Pratt & Whitney's (P&W) Military Engines business is in transition, according to company president Dave Hess. His comment came at the Florida Everglades engine test facility of the global aerospace manufacture during its recent annual media day. Although the number of P&W military turbofan engines in service rose from around 4,700 in 2000 to about 5,200 a decade later, production on three of the company's major engine lines is winding down. In January, P&W delivered the 507th and last F119 engine for the Lockheed F-22 Raptor. Meanwhile, the potential end of production .of its hugely successful F100 fighter engine is now in sight. Production of the F117 - the PW2040 commercial turbofan, militarised to power the Boeing C-17 - is also set to finish at about the same time.
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