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Press Release
Pratt & Whitney celebrates a century of flight

July 22, 2025

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, celebrates today (July 22, 2025) 100 years since being incorporated and revolutionizing military and commercial aviation with its R-1340 Wasp radial engine. A century later, Pratt & Whitney’s products have helped shape the modern world and the company continues to be a global leader in aircraft-propulsion technology, with more than 90,000 engines in service, powering all types of fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.