An aerospace company set to expand in Buncombe County will create 325 jobs and invest $285 million into the Asheville area. North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced the expansion on Tuesday. Pratt ...

This latest round of investment will allow us to add critical process elements for the manufacture of turbine airfoils and ...

Pratt & Whitney employee works on aircraft engine. (Photo: Pratt & Whitney) Pratt and Whitney’s announced expansion of its turbine airfoil manufacturing plant in Buncombe County will give the region a ...

Aeroacoustics is the study of noise generated by fluid flows, particularly in the context of airfoils, which are critical components in aircraft and wind turbines. The noise produced by these ...

Josh Stein said in a statement. RTX is the parent of Pratt & Whitney, which since 2022 has operated a turbine airfoil production plant in the Western North Carolina city. Today, the company ...

The company is expanding the Buncombe County plant because of growing worldwide demand for turbine airfoils, a component of aircraft jet engines, according to the state. “This latest round of ...

This latest round of investment will allow us to add critical process elements for the manufacture of turbine airfoils and increase the overall delivery output of this facility, enabling us to ...