PRATT-WHITNEY TESTS ENGINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000401230001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 28, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/17: CIA-RDP73-00475R000401230001-7
WALL ittL1.J
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JUN 28 1966
rratt-Whitney Tests Engine
By 6 WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff Reporter
EAST HARTFORD, Conn.?The Pratt &
Whitney Aircraft idivision of United Aircraft
Corp. said it has successfully tested a second
version of an engine it-is building for the U.S.
supersonic-transport program. The latest ver-
sion, which has been run at the division's
West Palm Beach; Fla., facility, is rated at
more than 60,000 pounds of thrust, considerably
higher than an initial vrsion tested some
time ago.
Pratt & Whitney is competing with Gener-
al Electric Co. for the engine contract for the
proposed supersonic airliner. GE said earlier
that it has developed an engine providing
more than 60,000 pounds of thrust?three times
or more the rating of any commercial jet en-
gine operating currently?but the company
hasn't yet announced an actual test run of its
engine. ,
Lockheed Aircraft Corp., which yesterday
exhibited a wooden "mockup" of its super-
sonic-transport design, is competing with Boe-
ing Co. for the contract for the proposed craft
airframe.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/17: CIA-RDP73-00475R000401230001-7