The grounding and retirement of older Pratt & Whitney JT8D engines is causing the manufacturer to scale down radically its overhaul operations for the powerplant. In parallel it is winding up its ...
The U.S. Air Force wants to re-engine its E-8 Joint-STARS aircraft, but officials are rethinking an earlier plan to award the contract to Pratt & Whitney for its JT8D engines. The company had ...