FARNBOROUGH, England, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARNBOROUGH AIR
SHOW -- Pratt & Whitney Global Material Solutions (GMS), a strategic
initiative that offers customers choice and value with new alternative
materials for CFM56(R) engines, recently received U.S. Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) certification for all 19 GMS life limited parts and
two gas path parts for CFM56-3 engines; the remaining parts are on track to
receive certification. The first certified GMS life limited part has been
installed in a customer engine and is expected to enter service later this
month. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.
"Our customers have strong competition in their own industries, so they
are thrilled with the availability of our OEM-quality alternative," says
Matthew Bromberg, vice president and general manager of Global Material
Solutions.
Each GMS life limited part is certified under a Supplemental Type
Certificate (STC). The FAA's STC process requires an applicant to meet all
regulations required of a type certificate holder, and each life limited
part is certified with FAA Chapter 5 life limits equal to the original type
certificate holder. The GMS STC approvals are the first FAA certifications
ever granted for alternative life limited engine parts.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the General
Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) STC validation processes
have been initiated for the GMS life limited parts. Pratt & Whitney
anticipates approval from both agencies by year-end.
Global Material Solutions, publicly launched in February 2006, has
three launch customers: United Airlines in the U.S., Jet2.com in Europe and
an undisclosed airline in China. In addition, the GMS MRO network includes
Pratt & Whitney's Norway Engine Center, United Services and JAT Tehnika in
Europe.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and
service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas
turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified
company providing high technology products and services to the global
aerospace and commercial building industries.
CFM and CFM56 are trademarks of CFM International.
Katy Padgett Jennifer Whitlow
Pratt & Whitney Global Material Solutions Pratt & Whitney
+1.860.565.3433 Int'l Mobile: +1.860.214.7502
kathleen.padgett@pw.utc.com jennifer.whitlow@pw.utc.com
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CONTACT:
Katy Padgett of Pratt & Whitney Global
Material Solutions, +1-860-565-3433, kathleen.padgett@pw.utc.com,
or Jennifer Whitlow of Pratt & Whitney, Int'l Mobile:
+1-860-214-7502, jennifer.whitlow@pw.utc.com
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