Raytheon Technologies : Pratt & Whitney Aftermarket Highlights Sustainability Practices and Technology Advancement Across Commercial MRO Sites in North America

DALLAS, April 27, 2022 - Pratt & Whitney, approaching it's 100^th year of designing, manufacturing, and servicing aircraft engines, is driving the development of innovative technologies and greener busineses practices across its U.S.-based maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facilities for commercial aviation. Since the company's inception, experts at Pratt & Whitney have analyzed industry trends and continuously modernized to provide world-class customer support that optimizes engine fleet performance and engine reliability, minimizes costs, and advances preventative maintenance for operators around the world.

"In a typical jet engine, 15,000 parts or more come together. Similarly, in the aviation industry, technology, product and process innovation must merge with sustainability initiatives to keep the industry moving forward," said Joe Sylvestro, senior vice president of Aftermarket and Sustainment Operations at Pratt & Whitney. "As the pace of change quickens, our passion for technological advancement deepens."

Pratt & Whitney is focused on technology insertion within its shops to drive productivity and efficiencies. For example, the company's Dallas Airfoil Repair and Operations facility recently demonstrated a newly patented system that streamlines part inspection with capability not previously deployed to the shop floor. In addition, to support increased F135 part repair work out of its East Hartford Repair Operations division, Pratt & Whitney has also invested in a new laser drill, waterjet strip, coordinate measuring machine and airflow equipment.

Technology insertion is also being used at Pratt & Whitney's three customer training centers located in East Hartford, Connecticut; Beijing, China; and Hyderabad, India. Typically training more than 6,000 students a year, the company's maintenance training has evolved to integrate new technology into the traditional instructor-led, hands-on training methods. A 3D application called EngineExplorer has been developed for the Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine, V2500 and F135 engine models, which allows instructors to separate and rotate the engine, isolate engine systems, search for specific parts, and to annotate and highlight areas of an engine. Pratt & Whitney is also developing ways to incorporate virtual and augmented reality into trainings, helping to enhance courses by making them more immersive and engaging.

To more easily integrate flight operations and engine health insights and customize workscopes for MRO shop visits, many airlines are turning to data analytics to augment their internal engineering and maintenance teams. EngineWise® Data by ADEM™ (Advanced Diagnostics and Engine Monitoring) allows Pratt & Whitney to manage customers' engine health and maintenance planning requirements, working to maximize each customer's specific engine performance and engine time on-wing, while maintaining predictable MRO spend. The system currently provides analysis for more than 9,500 in-service engines. GTF engines alone generate about four million data points on an average two-hour flight. Expert data analysts use this data to help reduce operational disruption through predictive and preventative maintenance.

"Our employees rise to the challenge each day, innovating to move the industry forward," said Sylvestro. "To us, it's about transporting people reliably to their destinations. It's about providing the care and intelligence to service aircraft engines expertly. And, ultimately, it's about engineering a new and exciting sustainable future for aviation."

As the leading manufacturer of propulsion systems for the aviation industry, Pratt & Whitney has a large stake and role to play in protecting our planet. The company has built a strategic framework for sustainability focused on smarter engines and technologies, cleaner fuels and a commitment to operating clearner, more sustainable facitilies. Pratt & Whitney's global MRO sites are re-imagining operations and pursuing greener business practices to reduce its environmental impact, including:

• The Pratt & Whitney Columbus Engine Center has a closed loop clean line process for the GTF engine, enabling water reclamation and eliminating the need for more than one million gallons of fresh water per year. Savings are expected to grow as GTF throughput increases in the coming years. In addition, the company collects water from the roof and stores it in tanks to then use it for other purposes, including landscape irrigation.
• In Arkansas, the company has made tremendous strides thanks to its rainwater harvesting system, solar field and other sustainability projects. Since 2010, water consumption has improved by 32 percent and annual greenhouse gas emissions have reduced by 400 metric tonnes.
• Employees in Dallas developed an environmentally friendly laser for cleaning engine parts. The laser - as opposed to conventional abrasive grit blasting and powerful water-jet stripping - vaporizes grit, dust and rust from components, reducing material consumption, emissions and industrial waste.
• EcoPower is an engine wash service available through EcoServices, LLC, a Pratt & Whitney joint venture. It is a closed-loop wash system, using only highly purified heated atomized water to effectively clean engines. Using this sustainable process for a fleet of ten A320s over the course of five years, for example, would re-use more than 90,000 liters of water and result in the elimination of 8,600 tonnes of CO2 and 3.3 million liters of fuel savings.

Founded by Frederick Rentschler in Connecticut in 1925, Pratt & Whitney has been a leader in innovation for passenger flights and military missions since its first Wasp engine. Today, the company makes the most advanced operational fighter engine, the F135 engine, as well as the most sustainable commercial engine for single-aisle aircraft, the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine. With more than 10,000 engine orders and commitments from more than 80 customers, GTF engines now power more than 1,200 aircraft with 62 operators across three aircraft families. To keep pace with the growing fleet, the GTF MRO network continues to expand around the globe.Visit https://prattwhitney.com/enginewise for more information.

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