennis Space Center, Miss., the company reported. The new pumps are manufactured using castings and are expected to last longer and require less...
- Research articles 1992-12-14
- NASA pursues aeropropulsion contracts with GE, Pratt & Whitney
- NASA'S Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, is entering negotiations with General 3 Electric and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft on contracts for a wide range of aeropropulsion technology support. Under the five-year, cost-plus-award-fee contracts totaling about $84 million, the two companies independently will study, analyze, design, fabricate and test...
- Research articles 1992-04-09
- NASA's decision. (Palm Beach County).(Pratt & Whitney layoffs)(Brief Article)
- NASA's decision not to renew a space shuttle booster engine contract ... NASA's decision not to renew a space shuttle booster engine contract with Pratt & Whitney will result in 100 layoffs at the contractor.
- Research articles 2002-12-01
- Pratt & Whitney's Division in West Palm Beach, Fla., Shares NASA Award.
- By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Research articles 2003-06-16
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- Alliant Techsystems, Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
- Alliant Techsystems, Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne have teamed together in preparation for NASA's Ares-I Upper Stage procurement, planned for early 2007. ATK is responsible for the Ares-I first stage hardware, including the interface and separation with the upper stage. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is responsible for the...
- Research articles 2006-09-22
- Pratt Reports Successful Tests On Engine For Future U.S. Ares Rocket
- The J-2X rocket engine for the next-generation U.S. spacecraft rocket aced tests, according to Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a United Technologies [UTX] unit. That engine will power the Ares launch vehicles that will lift the Orion crew exploration vehicle into orbit to reach the International Space...
- Research articles 2008-01-25
- Pratt & Whitney Partners with Russian Rocket Manufacturer.
- By Stephen Pounds, The Palm Beach Post, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 29--Pratt & Whitney is ready to build Russian rockets, almost. Pratt's space unit partnered with a Russian rocket company, NPO Energomash, in the mid-1990s. ...
- Research articles 2003-09-29
- Cryogenic spin testing of NASA's shuttle engines. (Barbour Stockwell Co.)
- Barbour Stockwell Co was contracted by Pratt and Whitney to build a cryogenic spin test facility for its Alternate Turbopump Program for NASA. The facility contains a spin pit capable of performing spin tests at extreme temperatures. Tests are performed iBarbour Stockwell Co was contracted by Pratt and Whitney to...
- Research articles 1992-12-01
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