Pratt & Whitney, From Secret Project Suntan To The J58 That Powered The Blackbird, To Space. PART 1

The history of Pratt & Whitney, starting with the secret project “Suntan“, to the J58 turbojet that powered Skunk Works SR-71/A-12 Blackbird, to the F100 turbojet, all the way to space, PART 1. PART 2: The video covers 40 years, from the mid-50s to the end of the 90s, some of the most remarkable times of this company. Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations. It is a subsidiary of RTX Corporation (formerly Raytheon Technologies). Pratt & Whitney’s aircraft engines are widely used in both civil aviation (especially airlines) and military aviation. Its headquarters are in East Hartford, Connecticut. The company is the world’s second-largest commercial aircraft engine manufacturer, with a 35% market share as of 2020. In addition to aircraft engines, Pratt & Whitney manufactures gas turbine engines for industrial use, marine propulsion, and power generation. In 2017, the company r