Pratt & Whitney has announced it has become the exclusive Disruptor Award sponsor of the global competition GoFly Prize to encourage innovators to design a personal flying device, the company said.
The goal of The GoFly Prize is to foster the development of safe, quiet, ultra-compact personal flying devices capable of near vertical take-off and landing.
As a sponsor, Pratt & Whitney will present the Disruptor Award, a USD 100,000 prize, to the team that is truly innovative, who has gone beyond in developing their personal flying device for the competition. With the Disruptor Award, Pratt & Whitney recognizes innovation unmatched by any other competitor, so that true originality is rewarded. The Pratt & Whitney Disruptor Award allows for all types of innovations to be embraced–and it allows the company to recognize innovation and disruption in its purest sense.
The GoFly Prize is a two-year competition where teams will leverage recent advances in propulsion, energy, light-weight materials, and control and stability systems to make the dream of personal flight a reality. The competition will award prize money of $2 million to participating teams in a variety of categories. Teams will build a personal flying device that can be used by anyone, anywhere.
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX),is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. United Technologies Corp., based in Farmington, Connecticut, provides high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries.
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