When you're at an airport and see propeller aircraft, you likely think it is powered by a piston engine. This is usually true among smaller planes, like the Cessa 172 Skyhawk and the Piper Archer, or ...

China has pushed a new piece of aviation hardware through one of the harshest trials in the business, proving that its first ...

Today's passenger aircraft house some of the most cutting-edge innovations in engine technology, and that list most certainly includes turboprop engines. In layman's terms, a turboprop is a jet engine ...

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is still working on a new turboprop engine called the PT9A-11 and is also continuing to seek certification of a new helicopter turboshaft powerplant called the PW220A.

Less glamourous than the part of the aviation industry that deals in jets, regional transport by means of turboprop aircraft continues to be the lifeline of our world. And in this segment, there is no ...

Companies will target continued improvements to aircraft fuel efficiency, durability and operating costs PARIS, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada today announce their intent ...