Farnborough Show News - July 14, 2008 - (Page 74)

BUSINESS AVIATION FA R N B O R O U G H 2 0 0 8 P&WC Enjoys a Record Production Level Record production is the story of the day at Pratt & Whitney Canada, and it’s going to be one that keeps on happening. The success is certainly buoyed by record orders in business, helicopter and regional airline markets, but it is due more to PWC’s aggressive and relentless strategy to develop new engines for new applications and win more market share in new market segments. Recent successes for the future include its entry into the large-cabin longrange business jet market with selection of the all-new PW810 on the Cessna Citation Columbus, a Cessna’s new Columbus. The PW210S, PW600 and PW810 will form Pratt & Whitney Canada’s three main building blocks for the future The PW210S, PW600 and PW810 will form Pratt & Whitney Canada’s three main building blocks for the future, said evp John Saabas, “but the PW300 family will still be very important as we seek more applications for it, and now the PW500 has FADEC, which many, many people had asked us to do.” On the new engines, Saabas gave the following report: • PW810 P&WC is on track with detailed design progress on the 10,000-pounds-thrust engine that is designed to bring high single-digit improvements in fuel burn over today’s state-of-the-art engines, a 50% reduction in Nox to CAEP 6 standards, 35% reduction in carbon monoxide, and less noise. “We’re very happy with progress,” said Saabas. MTU of Germany has signed up as a 15% partner in this and the larger Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan, which will share the same common core configuration. Pratt estimates the PW810 could be worth multi-billions of dollars in orders over the life of the program. • PW210 Certification is due by the end of the year, following some 1,500 hours of development testing to date. The engine owes a lot to the PW600 turbofan that powers the very light jets, sharing the design and production philosophies that result in higher durability, lower fuel consumption, less weight, lower maintenance and faster, more efficient production. “This engine is best in its class and we think we’ve hit a sweet spot in terms of where demand is going to be in the years to come,” said Saabas. • PW600 Entry into service has been very smooth, with just minor glitches here and there, Saabas said. The engine has also been selected to power the Epic Victory VLJ and the Eclipse 400 single-engined personal jet. —John Morris P&WC evp John Saabas. step change in the helicopter market powering the Sikorsky S-76D with the all-new PW210S turboshaft, and of course the allnew PW600 on the Eclipse 500, Mustang and Phenom very light jets that are now or are on the verge of being produced in numbers. And in the last few months PWC received certification of the FADEC-equipped PW545C turbofan on the Cessna Citation XLS+ (the sixth application for the PW500 family at Cessna), delivered the 400th PW306C for the Cessna Citation Sovereign, and was selected to power the all-new Learjet 85 with the PW307B. That engine is a relative of the PW308 that will take Pratt Canada into space on Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo spaceplane mothership, due to be rolled out later this month. 74 “but the PW300 family will still be very important as we seek more applications for it, and now the PW500 has FADEC, which many, many people had asked us to do.” —Pratt & Whitney Canada evp John Saabas, Total Deliveries Could Exceed 4,000 Units With booming business jet, helicopter and turboprop airliner markets, Pratt & Whitney Canada is set to deliver a record number of engines this year, “ perhaps more than 4,000 if you include the PW600” that powers the Eclipse, Cessna Mustang and Phenom 100 very light jets, says company president Alain Bellemare. That follows deliveries of a record 3,054 engines last year. Some 500 PW600s will likely be delivered this year from the first production line in Longueuil, Canada, and a new one, for the PW615 for the Phenom, in Halifax, Novia Scotia, where PWC is launching the second phase of a $45 million investment to increase the competitiveness of that facility. Pratt has already delivered more than 500 PW600s, and “is pacing the demands of our customers” with its adjustable capacity production line, Bellemare said. While the high volume of these engines—60 were delivered in March alone—has a dramatic effect on total production figures, PWC’s next target milestone is to deliver 300 non-PW600 engines a month. July 14, 2008 www.aviationweek.com/shownews http://www.aviationweek.com/shownews

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