{"id":822325,"date":"2025-03-06T05:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/rtxs-pratt-whitney-and-collins-aerospace-to-lead-engine-integration-and-supply-power-units-and-nacelles-for-jetzero-blended-wing-aircraft\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T05:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:03:26","slug":"rtxs-pratt-whitney-and-collins-aerospace-to-lead-engine-integration-and-supply-power-units-and-nacelles-for-jetzero-blended-wing-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/rtxs-pratt-whitney-and-collins-aerospace-to-lead-engine-integration-and-supply-power-units-and-nacelles-for-jetzero-blended-wing-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"RTX’s Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace to lead engine integration and supply power units and nacelles for JetZero blended wing aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n ARLINGTON, Va.<\/span>
\n <\/span>, March 6, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — RTX (NYSE: RTX) has entered into three agreements with JetZero, the developer of a novel blended wing body aircraft, to provide key systems for the airframer’s full-scale demonstrator. Pratt & Whitney will integrate\u00a0the PW2040 engine and\u00a0auxiliary power unit (APU); and Collins Aerospace will provide the nacelle and propulsion mounting structure. Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace are RTX businesses.<\/p>\n

“The aviation\u00a0industry\u00a0is focused on\u00a0efforts to reduce operational costs by\u00a0improving fuel efficiency and RTX has an extensive\u00a0portfolio of technologies to help companies like JetZero do just that,” said Juan de Bedout<\/span>, RTX’s chief technology officer. “Together, JetZero and RTX\u00a0will play an important role in redefining the future of commercial and military aviation.”<\/p>\n

“Securing partnerships for the demonstrator’s propulsion systems marks yet another meaningful milestone on our journey from design to test, to demonstration,” said Dan da Silva<\/span>, chief operating officer for JetZero. “We continue to make steady progress on both the demonstrator program and the design and production capabilities of the airplane that will eventually be delivered to customers. We welcome these industry-leading suppliers to the program and are inspired to see the industry’s investment and belief in the blended wing airplane.”<\/p>\n

JetZero aims to achieve a 50% reduction in fuel burn based on the aerodynamic efficiency of the blended wing and is planning test flights beginning in 2027.<\/p>\n

Under the new agreements, RTX will provide the following systems for JetZero’s demonstrator:<\/p>\n