The digital packages support rapid design iteration, better supplier integration, improved forecasting and faster testing and validation of models. This approach aims to enhance collaboration across engineering and manufacturing processes, ensuring greater speed and accuracy in engine development.
“We are paving the way with digital on NGAP, so much so that the rate at which we are delivering XA103 technical data packages has doubled,” said Jill Albertelli, president of Pratt & Whitney’s Military Engines business. “Model-based design ties all the puzzle pieces together, fostering constant collaboration, and we are applying these learnings across our engine portfolio.”
Alongside RTX investment and government-backed work, Pratt & Whitney has invested more than $30 million this year in strengthening its model-based environment. The effort engages over 1,000 engineers, the customer and more than 100 domestic suppliers to accelerate delivery of adaptive propulsion technology.
The NGAP team is now progressing toward the programme’s next milestone, the Assembly Readiness Review, which will confirm the schedule for prototype construction and testing. The XA103 engine is projected to undergo testing in the late 2020s.
