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After spending 10 years at software powerhouse Palantir, Brian Schimpf ’07 was ready to take a leap to create a new company, Anduril, with co-founders, including Palmer Luckey, inventor of the virtual reality headset Oculus Rift.

Today, Anduril has 15 business lines creating everything from surveillance and attack drones to autonomous fighter jets and sensors to go into space. With revenue in the low billions, it will end the year with 7,000 employees, Schimpf said. 

Schimpf spoke to a packed house of nearly 150 at eHub in Collegetown Nov. 12 at an event hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell. 

“This company was teed up to be a monster – we had an experienced and ambitious founding team with a huge ability to line up capital,” he said about his decision to join the startup. “How many potential opportunities will I get like that? Plus, I think this risk thing is massively overwrought. Let’s say you start a company and it doesn’t work out. How long will you be unemployed: hours or minutes? It’s an ego risk, but not a financial risk.”

Schimpf said his time at Palantir prepared him well to take on the CEO role at Anduril. An early hire on the custom engineering team at Palantir, Schimp quickly moved up, learning “it turns out I had an aptitude for the management and strategy side, and I eventually took over product as well,” he said. 

The key to managing a company in the midst of hyper growth, he said, is to accept you are constantly going to be in a mode of change. “I just had to figure out my job when I showed up every day. I knew that our organization would look different every year.”

The company’s customized software process meant that teams of five to six Palantir engineers embedded with a customer for six months, deploying early-stage products to see if they were successful, then reworking those products until they were perfect.

“I developed an understanding of what hyper growth looks like and how to scale a company through thousands of people,” Schimpf said. “I also had a huge amount of exposure to the business and sales side, so I understood how sales happen and all of these ancillary functions you need to have.”

Schimpf also learned how to build and motivate a team, he said: “good people do well if you give them hard, ambitious stuff to do.” Those skills translated well as he grew the team at Anduril.

Because of Anduril’s leadership team and its product potential, it had no problem attracting investors, Schimpf said. “Once you’re a Tier 1 company, you have unlimited investor demand,” he said. “If your company is doing well, no investor will give you a hard time.” 

Company leaders thought it would take five to six years to get most of their products off the ground, but things have moved way faster, Schimpf said. Part of that momentum has been the state of conflict in the world, he said. 

“A decade ago, nobody ever believed there would be state-on-state conflict again,” Schimpf said. “But now the macro on tech has shifted, about what’s going to matter for warfare in the future.”

Since their products are ahead of anything on the market today, a large part of Anduril’s energy is spent “pulling the customer along,” to show them what’s possible, he said.

“You’re pitching the potential and you have to back in the reality to that potential,” Schimpf said. “You want your customer to say ‘This thing is the future and I want to be part of it.”

All of that, again, involves being comfortable accepting change and handling failure, he said.

“Remember that no one thought self-driving cars would be a reality and now they’re doing urban races,” Schimpf said. “My thought has always been to just try. It will probably work out better than people think. There will be bumps along the way, but if you stick to the course you’re on, just pick yourself back up and try again. That’s innate to how we work. Stuff breaks and we move on.”

As a fully electric SUV, it combines Porsche DNA with pioneering technology: up to 850 kW (1,156 PS), 0-100 km/h in 2.5 seconds and up to 400 kW charging power⁴ and up to 642 kilometres of range. It is the most powerful production Porsche of all time – and at the same time more versatile than ever: dynamic on the road, confident off-road and comfortable on long journeys.

The Cayenne was the first model that saw Porsche transfer the legend of the sports car brand to a completely new market segment. The sporting all-rounder became a worldwide success straight from its world premiere in September 2002. Now, a new era is beginning with the all-electric Cayenne. “The Cayenne Electric shows performance in a completely new dimension, with innovative technologies that we have developed in motorsport. It sets new standards in the SUV segment – in terms of driving characteristics as well as charging,” says Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG. “Outstanding electric performance meets very real everyday usability. Excellent long-distance comfort combines with uncompromising off-road capability.”

With about 36 per cent of its sports cars sold globally being electrified, Porsche is one of the fastest transforming car manufacturers in 2025. The Cayenne Electric is the next milestone in this success story and complements the existing offering of combustion-engined and plug-in hybrid Cayenne models in the spirit of a completely flexible choice of Porsche powertrains.

The performance of a super sports car

The all-electric Cayenne family initially comprises two models: the Cayenne Electric and the Cayenne Turbo Electric – both with all-wheel drive and therefore equipped with electronic Porsche Traction Management (ePTM).

The Cayenne Turbo accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 2.5 seconds, from 0-200 km/h in 7.4 seconds and reaches a top speed of 260 km/h. This powerful e-performance is made possible by a newly developed drive system that develops up to 850 kW (1,156 PS) and up to 1,500 Nm of torque when Launch Control is activated. The Turbo variant features direct oil cooling of the electric motor on the rear axle to ensure high continuous output and efficiency. This is an innovation from motorsport. In normal driving mode, up to 630 kW (857 PS) is available. By means of the Push-to-Pass function², an additional 130 kW (176 PS) can be activated for 10 seconds at the press of a button. The entry-level Cayenne model has 300 kW (408 PS) in normal operation and 325 kW (442 PS) and 835 Nm of torque with Launch Control. It accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 4.8 seconds, on its way to a top speed of 230 km/h.

Formula E levels of recuperation

The Cayenne Electric also offers leading energy recovery figures, achieving Formula E levels with up to 600 kW of recuperative power. In everyday life, about 97 per cent of all braking operations can be handled purely by the electric motors. The mechanical friction brakes rarely need to intervene. For the Cayenne Turbo, the Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) is also available for this case, as an option.

With the expertise of the Formula E World Champion

The Cayenne Electric.

The Cayenne Electric owes much of its versatility to its chassis. Adaptive air suspension with Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) is fitted as standard on both models. The Turbo also features the Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV Plus) limited-slip rear differential. Both models can be equipped with rear-axle steering, which steers the rear wheels by up to five degrees. In addition, Porsche Active Ride is also available for the flagship model for the first time. The active suspension system, familiar from Porsche sports sedans and newly used on the Cayenne, almost completely compensates for body movements and ensures exceptional stability, dynamics and comfort.

