GKN Secures New Deal with Pratt & Whitney

GKN Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney have agreed a risk and revenue sharing partnership (RRSP) for the PurePower PW1400G-JM engine which will power the Irkut MC-21 mid-range, single aisle aircraft.

GKN has said it expects the RRSP to be worth more than $650 million over the life of the programme.

The deal gives GKN Aerospace responsibility for the design and manufacture of the turbine exhaust case (TEC) and the compressor intermediate case (IMC) for the PW1400G-JM engine.

Engine certification is scheduled for the end of 2015 followed by entry into service in late 2017.

The PW1400G-JM engine is a derivative of the PW1100G-JM engine, developed for the Airbus A320neo. GKN Aerospace also has an RRSP with Pratt & Whitney for the same components for the A320neo and is responsible for the design and manufacture of all TECs and IMCs for Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower geared turbofan engines, including the PW1200G, PW1500G, the PW1700G and the PW1900G engines.