Joint Technology Demonstrator Program - JTDP

Between Pratt & Whitney and MTU Aero Engines, a successful partnership has existed for decades. Their cooperative development effort bases on a Joint Technology Demonstrator Program, or JTDP for short, stipulating the joint exploitation of demonstrators to test new technologies.

An outstanding result of their joint activities is the geared turbofan demonstrator that has successfully completed several test flights on the wing of a Boeing 747 and an Airbus A340. Used as a demonstrator so far has been a PW6000 engine, to which MTU contributed the high-pressure compressor and the high-speed low-pressure turbine the company developed under the Clean technology project.

At present, the partners' development efforts under the JTDP are focused on the high-pressure compressor for a new engine generation to power regional and business jet, which has already been tested in MTU’s test cell.