Innovative charging convenience: fast, robust and wireless

At the heart of the all-electric Cayenne models is the newly developed 113 kWh high-voltage battery, which benefits from double-sided cooling for optimum thermal management. This results in a combined WLTP range of up to 642 km for the Cayenne Electric and up to 623 km for the Turbo. Thanks to its 800-volt technology, the Cayenne charges at a DC charging capacity of up to 390 kW – and under specific conditions even up to 400 kW⁴. The SoC (State of Charge) can be increased from 10 to 80 per cent in less than 16 minutes¹, and energy for a range of 325 km (Cayenne) or 315 km (Cayenne Turbo) can be added within 10 minutes³. Robust charging performance was a primary focus during the development of the new Cayenne.

The Cayenne Electric is also the first Porsche to optionally support inductive charging, which a system that charges at up to 11 kW. All that Porsche Wireless Charging requires is for the user to park above a floor plate. The charging process then starts automatically.

New exterior design: progressive and aerodynamic

The Cayenne Electric combines the Porsche brand’s signature proportions with a clearly developed design language. “The new Cayenne is unmistakably Porsche and unmistakably Cayenne. We’ve built on proven design features and preserved what makes this SUV unique. The result is a modern design concept that carries the Cayenne into the future,” says Michael Mauer, Head of Style Porsche. Highlights include the low bonnet with slim Matrix LED headlights. These emphasise the width of the vehicle and combine all lighting functions into one module. The strongly contoured wings are also very typical of other Porsche designs, as is the flyline – the iconic gently sloping roofline.

The side view is characterised by frameless doors and a striking crease in the door surface. The side skirts have a distinctly three-dimensional design and are painted in Volcanic Grey Metallic and, on the Cayenne Turbo, in high-gloss black. The two-tone concept underlines the car’s sporting proportions. The model-specific wheel arch trims emphasise its off-road character. Striking details at the rear, such as the light strip with its distinctive 3D look and animated graphics, as well as the illuminated Porsche lettering, underline the modern design language. The Cayenne Turbo features numerous contrasting elements in the exclusive Turbonite colour. These include the Porsche crests, the faces of the alloy wheels and the side window trims. Delicate accents in Turbonite enhance the light strip and the Porsche lettering.

For customers with special requirements in terms of approach angle and robustness, there is the Off-Road package. Its front section with modified geometry helps to safely navigate rough dirt roads, particularly steep ascents or descents and difficult terrain.

Thanks to a drag coefficient of 0.25, the new Cayenne Electric is one of the most aerodynamic SUVs in its class, offering benefits in terms of range and energy consumption. The Porsche Active Aerodynamics (PAA) system precisely adapts the car’s aerodynamic properties to the respective driving situation and speed and, alongside an efficient control strategy, also contributes to the driving dynamics expected of the brand with extra downforce. The active aerodynamic elements include movable cooling air flaps in the nose, an adaptive roof spoiler and the innovative, active aeroblades at the rear of the Turbo. They extend the lateral tear-off edges and improve the flow characteristics, which leads to an increase in range, especially at higher speeds. Other aerodynamic measures include air curtains in the front bodywork, an almost completely enclosed underbody, special aero wheels and a diffuser at the rear.

A new level of utility, comfort and individuality

The new Cayenne Electric is 55 millimetres longer than the combustion-engined model. The new SUV is 4,985 mm long, 1,980 mm wide and 1,674 mm high. The difference is greatest in the wheelbase (3,023 mm), where an increase of almost 13 cm means more rear legroom and comfort for the passengers in the back than ever before. The rear seat system is electrically adjustable as standard and offers flexible adjustment options from a comfort position to a cargo one. Luggage capacity is 781 to 1,588 litres, plus the 90-litre front luggage compartment. The new car’s utility value is also underlined by its towing capacity of up to 3.5 tonnes, equipment-dependent.

The newly introduced Mood Modes turn the interior into an experience space that adapts to mood and situation. Depending on the selected programme, the seating position, lighting mood, air conditioning, sound profile and the display appearance change. The sliding Panoramic Roof with Variable Light Control, an electrically switchable liquid crystal foil, provides an airy feeling of space. Another highlight is the new panel heating: it not only warms the seats, but also large areas of contact surfaces such as armrests and door panels. The range of comforts is complemented by extended ambient lighting including a communication light – an animated light strip that welcomes passengers as they enter the car and visualises various vehicle states, such as the charging process.

Never before has a Cayenne been so comprehensively and individually customisable as the new all-electric model. Customers can choose from 13 standard colours, nine wheel designs from 20 to 22 inches, 12 interior combinations as well as up to five interior packages and up to five accent packages. Thanks to the Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur, the extended exterior colour range of Paint to Sample and the Sonderwunsch programme, customers can also individualise their Cayenne according to their personal wishes, from a host of options all the way up to a complete one-off.

Porsche Design’s programme of custom-built timepieces has been expanded to include the SUV model range. This means that Cayenne customers can now also order a watch from Porsche’s own Swiss watch manufacturer that is tailored to their vehicle down to the last detail.

Porsche Driver Experience – largest display area in a Porsche

In the field of digitalisation, the Cayenne Electric takes the driving experience to a new level. At the heart of the newly developed Porsche Driver Experience is the Flow Display – an elegantly curved OLED panel that blends seamlessly into the centre console and allows clear separation between the display and control areas. It is complemented by a fully digital instrument cluster with 14.25-inch OLED technology and a 14.9-inch optional passenger display. Together, the result is the largest display area ever found in a Porsche. For the first time in the Cayenne, a head-up display with AR technology is also available, which visually represents an 87-inch display area 10 metres in front of the vehicle. All displays are seamlessly embedded into the interior architecture. In contrast, the buttons and controls for particularly frequently used functions, such as air conditioning and audio volume, are analogue. In addition, a hand rest has been developed that enables the driver to operate the digital and analogue elements ergonomically – even in particularly dynamic driving situations.

