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This article is about the U.S. company Pratt & Whitney. For the Canadian sister company, see Pratt & Whitney Canada . Pratt & Whitney is an American Aircraft Engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and Military Aircraft . As one of the "big three" aero-engine manufacturers it competes with General Electric and Rolls-Royce although it has also formed joint ventures with both of these companies. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney manufactures fixed Gas Turbine s for industry and Power Generation , marine turbines, railway Locomotive engines, and Rocket engines. HISTORY The Pratt & Whitney Company was founded in 1860 by Francis Pratt and Amos Whitney with headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut . The company manufactured machine tools, tools for the makers of sewing machines, and gun making machinery for use by the Union Army during the American Civil War . In 1925 Frederick Brant Rentschler approached Pratt & Whitney, looking for funds and a location to build his new aircraft engine. Pratt & Whitney loaned him $250,000, the use of the Pratt & Whitney name, and space in their building. This was the beginning of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company. Pratt & Whitney's first engine, the Wasp, was completed on Christmas Eve 1925 . The Wasp developed 425 horsepower (317 kW) on its third test run. It easily passed the Navy qualification test in March 1926 , and by October the Navy had ordered 200 engines. The Wasp exhibited speed, climb, performance and reliability that revolutionized American aviation. In 1929 Frederick Rentschler, ended his association with Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool and formed United Aircraft And Transport Corporation , the predecessor to today's United Technologies . His agreement allowed Rentschler to carry the name with him to his new corporation. Pratt & Whitney is a business unit of industrial Conglomerate United Technologies , making it a sister company to Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC, originally United Aircraft of Canada), Sikorsky Helicopters, Hamilton Sundstrand , Otis Elevator Company and refrigeration giant Carrier Corporation . PWC designs and builds the smaller aircraft engines while P&W manufactures the larger engines. Pratt & Whitney is headquarted in East Hartford, Connecticut and also has plants in Middletown , CT; Cheshire , CT; West Palm Beach , FL; and North Berwick , ME. CIVIL TURBINE ENGINES AND APPLICATIONS s over Antarctica]]
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