PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT

Pratt & Whitney, subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations. It designs, manufactures, and services aircraft engines, auxiliary and ground power units, and small turbojet propulsion products for commercial and military aircraft worldwide. It provides commercial engines, military engines, and small expendable and recoverable turbojet propulsion systems. It also offers maintenance, repair, and overhaul services for comme... rcial engines, military engines, and auxiliary power units. Pratt & Whitney is headquartered in East Hartford, Connecticut and also has plants in Columbus, Georgia; Middletown, Connecticut; Dallas, Texas; Cheshire, Connecticut; West Palm Beach, Florida, North Berwick, Maine; and Bridgeport, West Virginia. The company was founded on April 1925 by Frederick Rentschler, an Ohio native and former executive at Wright Aeronautical.More