Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100
E38416
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T296276 — 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 F117-PW-100 Context triple: [C-17 Globemaster III, engineModel, Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100]
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A.
Pratt & Whitney F135 engine
The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine is a high-performance turbofan developed for the F-35 Lightning II, notable for its advanced thrust, stealth, and (in the F-35B variant) short takeoff/vertical landing capabilities.
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B.
Eurojet EJ200
The Eurojet EJ200 is a modern afterburning turbofan jet engine developed for high-performance fighter aircraft, most notably powering the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Griffon
The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a powerful British liquid-cooled V12 aero engine developed during World War II, best known for powering later, high-performance variants of the Supermarine Spitfire and other Royal Air Force aircraft.
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D.
Junkers Jumo 211
The Junkers Jumo 211 was a widely used German liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft engine of World War II, powering many Luftwaffe bombers and other combat aircraft.
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E.
Lockheed Martin X-35
The Lockheed Martin X-35 is a prototype stealth multirole fighter that served as the demonstrator for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program.
- 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 F117-PW-100 Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Pratt & Whitney F135 engine
The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine is a high-performance turbofan developed for the F-35 Lightning II, notable for its advanced thrust, stealth, and (in the F-35B variant) short takeoff/vertical landing capabilities.
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B.
Eurojet EJ200
The Eurojet EJ200 is a modern afterburning turbofan jet engine developed for high-performance fighter aircraft, most notably powering the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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C.
Rolls-Royce Griffon
The Rolls-Royce Griffon is a powerful British liquid-cooled V12 aero engine developed during World War II, best known for powering later, high-performance variants of the Supermarine Spitfire and other Royal Air Force aircraft.
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D.
Junkers Jumo 211
The Junkers Jumo 211 was a widely used German liquid-cooled V-12 aircraft engine of World War II, powering many Luftwaffe bombers and other combat aircraft.
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E.
Lockheed Martin X-35
The Lockheed Martin X-35 is a prototype stealth multirole fighter that served as the demonstrator for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-bypass turbofan
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turbofan engine ⓘ |
| abbreviation | F117 ⓘ |
| application |
strategic airlift
ⓘ
tactical airlift ⓘ |
| bypassRatio | high bypass ratio ⓘ |
| compressorType | axial-flow compressor ⓘ |
| configuration | twin-spool ⓘ |
| controlSystem | full-authority digital engine control ⓘ |
| coolingSystem | air-cooled turbine blades ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| customer |
United States Department of Defense
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defense
|
| derivativeOf |
Pratt & Whitney PW2000 civil engine
ⓘ
linked to:
Pratt & Whitney PW2000
|
| designFeature |
high reliability
ⓘ
long on-wing life ⓘ reduced maintenance requirements ⓘ |
| emissionsCompliance | military standards ⓘ |
| exhaustType | mixed exhaust ⓘ |
| fanType | ducted fan ⓘ |
| fuelType | aviation kerosene ⓘ |
| intendedUse | military adaptation of commercial engine ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Pratt & Whitney ⓘ |
| marketSegment | military transport ⓘ |
| missionProfile |
long-range heavy airlift
ⓘ
short-field operations ⓘ |
| mountingConfiguration | underwing podded engine ⓘ |
| natoDesignation |
F117-PW-100
ⓘ
linked to:
F117
|
| noiseCharacteristic | reduced noise relative to low-bypass engines ⓘ |
| numberOfEnginesPerAircraft | 4 ⓘ |
| operator |
Indian Air Force
ⓘ
Qatar Emiri Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ United Arab Emirates Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| poweredAircraft |
C-17A Globemaster III
ⓘ
linked to:
C-17 Globemaster III
|
| primaryRole | military transport aircraft propulsion ⓘ |
| relatedEngineFamily |
Pratt & Whitney PW2000 family
ⓘ
linked to:
Pratt & Whitney PW2000
|
| support | Pratt & Whitney global maintenance network ⓘ |
| thrustClass | 40,000–50,000 lbf ⓘ |
| thrustReverser | equipped ⓘ |
| thrustReverserUse |
reverse thrust for tactical operations
ⓘ
short-field landing performance ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aeromedical evacuation missions
ⓘ
airdrop operations ⓘ strategic airlift missions ⓘ tactical airlift missions ⓘ |
| usedOnAircraft |
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
ⓘ
linked to:
C-17 Globemaster III
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
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