The new Porsche Digital Interaction is a digital operating philosophy and design language that expands the Porsche Driver Experience and is geared towards individualisation and quick access to functions. Widgets allow access to preferred functions, while the Themes app customises the colour scheme of all displays. Numerous third-party apps can be integrated directly into the vehicle via the Porsche App Centre. Diverse streaming and gaming features take the digital experience to a new level. The new Voice Pilot also contributes to this. Thanks to artificial intelligence, it understands complex, interrelated queries, recognises the context and responds like a real conversation partner. It enables the navigation to be controlled intuitively and extensive online knowledge can be accessed. With the Porsche Digital Key, the smartphone and smartwatch become vehicle keys that can be shared digitally with up to seven other users.

Trio of powertrains beyond 2030

The new Cayenne Electric now complements the existing selection of drive types, which will continue to be offered in parallel worldwide.

“Inspiring customers is our top priority at Porsche. With the electrification of the Cayenne, we are reaching a new level of performance that sets standards for the future. At the same time, we will continue to develop the Cayenne with efficient combustion and hybrid drive systems well into the next decade,” says Matthias Becker, Member of the Board of Management, Sales and Marketing. “This strategy also applies to Porsche’s entire model portfolio: in every segment in which we are represented, customers will in future have the choice between fully electric and combustion-engined powertrains.”

The all-electric Cayenne models are available to order now.

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¹ Cayenne charging time for direct current (DC) with maximum charging power from 10% SoC to up to 80% SoC under optimal conditions (CCS fast charging station supplying >390kW, >850 V, >520A, plus a battery temperature of 15 °C, initial state of charge of 9% and remaining range <60 km).

² Battery charge level and battery temperature may affect the push-to-pass performance.

³ Cayenne recharged range in 10 min for direct current (DC) with maximum charging power under optimal conditions (CCS fast charging station with > 390 kW, > 850 V, > 520A, battery temperature of 15°C, initial state of charge 9% and remaining range < 60km), based on WLTP consumption of a vehicle with standard equipment according to the German country version.

⁴ Cayenne charging power under specific conditions with CCS fast charging station with > 400 kW, > 850 V, > 520A, initial state of charge 45% – 48%, battery temperature of 40°C – 42°C. Maximum charging power for direct current (DC) when charging from 10% SoC to up to 80% SoC under optimal conditions: 390 kW (CCS fast charging station with > 390kW, > 850 V, > 520A, battery temperature of 15°C, initial state of charge 9% and remaining range < 60 km).

Belém, Brazil – 19 November 2025 – Ministers and global agriculture leaders launched a landmark effort to reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions from the agriculture sector, two potent greenhouse gases that together account for 40% of human-emitted methane and 75% of nitrous oxide. 

The new Farmers’ Initiative for Resilient and Sustainable Transformations (FIRST) and Belém Declaration on Fertilisers was launched at the Scaling Up Practical Solutions for Resilient Agri-Food Systems Joint Ministerial Meeting co-hosted by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership and Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) at COP30.

FIRST is the first coordinated South-South platform linking countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia to share practical, low-cost solutions that cut emissions, strengthen food security, and improve resilience. The initiative takes a “what’s in it for farmers” approach, putting producers at the centre of climate action funding actions that boost yields, enhance soil and animal health, and lower input costs while reducing methane and nitrous oxide emissions.

The initiative builds on the proven “solutions pipeline” model linking science, policy, and on-the-ground implementation to deliver measurable benefits for climate, clean air, and food security.

Recent findings from the 2024 Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment warn that without urgent action to cut rising N₂O emissions, keeping warming below 1.5 °C will be impossible. The report also identifies clear pathways to reduce emissions by more than 40% through measures already available today.

Brazil and the United Kingdom also launched a new Call to Action on Fertilisers to accelerate efforts to cut nitrous oxide and other emissions across the fertiliser value chain. The call to action urges more to be done to enhance nutrient use efficiency and reduce emissions from fertiliser production as a key pathway to delivering climate goals, protecting and restoring nature, and ensuring food security for all in an equitable and just manner. Complementing FIRST’s efforts to curb super pollutants across farming systems by advancing sustainable fertiliser production and use. 

“The Declaration shows how we can cut harmful emissions while strengthening food security and supporting farmers’ shift to nature-positive practices. The UK is proud to co-lead these efforts, as well as co-chairing the CCAC with Brazil, turning science into solutions that deliver for people and nature,” said Mary Creagh, UK Minister for Nature.” 

The Call to Action on Fertilisers invites the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to facilitate the coordination of existing international organisations, including Brazil’s Centre of Excellence in Fertilisers and Plant Nutrition, governments and initiatives to enhance international collaboration to reduce emissions from the production and use of fertilisers and drive international collaboration across five strategic pillars, as identified in the 2025 Breakthrough Agenda report. In coordination with the FAO’s FAST Partnership and the Global Fertiliser Challenge, to monitor progress, share data and foster coherence across initiatives.

“At COP30 in Belém, we have a unique chance to show that agriculture can lead the way on climate action. The Call to Action on Fertilisers and FIRST put farmers at the centre, improving resilience and productivity, while mitigating methane and nitrous oxide emissions. We call on all partners to join us in scaling these solutions globally,” said Bruno Brasil, Director of Sustainable Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA), Brazil.

These initiatives are complemented by the CCAC Technology and Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP), which identifies cost-effective, high-impact, and scalable solutions that can reduce super pollutant emissions. Recent reports include those on digital services for livestock and rice, black soldier flies, and bio covers in the waste sector. As part of the launch, global agricultural leaders pointed to the solutions identified by CCAC-TEAP as initiatives that could be immediately funded by the private sector and philanthropies for quick impact. 

“Sustainable agrifood systems deliver wide-ranging benefits for climate, biodiversity, land, and food security; but lasting, scalable impact happens when farmers are in the driving seat. Initiatives like the FIRST Initiative and the FAST Partnership complement one another, catalysing finance and empowering farmers to lead the transformation towards resilient, sustainable, efficient and inclusive agrifood systems. Building on its longstanding collaboration with the CCAC, FAO welcomes the FIRST initiative and remains committed to supporting countries to scale up climate and clean air actions through agrifood systems,” said Kaveh Zahedi, Director of FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment. 

