Pratt & Whitney Canada, a business unit of Pratt & Whitney, announced that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has certified the PW812D engine, designed to power the Dassault Falcon 6X business jet.
“The FAA is the third aviation authority to give its stamp of approval for the PW812D engine,” said Maria Della Posta, president, Pratt & Whitney Canada. “The engine has also been certified by Transport Canada and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). We successfully achieved this critical step by working closely with Dassault since the launch of this great program.” She further added.
With more than 6,100 hours of engine testing, including 1,150+ hours of flight testing and 20,000 hours on the engine core, the PW812D engine has demonstrated remarkable performance during testing. More than 240,000 testing and field experience hours, including 42,000+ hours of flight testing, have been completed with the PW800 family as a whole. The Pratt & Whitney GTF engine, which has flown 15+ million hours since its launch in 2016, and the PW800 engine have a shared core.