Pratt & Whitney Canada has delivered the first PW615F engine to Cessna Aircraft Company for the new Citation Mustang business jet. The engine will be installed on A/C No. 003, the first Citation Mustang to be built at Cessna’s assembly facility in Independence, Kansas.

“This is an exciting milestone for both Pratt & Whitney Canada and Cessna Aircraft,” said Alain M. Bellemare, President, P&WC.

“Delivery of the first PW615F engine comes just two months after we received Transport Canada type certification for the engine series.”

P&WC this week also officially inaugurated the new PW600 assembly and test facility at its main manufacturing plant in Longueuil, Quebec. This state-of-the-art facility, which includes a lean assembly line and test cell, is a dedicated assembly and test area to support the PW600 engine production.

“We are ready to ramp up production for this new exciting engine family,” commented Bellemare.

“We already have a strong demand for the PW600, and we’ve built capacity to meet the high volumes.”

The PW615, rated at 1,350 lbs of thrust and featuring a dual-channel Full Authority Digital Electronic Control (FADEC), offers optimum value and performance with significantly reduced ownership costs. It was selected in January 2003 to power the Citation Mustang.

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