Super pollutant action is our climate emergency brake, essential to keep 1.5 °C within reach, offering a key pathway to avoid up to 0.6 °C of global warming by mid-century.  

“The Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s strength lies in partnership approaches and developing solutions pipelines, turning science into policy and offering practical tools for farmers. With FIRST, we can accelerate methane and nitrous oxide mitigation on the ground – and COP30 is the moment to scale up what works”, said Martina Otto, Head of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat, UN Environment Programme.

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NOTES TO EDITORS 

About the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)  

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) is a voluntary partnership of over 200 governments, intergovernmental organizations, businesses, scientific institutions and civil society organizations committed to protecting the climate and improving air quality through actions to reduce the super pollutants which are short-lived in the atmosphere: methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone and HFCs, through a practical, measures-based approach. 

The Coalition’s work is grounded in robust science and analysis and supported by a dedicated Trust Fund, which together have fostered high-level political commitment, in-country implementation, and tools that strengthen the case for action and accelerate action and results.

About FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO’s goal is to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. FAO seeks to support the 2030 Agenda through the transformation to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind. With 195 members – 194 countries and the European Union, FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide. 

About FAST Partnership 

The Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Launched at COP27, FAST aims to accelerate climate finance to transform agriculture and food systems by 2030. The Partnership works to strengthen both the quantity and quality of climate finance for agrifood systems, support adaptation, maintain the 1.5-degree pathway within reach, and safeguard food and economic security for vulnerable populations. 

For more information, please contact: 

• Vincent Hughes, Communications and Media Consultant, Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat at United Nations Environment Programme – Vincent.Hughes [at] un.org (Vincent[dot]Hughes[at]un[dot]org)  
• Ava Bahrami, Communications Officer, Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat at United Nations Environment Programme – Ava.Bahrami [at] un.org (Ava[dot]Bahrami[at]un[dot]org)  

NEW YORK, November 19, 2025 — Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, today announced Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust to help enterprises securely manage and scale their agentic AI deployments across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The new services, embedded in the Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework, strengthen the reliability, security, trust and stability of AI agents across critical enterprise operations.

The rapid adoption of AI across enterprises has significantly outpaced the development of essential controls for security, governance and trust. According to the 2025 Kyndryl Readiness Report, 68% of organizations are heavily investing in AI, while 61% feel more pressure in the past year to prove ROI from these investments — even as most major cyber outages stem from human error or connectivity gaps.

“While agentic AI unlocks powerful new capabilities, it can also introduce new and potentially unpredictable security challenges when not governed properly,” said Kris Lovejoy, Global Security and Resiliency Leader, Kyndryl. “As AI agents become more sophisticated and increasingly embedded across the enterprise, organizations need clear guardrails to govern and manage them responsibly. Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust helps customers build trust and resilience into their AI agent deployments so that innovation is governed, resilient and enterprise-ready.”

To address the gap between rapid AI adoption and formal oversight of agents working across robust and reliable environments, Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust acts as a control center for secure and transparent agentic AI adoption. It provides a security-first approach to managing how AI agents operate, especially in regulated environments where data security, compliance and classification are critical.

Designed to integrate with existing enterprise security infrastructure and hybrid and multi-cloud environments, Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust supports the hyperscaler cloud platforms and Kyndryl’s diverse ecosystem of global strategic alliances. For instance, Kyndryl collaborates with Microsoft to bring maturity into modelling environments, processes and assets to establish and strengthen trust, governance and compliance for Agentic AI by utilizing Microsoft Fabric IQ, Microsoft Fabric Digital Twin Builder and Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence. Kyndryl’s deep expertise in AI and cybersecurity and strategic partnerships can enable organizations to efficiently manage AI agents across different technology platforms, providing the flexibility to operate securely and meet corporate and regulatory requirements.

Integral to the core functioning of the Kyndryl Agentic AI Framework, these security measures address the lifecycle of AI agent governance, including Agent Discovery and Registration, Agent Testing and Certification, Continuous Policy Monitoring and Enforcement, Auditing and Compliance Reporting, Managed AI Detection and Response (AI-MDR) and Proactive Risk Management.

Learn more information about Kyndryl Agentic AI Digital Trust.

• Hybrid-electric 2026 Prelude makes television debut as highly anticipated sports coupe starts to arrive at Honda dealerships
• New multi-channel campaign uses facial expression analysis technology to showcase the exhilarating experience behind the wheel of Prelude
• TV spot highlights new Honda S+ Shift mode, engineered to deliver maximum driver enjoyment
• All-new Prelude expands Honda hybrid-electric lineup – joining CR-V, Accord and Civic hybrid models

Honda is turning up the fun-meter – and heart rates – with the launch of its latest brand campaign introducing the all-new 2026 Honda Prelude hybrid-electric sports coupe. Using facial expression analysis technology, the new “Engineered for Fun” TV spot highlights the joy, excitement and exhilaration experienced behind the wheel of Prelude: https://honda.us/engineeredforfun. The spot made its broadcast debut during last night’s NBA match-up between the Phoenix Suns and Portland Trail Blazers on NBC.

“Engineered for Fun” is narrated by John Cena – the official voice of the Honda brand – and highlights some of the most dynamic and exclusive features of the all-new Prelude hybrid, including the debut of Honda S+ Shift – an innovative new drive mode that simulates a performance transmission driving experience to deliver maximum levels of engagement. The 2026 Prelude pairs the powerful and efficient Honda two-motor hybrid system with key components from the legendary Civic Type R, for an exhilarating yet refined everyday driving experience.

Measuring The Joy Factor  
In the new campaign, Honda highlights the emotion created by its engineering, as driving enthusiasts head to the Honda Proving Center in the Mojave Desert to experience the fun of driving the all-new Prelude. Using facial expression analysis technology, Honda measures each of the driver’s emotions – joy, excitement and exhilaration – in real time as they put the Prelude through its paces.

