P&WC to power Eurocopter’s EC 175
Pratt & Whitney Canada has won the contract to power Eurocopter’s EC 175, a new 6.7-metric-ton helicopter that will fill the gap between the EC 155 Dau

Pratt & Whitney Canada has won the contract to power Eurocopter’s EC 175, a new 6.7-metric-ton helicopter that will fill the gap between the EC 155 Dauphin and EC 255 Super Puma. The PT6C-67E turbine engine selected for the helicopter will be the first dual-channel Fadec-controlled PT6 from Pratt & Whitney Canada, noted company president Alain Bellemare. Internal changes, including more durable turbine blades and an improved compressor design, will allow the C-67E to produce 2,000 shp.

The EC 175 is expected to enter service in 2011. Pratt & Whitney Canada is planning early 2009 delivery of the first engines to Eurocopter for flight testing later that year.

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