Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has produced its 100,000th engine, the Longueuil, Quebec-based company announced today. Of those, 60,000 are still in service with 12,300 operators in more than 200 countries and territories.

Its engine families span across general aviation, regional turboprops, business aviation, civil helicopters and auxiliary power units (APUs), and total 730 million flight hours logged. One of Pratt & Whitney Canada’s most successful of its 14 engine families is the PT6A turboprop, which “helped define general aviation and ushered in a new generation of fast and versatile small aircraft.” The PT6A, which accounts for more than half of the engines that the company has produced to date, has powered 128 different aircraft since its introduction in 1960. “Its benchmark reliability enabled the PT6A to be the only engine to achieve single-engine IFR status for passenger revenue activity in North America, Australia and now Europe,” the company added.

P&WC also said that its “JT15D pioneered the light business jet market…and then redefined it with the PW500 engine.” Meanwhile, its PW300 series, which powers a range of midsize and large-cabin business jets, introduced Fadec technology to the business jet segment. Its latest turbofan engine offering, the PurePower PW800 turbofan, powers the G500 and G600, Gulfstream’s next-generation long-range jets.