Beyond the all-new Prelude, the campaign incorporates some of the Honda brand’s most innovative products, such as a championship-winning Honda IndyCar, CRF450RX all-terrain motorcycle, all-electric Honda 0 Series Saloon prototype, rugged all-new Passport TrailSport, and high-performance Talon 1000R side-by-side.

Campaign Media
“Engineered for Fun” will be featured across multiple media platforms, from broadcast and streaming television to social media. The spot will be seen during high-profile national sports programming, including NFL and NCAA football match-ups, as well as within NBA and NHL competition.

Honda Hybrid Lineup
With the launch of the new Prelude, the Honda hybrid-electric lineup expands to four fun-to-drive and fuel-efficient models – including the CR-V hybrid, Accord hybrid and Civic hybrid. The addition of Prelude demonstrates the Honda brand’s commitment to offering exciting, fun-to-drive vehicles, and will help to accelerate its hybrid-electric sales in the years ahead. Hybrid-electric models currently represent about one-third of Honda sales, and the company plans to continue to expand hybrid offerings.

About Honda 
Honda offers a full line of clean, safe, fun and connected vehicles sold through more than 1,000 independent U.S. Honda dealers. The award-winning Honda lineup includes the Civic and Accord, along with the HR-V, CR-V, Passport, Prologue and Pilot sport utility vehicles, the Ridgeline pickup and the Odyssey minivan. The Honda electrified vehicle lineup, representing more than a quarter of total sales in 2024, includes the all-electric Prologue SUV, the fuel-cell-electric CR-V e:FCEV, and hybrid-electric models including Accord, CR-V, Civic and Prelude.

Honda has been producing automobiles in America for over 40 years and currently operates eight major manufacturing facilities in America. In 2024, more than 99% of all Honda vehicles sold in the U.S. were made in North America, with about 2/3 made in America, using domestic and globally made parts. More information about Honda is available in the Digital FactBook. 

Important Notice
Although the information included in this press release is accurate as of the date of publication, this information is subject to change at any time without notice. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. assumes no responsibility for updating this information.

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Baker McKenzie and its joint operation partner, FenXun Partners, collectively earned 63 practice area and 71 lawyer rankings in The Legal 500’s recently published Greater China 2026 Guide.

The Firms achieved 45 Tier 1 & Tier 2 practice rankings and 44 Hall of Fame/ Leading Partner recognitions.

Baker McKenzie recorded two improved rankings in Dispute Resolution: Litigation (Hong Kong), moving up from Tier 2 to Tier 1, and in Regulatory: White Collar, Compliance and Investigations (Hong Kong). Meanwhile, FenXun recorded two improved rankings in Antitrust and Competition: PRC Firms and Real Estate and Construction: PRC Firms.

In the lawyer categories, among the 71 individual rankings, 62% (44) are ranked in the Hall of Fame/Leading Partner table. Baker McKenzie gained eight new individual rankings and three improved ranking, while FenXun gained one new individual rankings and one improved ranking.

The practice areas that have earned Tier 1 rankings are as follows:

China
• Labor and Employment: Foreign Firms
• Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms
• Tax: Foreign Firms

Hong Kong SAR
• Antitrust and Competition
• Asset Finance (including Aviation and Shipping Finance): Aviation Finance
• Dispute Resolution: Litigation
• Domestic and International Corporate Tax
• Intellectual Property
• Labour and Employment
• Real Estate

Taiwan
• Antitrust and Competition
• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property: Prosecution
• Labour and Employment
• Real Estate, Energy and Projects
• Tax
• TMT

The following lawyers were recognized:

China
• Grace Li, Banking and Finance: Foreign Firms — Leading Partner (improved ranking)
• Duan Cui, Banking and Finance: Foreign Firms — Next Generation Partner
• Shirley Wang, Banking and Finance: PRC Firms — Leading Partner
• Howard Wu, Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms — Hall of Fame
• Hong Zhang, Corporate and M&A: Foreign Firms — Next Generation Partner
• Leo Zhang, Corporate and M&A: PRC Firms — Leading Associate
• Zhenyu Ruan, Data Protection: Foreign Firms — Leading Partner
• Wenchao He, Labour and Employment: Foreign Firms — Leading Associate (newly ranked)
• Zheng Lu, Labour and Employment: PRC Firms — Leading Partner
• Ting Zhang, Labour and Employment: PRC Firms — Next Generation Partner (improved ranking)
• Alexander Gong, Real Estate and Construction: Foreign Firms — Leading Partner
• Vivian Wu, Regulatory/Compliance: PRC Firms — Leading Partner
• Henry Chen, Regulatory/Compliance: PRC Firms — Next Generation Partner
• Brendan Kelly, Tax: Foreign Firms — Hall of Fame
• Luis Zhang, Tax: PRC Firms — Next Generation Partner (newly ranked)
• Zhenyu Ruan, TMT: Foreign Firms — Next Generation Partner

Hong Kong SAR
• Stephen Crosswell, Antitrust and Competition — Leading Partner
• Vivian Tsang, Antitrust and Competition — Leading Associate
• Allen Ng, Asset Finance (including Aviation and Shipping Finance) — Hall of Fame
• Andrew Lockhart, Asset Finance (including Aviation and Shipping Finance) — Hall of Fame
• Sally Hung, Banking and Finance — Leading Partner
• Christina Lee, Corporate (including M&A) — Leading Partner
• Tracy Wut, Corporate (including M&A) — Leading Partner
• Cynthia Tang, Dispute Resolution: Litigation — Leading Partner
• Pierre Chan, Domestic and International Corporate Tax — Leading Partner
• Steven Sieker, Domestic and International Corporate Tax — Leading Partner
• Cynthia Tang, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory — Hall of Fame
• Karen Man, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory — Leading Partner
• Grace Fung, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory — Next Generation Partner
• Martin Tam, Insurance — Leading Partner
• Loke-Khoon Tan, Intellectual Property — Hall of Fame
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
UiPath (NYSE: PATH), a global leader in agentic automation, today announced it has become a founding technical contributor to AIUC-1, the leading security framework for AI agent adoption in the enterprise.

