Hell & high water for P&W, as they are not selected for Boeing 7E7
With Rolls-Royce and GE selected as engine suppliers for the 7E7, what now for P&W large engine division?
They were confident....
""We do believe Boeing is going to do the programme and we are going to be there," says P&W commercial engine president Bob Leduc. "It's that simple and come hell or high water we're going to win." " 11 Feb '03
But they have a fallback plan.....
"The losing finalist in the three-way battle to power Boeing’s 7E7 Dreamliner will simply take the technology to Toulouse to improve the performance of a future enhanced version of the Airbus A330. That’s the opinion of Bob Leduc, Pratt & Whitney’s president of commercial engines. "
..although the PW6000 history (over three years late having initially missed spec by 6% sfc is unlikely to instill confidence in Airbus....