Pratt & Whitney has a large portfolio of businesses across commercial and military aviation. How are you leveraging the breadth of your capabilities to support the modernisation of Indian armed forces?

With nearly 1,500 engines and auxiliary power units in service on a vast number of aircraft, Pratt & Whitney has been the ‘engine-power’ of India’s civil aviation sector for over seven decades. This includes regional, general aviation, business jets and helicopters, as well as critical platforms for the Indian Air Force (IAF). We are the world leader in design, manufacture and service of aircraft and helicopter engines, and auxiliary power units.

Pratt & Whitney has more than 7,000 military engines in service with 34 armed forces around the world, powering tactical, strategic, mobility and rotary aircraft. In India, our dependable F117 engines, that generate 40,400 pounds of thrust, power the IAF’s 11 Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs as they carry out military, humanitarian and peacekeeping missions—and the IAF’s young pilots earn their wings on the 75 PC-7 Pilatus trainers that are powered by our iconic PT6A engine.

Our partnership with India’s armed forces is both significant and growing—be it our sustainment solutions to keep them mission ready, or our collaborations on local aircraft development programmes, such as the PT6A powered NAL-Saras (MKI). Pratt & Whitney  engines are the best choice to power India’s defence aircraft and in meeting its modernisation needs.

Do you see an opportunity for Pratt & Whitney to supply military engines in the 114-fighter programme of the IAF?

As makers of the world’s first operational fifth-generation engine (F119) for the USAF F-22 and the world’s most advanced fighter engine (F135) for the F-35, our history and expertise wit