COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — While in Columbus to mark the completion of a major expansion of Pratt & Whitney on Tuesday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced that the aircraft engine company will soon begin another expansion.
Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, is investing $200 million to expand its operations. That expansion will initially create 15 new jobs, with more jobs to follow.
Kemp celebrated the announcement of this new investment and the completion of a prior expansion announced in 2023 at the Paris Air Show. This previously announced project added nearly 400 new jobs and 81,000 square feet to Pratt & Whitney’s Columbus Engine Center.
“Pratt & Whitney’s decision to invest in Georgia immediately after completing another major expansion is an incredible testament to how companies that operate in our state find reliable, ongoing, and long-term success,” Kemp said in a prepared statement. “Throughout its more than 40 years in Columbus, Pratt & Whitney has been a valued partner and driver of the impact our aerospace industry is delivering statewide. We’re grateful that this partnership will only continue to grow and flourish, benefiting this cutting-edge job creator, the people of Columbus, and all of Georgia.”
Pratt & Whitney opened the Columbus facility in 1984 on U.S. 80 in the city’s panhandle…