Created by the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company (AIUC) in partnership with security, risk, and legal experts, AIUC-1 governs the adoption and usage of AI in a single, auditable, agent-specific framework. It pulls together existing industry and global technology standards and guidance for AI usage and adoption, such as the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, the EU AI Act, and ISO 42001.

As a technical contributor, UiPath will bring its agentic AI and technology, global customer experience in agentic AI, automation, and orchestration, and security and compliance leadership to bear in reinforcing the framework to ensure high levels of security and trust for enterprises looking to adopt agents into their everyday business-critical processes and workflows.

“We’re proud to be a founding technical contributor to AIUC-1, helping to shape the industry-leading AI agent standard for enterprise adoption,” said Scott Roberts, CISO, UiPath. “Our more than 10,000 global customers use our platform to agentify and orchestrate highly sensitive workflows, from fraud detection to financial operations, trusting us to adhere to the highest levels of AI security, safety, and reliability. As a leader in agentic automation, we’re committed to delivering to our customers the confidence that our platform meets the highest global standards.”

AIUC-1 is grounded in technical evaluations and testing to make sure many of the AI-specific risks—including jailbreaks, prompt injections, hallucinations, and data leaks—are addressed when adopting agents into the enterprise. Many of these agents often connect directly to mission-critical enterprise processes and workflows, autonomously executing real transactions and handling sensitive data across ERP, CRM, or healthcare and financial systems. That level of access calls for strict guardrails, capable of balancing flexibility with compliance, and ensuring every decision is auditable, explainable, and reversible.

“Deployments of automation agents must be secure, safe, and reliable, robustly responding to threats,” said Rajiv Dattani, co-founder of AIUC. “UiPath has deep experience meeting these needs, working with sensitive data in highly regulated industries. By partnering as a founding technical contributor, they are taking their expertise and codifying it into a standard that AI builders and adopters globally can use to secure their deployments.”

AIUC-1 certification includes independent third-party audits and quarterly adversarial testing across 1,000+ enterprise risk scenarios—identifying vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them.

UiPath’s AIUC-1 audit will be led by Schellman, the largest specialized IT and cybersecurity auditor. This builds on Schellman’s work conducting UiPath’s ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification by testing for AI agent-specific controls, including technical evaluations and security, and data safeguards as specified in AIUC-1. Schellman’s rigorous assessment gives enterprises evaluating agent platforms confidence that best practices are being met across technical, operational, and legal dimensions.

About AIUC

The Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company builds confidence infrastructure for secure AI adoption, through certification, auditing, and insurance for AI agents. Founded by experts with experience at organizations like Anthropic and developed with Orrick, Stanford, the Cloud Security Alliance, MIT, and MITRE, AIUC-1 is the first comprehensive security, safety, and reliability standard for AI agents.

About Schellman

​Schellman is a leading global provider of attestation, compliance, and certification services. Schellman is a provider of SOC reports, an ISO Certification Body, a PCI Qualified Security Assessor Company, a HITRUST assessor, and a FedRAMP 3PAO. Schellman was the first ISO 42001 certification body accredited by ANAB able to certify organizations against the AI Management System standard.

About UiPath

UiPath (NYSE: PATH) is a global leader in agentic automation, empowering enterprises to harness the full potential of AI agents to autonomously execute and optimize complex business processes. The UiPath Platform™ uniquely combines controlled agency, developer flexibility, and seamless integration to help organizations scale agentic automation safely and confidently. Committed to security, governance, and interoperability, UiPath supports enterprises as they transition into a future where automation delivers on the full potential of AI to transform industries. For more information, visit www.uipath.com.

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Released November 19, 2025

As a major source of new jobs, the clean energy industry represents an innovative and vital sector of the U.S. workforce. Workers with job titles like solar installer, energy storage engineer, battery manufacturing technician, energy efficiency auditor, electric vehicle charger maintenance worker and wind turbine technician, are all part of a workforce whose growth is outpacing overall employment growth despite overall economic slowdown and recessionary conditions in parts of the U.S.

However, policy reversals by the Trump administration are creating an unpredictable environment for clean energy investors and developers, slowing the industry’s rapid growth and risking billions of dollars in investment and thousands of jobs. U.S. renewable energy investment fell by 36% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year. This decline happened despite record-high global investment in renewables during the same period.

Here we used the last several years of data from the annual U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy and Employment Report to better understand the state and outlook of clean energy jobs in the U.S. By deciphering and classifying energy jobs between clean energy and traditional categories we’ve gained a clearer perspective on how critical clean energy jobs are to the nation’s labor market.

Here are five key findings from this analysis:

1) Clean Energy Jobs Have Been Outperforming the Rest of the Labor Market

Driven by increased investment, rising energy demand and government policies that accelerated the transition to a clean energy economy, clean energy jobs grew by . During the same period, the broader U.S. job market only grew by only 8%.  

It is especially interesting to note that clean energy employment grew by 3% from 2023 to 2024, while the total U.S. workforce only grew by 1%, after factoring in record-breaking downward revision to the national jobs data, suggesting the U.S. labor market was significantly weaker over the past couple of years than previously believed.

Clean energy gains have been broad based, with jobs in clean fuels; clean electric power generation; clean transmission, distribution and storage; energy efficiency; and clean vehicles sectors all rising year-over-year since 2021.  Subsectors leading job growth during this same period include

In terms of total jobs numbers, leads the way with nearly 2.4 million jobs at the end of 2024. Clean electric power generation, clean vehicles, and clean transmission, distribution and storage had 733,000, 398,000 and 173,000 jobs, respectively.

2) Clean Energy Jobs Are Found Nationwide

There is a broad demand for clean energy across the country, in politically diverse counties and states. Recent polls confirm broad, cross partisan support for clean energy, with a majority of Americans prioritizing it over fossil fuels.

California leads the nation with more than 554,000 clean energy jobs, followed by Texas, with more than 283,000 jobs. New York and Florida also host hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs.

Due to ambitious climate policies and ample renewable energy resources, like sun and wind, California and New York each boast more than 50% of clean energy jobs as a share of their total energy jobs. In Texas, however, clean energy jobs make up only 29% of the state’s more than 990,000 total energy workers — despite the state being the largest generator of wind power in the U.S. and accounting for 21% of wind energy jobs in 2024. That is largely because Texas’ massive energy industry centers around fossil fuels.

