Pratt & Whitney PW2000

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turbofan engine family

The Pratt & Whitney PW2000 is a high-bypass turbofan engine family widely used on medium-range commercial and military transport aircraft.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Pratt & Whitney PW2000 canonical	4
PW2000 series	3
Pratt & Whitney PW2000 series	2
Pratt & Whitney PW2000 civil engine	1
Pratt & Whitney PW2000 family	1
Pratt & Whitney PW2000 series engines	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1063100 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pratt & Whitney PW2000
Context triple: [Boeing 757, typicalEngines, Pratt & Whitney PW2000]

A. Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100
The Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine used to power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft.
B. Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that powered early wide-body airliners and was notably used on the original Boeing 747 series.
C. General Electric F404
The General Electric F404 is a family of afterburning turbofan jet engines widely used in modern fighter aircraft for their reliability, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and ease of maintenance.
D. Pratt & Whitney JT8D
The Pratt & Whitney JT8D is a low-bypass turbofan jet engine widely used on early short- to medium-range airliners and known for powering many classic narrow-body aircraft of the 1960s–1980s.
E. Rolls-Royce RB211
The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that was pioneering in its use of advanced materials and technology and became a cornerstone powerplant for wide-body airliners.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Pratt & Whitney PW2000
Target entity description: The Pratt & Whitney PW2000 is a high-bypass turbofan engine family widely used on medium-range commercial and military transport aircraft.

A. Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100
The Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine used to power the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft.
B. Pratt & Whitney JT9D
The Pratt & Whitney JT9D is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that powered early wide-body airliners and was notably used on the original Boeing 747 series.
C. General Electric F404
The General Electric F404 is a family of afterburning turbofan jet engines widely used in modern fighter aircraft for their reliability, high thrust-to-weight ratio, and ease of maintenance.
D. Pratt & Whitney JT8D
The Pratt & Whitney JT8D is a low-bypass turbofan jet engine widely used on early short- to medium-range airliners and known for powering many classic narrow-body aircraft of the 1960s–1980s.
E. Rolls-Royce RB211
The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a high-bypass turbofan jet engine that was pioneering in its use of advanced materials and technology and became a cornerstone powerplant for wide-body airliners.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	turbofan engine family ⓘ
alias	PW2000 series ⓘ linked to: Pratt & Whitney PW2000
application	commercial transport aircraft ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ
bypassRatio	high ⓘ
category	aircraft engines of the United States ⓘ high-bypass turbofan engines ⓘ
certificationAuthority	Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ
configuration	twin-spool turbofan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designFeature	fuel-efficient core ⓘ high overall pressure ratio ⓘ low-noise nacelle design ⓘ
emissionsCharacteristic	reduced fuel burn compared to earlier engines ⓘ
engineType	high-bypass turbofan ⓘ
familyMember	PW2033 ⓘ PW2037 ⓘ PW2037M ⓘ linked to: PW2037 PW2040 ⓘ
fuelType	aviation kerosene ⓘ
intendedUse	narrow-body airliners ⓘ
introducedFor	Boeing 757 program ⓘ linked to: Boeing 757
manufacturer	Pratt & Whitney ⓘ
marketRole	competitor to Rolls-Royce RB211-535 ⓘ
marketSegment	medium-range aircraft ⓘ
militaryDesignation	F117 ⓘ
notableOperatorAircraft	Boeing 757-200 ⓘ linked to: Boeing 757 Boeing 757-300 ⓘ linked to: Boeing 757 United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III ⓘ linked to: C-17 Globemaster III
notableVariant	F117-PW-100 ⓘ linked to: F117 PW2037 ⓘ PW2040 ⓘ
operatorType	civil airlines ⓘ military air forces ⓘ
powerplantFor	Boeing 757 freighter conversions ⓘ
role	primary powerplant for Boeing 757 ⓘ primary powerplant for C-17 Globemaster III (as F117) ⓘ
status	in service ⓘ
targetMarket	large military transport aircraft ⓘ medium-capacity twinjet airliners ⓘ
technologyLevel	high-bypass ratio with modern materials ⓘ
thrustClass	37,000 lbf ⓘ 40,000 lbf ⓘ
thrustRange	approximately 37,000–43,000 lbf ⓘ
usedFor	medium-range commercial flights ⓘ strategic and tactical airlift ⓘ
usedOnAircraft	Boeing 757 ⓘ C-17 Globemaster III ⓘ

How these facts were elicited