Pratt & Whitney Invests Over $100M Across Texas, Florida and Arkansas to Expand U.S. MRO Footprint

Pratt & Whitney has today announced an investment of over $100 million to expand their U.S. MRO footprint.  Maintenance capacity will be increased across Texas, Florida and Arkansas with facility expansions.

Pratt & Whitney Invests Over $100 Million to Expand MRO Capacity in the U.S. - Courtesy Pratt & Whitney

On Tuesday (April 21, 2026), From MRO Americas in Orlando, Florida, Pratt & Whitney announced an investment of over $100 million across three maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sites in Irving, Texas; West Palm Beach, Florida; and Springdale, Arkansas.  As part of the company’s ongoing efforts to ramp up maintenance capacity for the GTF engine, Pratt & Whitney is expanding the facilities and adding new equipment to enhance speed and efficiency throughout the MRO process.

In Tuesday’s announcement, Pratt & Whitney’s SVP – Commercial Engines Operations, Rob Griffiths, said,

“These investments demonstrate Pratt & Whitney’s continued commitment to lifting our airline customers’ GTF fleets.  Across these three U.S. facilities, we are investing to increase throughput of GTF engines and parts, adding repair capabilities and deploying new technologies to return engines to our customers as quickly as possible.”

In Irving, Texas, Pratt & Whitney opened a new 500,000-square-foot facility for their Commercial Serviceable Assets business, which buys, sells and manages used serviceable material (USM) and engines.  With material constraints being one of the main drivers of delays in the MRO process, the investment will increase USM stock by over 60 percent, helping to reduce engine turnaround time.  It also enables the expansion of part repair development capability and MRO quick-turn capacity.

Pratt & Whitney also expanded their West Palm Beach, Florida facility by approximately 50,000 square feet, increasing GTF MRO capacity by around 40 percent.  The site also added new equipment for engine assembly and disassembly, machining, testing, cleaning and warehousing. 

Additionally, Pratt & Whitney invested $4.7 million in Springdale, Arkansas, expanding their Propulsion Systems Division by 7,000 square feet, providing additional space for commercial and military engine case repairs.  The site also added new equipment to enable GTF additive manufacturing repairs that will reduce process time by over 60 percent.

Earlier this year, Pratt & Whitney opened an 81,000-square-foot GTF MRO expansion at their Columbus Engine Center in Columbus, Georgia.  The company invested $70 million to expand the site and add advanced equipment and machinery. The facility's annual capacity increased by over 25 percent, adding critical overhaul volume to the GTF MRO network.

Pratt & Whitney’s GTF MRO network consists of 21 global engine centers and approximately 40 component repair facilities. The GTF engine is the most fuel-efficient choice for the single aisle market. To date, more than 2,700 GTF-powered aircraft have been delivered to over 90 customers worldwide, with 13,000 engine orders and commitments in total across all platforms.

A division of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (NYSE: RTX), Pratt & Whitney is a global leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft and helicopter engines and auxiliary power units (APUs) for commercial, military, regional, business and general aviation aircraft.  Pratt & Whitney is known for their innovative technologies such as the Geared Turbofan (GTF) commercial aircraft engine and the PW800 business jet engine, and currently supports over 90,000 in-service engines through their global network of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities.

Arlington, Virginia-based RTX is the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, employing over 185,000 team members worldwide.  The company’s industry-leading business units include Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon.  During 2025, RTX had sales of over $88 billion.

Source: Pratt & Whitney, an RTX Company