Generally, states in the Northeast and West have the highest proportion of clean energy jobs compared to the overall energy sector, making up 71% of both Vermont and Massachusetts’ energy sectors, for example. The West, however, has the highest proportion of clean energy workers in the broader economy, who make up 2.7% of that region’s total workforce. In contrast, the South has the lowest share of clean energy jobs — both as a proportion of energy workers and total workforce.

Clean energy, however, has been and will likely continue to be a source of job creation across all four regions. In recent years, the South experienced the highest job growth with a 13% increase of clean energy jobs between 2021 and 2024 and a 3.6% increase from 2023 to 2024.

According to recent data from the Clean Investment Monitor, the share of clean energy employment could surge from 23 to 27 out of every 1,000 workers in all 50 states, with more than 500,000 new clean energy jobs expected in the South and West alone. These new jobs would make up 9.6% and 7.6%, respectively, of the South and the West’s energy sector jobs, marking a significant shift toward clean energy in these regions.

Still, these projections are not guaranteed. Even during a favorable regulatory and policy environment, energy projects risk cancellations from unexpected costs, labor shortages or community opposition. In today’s environment, as U.S. federal agencies have recently created and exacerbated financial uncertainty for clean energy projects, hundreds of thousands of potential jobs are at risk. For example, the South could potentially lose more than 300,000 jobs from previously announced clean energy projects if these projects are canceled.

3) Construction and Manufacturing Jobs Are Vital to Clean Energy, But Workforce Shortages Loom

Construction and manufacturing are vital to the expansion of clean energy, supplying the physical infrastructure, equipment and materials necessary to produce, store and distribute clean energy. In 2024, construction jobs made up 45% of the clean energy workforce (more than 1.6 million jobs), while manufacturing accounted for nearly 16%, mostly in energy efficiency. 

Approximately 64,000 clean energy construction jobs — a 4% gain — were among the 204,000 total construction jobs added to the U.S. economy between 2023 and 2024. Job gains in clean energy manufacturing have been less robust, but still notable when juxtaposed against the entire manufacturing sector. Nearly 10,000 clean energy manufacturing jobs were added in 2024, with a growth rate of 1.8%. In contrast, manufacturing writ large lost more than 55,000 jobs between 2023 and 2024. Additionally, it is important to note, that investments into clean energy manufacturing in the U.S., especially battery storage and electric vehicle manufacturing, have slowed and been canceled at a higher rate than other announced clean energy projects during the first two quarters of 2025.

In addition to recent federal policy changes threatening the momentum of the clean energy industry, construction and manufacturing industries are facing significant worker shortages as a significant portion of the current workforce is nearing retirement age. Meanwhile, younger generations have shown less interest in these types of careers.

For example, demand for electricians is expected to increase by 9% (or 77,400 jobs) economywide between 2024 and 2034, while an estimated 30% of union electricians are expected to reach retirement age in the next decade. As the demand for clean energy solutions like electric vehicles, battery storage, solar panels and wind turbines rises, skilled electricians become even more critical for both new construction and infrastructure upgrades. The American Welding Society also projects a shortage of around 320,000 welders by 2029. These workers are crucial to manufacturing, as welding is involved in over 70% of all manufactured products.

The clean energy industry can’t prosper without a robust workforce training ecosystem, especially for skilled trades. Governments and businesses will need to work together to expand training and education of younger workers through community colleges, vocational schools and labor unions to create new talent pipelines.

4) While Clean Energy Growth Outpaces Fossil Fuels, Many Fossil-Fuel Workers Are Getting Left Behind

Overall, clean energy employment growth has significantly outpaced growth in fossil fuels jobs. Job growth in traditional electricity generation (including natural gas, coal, oil and petroleum) has remained steady, growing by 7% since 2021. In contrast, employment in clean energy electricity generation has grown by 11% since 2021. Other energy sectors have followed a similar trajectory.

Fossil-fuel jobs, however, still account for a significant share of energy jobs in some states such as Alaska (41%), Louisiana (39%), New Mexico (42%), North Dakota (53%), Oklahoma (39%), West Virgina (32%) and Wyoming (45%). Fossil fuel extraction jobs, which includes coal mining and oil and gas extraction jobs, grew by nearly 18% between 2021 and 2024. Despite this growth, these jobs are at higher risk of decline over the long term due to the shift toward renewable energy, with coal mining being particularly vulnerable. Oil and gas extraction workforce is also projected to decline by 6% over the next 10-year period.

These jobs are often concentrated in specific locations. For example, in Texas, fossil-fuel extraction jobs — which account for 29% of energy jobs — are concentrated in the West and South, while clean energy jobs are often located in or near major cities or in areas better suited for renewable energy generation. Texas also saw a 14% decline in coal mining jobs between 2021 and 2024, despite a nationwide increase during the same period (this was a minor uptick after a long-term decline), further highlighting the place-based nature of job creation and displacement.

A growing body of research is demonstrating that a geographic mismatch is occurring between areas experiencing significant losses in fossil-fuel jobs and areas where new clean energy jobs are being created. Displaced fossil-fuel workers are less likely to relocate for clean energy jobs, even when they have transferable skills. Therefore, locally-tailored and place-based responses that include retraining, reskilling initiatives and financial support will be needed to ensure a fair and just transition for these workers, whether within the clean energy industry or other industries.

 5) Clean Energy Is Now Facing Significant Headwinds

Despite strong growth over the last four years, the clean energy industry faced setbacks in 2025. A slowing national economy, tariff uncertainty and policy actions by the Trump administration — combined with major changes to federal clean energy funding in the 2025 budget reconciliation act (also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) — have all contributed to a spate of clean energy project cancellations this year.

Data from the Rhodium Group-MIT/CEEPR Clean Investment Monitor shows that 110 projects representing at least $36 billion in announced investments were canceled as of September. As a result, for the first time since at least 2020, canceled and paused clean energy project investments are outpacing newly announced investments. While many of these projects may not have reached completion even in a more favorable business environment, the scale suggests that clean energy projects are facing significant and atypical headwinds.

