(Reuters) -ATR, the world’s largest commercial turboprop aircraft maker, and Pratt & Whitney Canada will collaborate to develop propulsion technology aimed at reducing fuel burn and maintenance costs, the companies said on Monday.
The companies will also look to study the feasibility of hybrid electric propulsion for ATR’s next-generation concept of aircraft dubbed “EVO”.
Franco-Italian ATR, jointly owned by Airbus and Leonardo, is the dominant producer of regional turboprop planes, with a family of aircraft seating 42 to 78 people.
Pratt & Whitney is U.S.-based RTX’s engine-making subsidiary.
(Reporting by Utkarsh Shetti in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)
