Pratt & Whitney Canada Delivers First PW615F Engine for Cessna Citation Mustang.LONGUEUIL, Quebec This article is about the central municipality of Longueuil. For the agglomeration city, see Urban agglomeration of Longueuil. Longueuil (English pronunciation [lɑŋˈgɔɪ] -- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (P&WC), a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UTX UTX United Technologies Corporation (stock abbreviation, AMEX) UTX Unreal Texture (a texture pack for Unreal-engine games) UTX Unit Training Exercise UTX Under Track Crossing ) company, today delivered the first PW615F engine to Cessna Aircraft Company for the new Citation Mustang business jet. The engine will be installed on A/C No. 003, the first Citation Mustang to be built at Cessna's assembly facility in Independence, Kansas Independence is a city in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. The population was 9,846 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Montgomery CountyGR6. . "This is an exciting milestone for both Pratt & Whitney Canada and Cessna Aircraft," said Alain M. Bellemare, President, P&WC. "Delivery of the first PW615F engine comes just two months after we received Transport Canada type certification for the engine series." P&WC this week also officially inaugurated the new PW600 assembly and test facility at its main manufacturing plant in Longueuil, Quebec. This state-of-the-art facility, which includes a lean assembly line and test cell, is a dedicated assembly and test area to support the PW600 engine production. "We are ready to ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale production for this new exciting engine family," commented Bellemare."We already have a strong demand for the PW600, and we've built capacity to meet the high volumes." Pratt & Whitney Canada Delivers The PW615, rated at 1,350 lbs of thrust and featuring a dual-channel Full Authority Digital Electronic Control (FADEC FADEC Full Authority Digital Engine Control FADEC Full Authority Digital Electronic Control ), offers optimum value and performance with significantly reduced ownership costs. It was selected in January 2003 to power the Citation Mustang. Pratt & Whitney Canada, based in Longueuil, Quebec, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines powering business, general aviation and regional aircraft, and helicopters. The company also offers auxiliary power units and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company diversified company A company engaged in varied business operations not directly related to one another. A diversified company is less likely to suffer either a collapse or a spectacular gain in earnings compared with a firm concentrating its operations in a providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and building industries. Photo of the first PW615F engine delivered to Cessna Aircraft Company available on P&WC Web site at http://www.pwc.ca/en/0_0/0_0_8/0_0_8_2_1.asp |
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