However, due to rapidly falling costs, widespread innovation, a surge in demand driven by climate concerns and rising electricity needs, the long-term future for the clean energy economy remains optimistic.

Between 2024 and 2034, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests solar, wind, geothermal, and “other” electric power generation (a category which includes more novel energy sources such as tidal power), as well as the category that includes manufacturing of battery storage systems, will each have double or even triple digit employment growth by percentage. Wind turbine service technicians and solar photovoltaic installers will be the two fastest growing occupations during that same time period.

Clean Energy Can Power a More Sustainable and Prosperous Future

The past four years has proven that clean energy is a key driver of employment growth in the U.S. As clean energy jobs outpace the overall job market and fossil fuels jobs, the path to decarbonization and emissions reductions will come by expanding the economic pie with new jobs for American workers.

Progress toward a clean energy future will not be without its hiccups. The nation’s overall economy and policy decisions are having, and will continue to have, a large impact on the pace of the transition. In addition, movement toward clean energy will create opportunity for millions of Americans. But it will also pose new challenges for workers in traditional energy sectors, a reality which economic policy will need to address. Yet one thing is clear: Clean energy stands to be a leading industry driving job growth in the U.S.

 

About the Data in this Article

The U.S. Energy and Employment Report, published annually by the U.S. Department of Energy, covers both traditional and clean energy employment across five sectors: electric power generation, energy efficiency, fuels, motor vehicles, and transmission, distribution and storage. The report also breaks down energy employment by industry, providing insights into specific industries such as manufacturing, construction, utilities and professional services. While this article primarily focuses on the 2025 report, which provides data for 2024, previous years data were also analyzed to identify change over time. Additional data were used from E2, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Rhodium Group-MIT/CEEPR Clean Investment Monitor.

To calculate the difference between clean and traditional energy jobs growth, the authors classified clean and traditional energy subsectors based on the sector’s contributions to reducing carbon emissions. Traditional energy subsectors are further divided into fossil and non-fossil-fuel subsectors.

Traditional Energy Vs. Clean Energy

Category	Traditional Energy	Clean Energy
Fuel	Natural Gas*	Nuclear Fuels
	Coal*
	Petroleum*
	Corn Ethanol
	Woody Biomass/Cellulosic Biofuel
	Other Biofuels
	Other Fuels*
Electric Power Generation	Natural gas*	Wind
	Coal*	Solar
	Oil & Other Petroleum*	Nuclear
	Combined Heat & Power*	Geothermal
	Bioenergy	Hydropower
	Other Power Generation*
Transmission, Distribution, Storage	Traditional T&D Electricity*	Battery Storage
	Traditional T&D Fuels*	Smart Grid
	Other T&D*	Microgrid
		Other Grid Modernization
		Electric Vehicle Charging
		Other Storage
Motor Vehicles and Component Parts	Gasoline & Diesel Motor Vehicles*	Hybrid Electric Vehicles
	Natural Gas Vehicles*	Battery Electric Vehicles
	Other Vehicles*	Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
		Hydrogen/Fuel Cell Vehicles
Energy Efficiency		Traditional HVAC
		Certified Appliances, Products & Services
		Advanced & Recycled Building Materials
		LED, CFL & Other Efficient Lighting
		Renewable Heating & Cooling
		Other

* Indicates fossil fuels subsectors

Source: Authors classification based on U.S. Energy and Employment Report (2025)

Proven engine family has provided reliable power for agricultural aviation and firefighting missions for nearly 50 years

RENO, Nev., Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The global fleet of Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A turboprop engines designed specifically for agricultural aviation and firefighting missions have flown more than 1 million hours this year. Since the first PT6A engine model for the aerial application industry was certified in 1977, Pratt & Whitney Canada has developed eight different models, with close to 5,000 engines produced to date. Pratt & Whitney is an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business.

The eight PT6A engine models power aircraft manufactured by Air Tractor and Thrush Aircraft. These single-engine aircraft are used around the world, particularly in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Europe, and Australia, to support a safe, affordable and abundant food supply; control health-threatening pests; promote healthy forests; and fight forest fires.

“Pratt & Whitney Canada has long supported the aerial application industry and the critical missions it serves,” says Cedric Gauthier, vice president, Sales and Marketing, General Aviation, Pratt & Whitney Canada. “For nearly 50 years, we have worked in lockstep with airframers, maintainers, aircraft owners and pilots as they pursue missions that help feed the world and protect property from the ever-increasing threat of forest fires. Surpassing more than 1 million hours of flight this year speaks to the unique attributes of the PT6A engine, including its performance, innovation and reliability.”

The PT6 engine family remains the benchmark in general aviation, having powered more than 155 different aircraft types and amassing over 500 million flying hours since its introduction in 1963. Today’s PT6 engines are up to four times more powerful than the original model, with a 50% improved power-to-weight ratio and up to 20% better specific fuel consumption.

Another Pratt & Whitney Canada engine family, the PW100, powers De Havilland of Canada’s iconic DHC-415 and new DHC-515 waterbombers that are instrumental in assisting firefighting missions around the globe, including the California wildfires that occurred earlier this year. Around the globe Pratt & Whitney Canada powered helicopters also help combat forest fires.

Pratt & Whitney Canada has an extensive global service network with a comprehensive MRO portfolio for its engines. The breadth and depth of the company’s expertise and its flexible maintenance programs and solutions enable capabilities and scale to serve customers around the clock virtually anywhere in the world. The global service network consists of more than 55 facilities located in 25 countries. 

About Pratt & Whitney 
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units for military, commercial and civil aviation customers. Since 1925, our engineers have pioneered the development of revolutionary aircraft propulsion technologies, and today we support more than 90,000 in-service engines through our global network of maintenance, repair and overhaul facilities. 

About RTX
RTX is the world’s largest aerospace and defense company. With more than 185,000 global employees, we push the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world. Through industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon – we are advancing aviation, engineering integrated defense systems for operational success, and developing next-generation technology solutions and manufacturing to help global customers address their most critical challenges. The company, with 2024 sales of more than $80 billion, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. 

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