Pratt & Whitney invests $200 million in Columbus facility with another expansion

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday in Columbus an expansion of a legacy Columbus business.

Connecticut-based Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of Virginia-based RTX, is investing $200 million to expand its Columbus operations. The new project is creating 15 jobs now, with more expected to come by 2028, according to the news release.

“Pratt & Whitney’s decision to invest in Georgia immediately after just 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 the news release. “Throughout its more than forty 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.”

This expansion follows the one in 2023, when Pratt and Whitney added nearly 400 jobs and 81,000 square feet to the Columbus Engine Center. The Columbus campus, 8801 Macon Road in Midland, also includes Columbus Forge.

“We want to thank Pratt & Whitney for their continued faith in the Columbus community and the Valley region,” Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson said in the news release. “We appreciate Governor Kemp, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, and Choose Columbus’s help in getting this across the finish line. Pratt & Whitney has been such an outstanding community partner, and we look forward to continuing to grow that relationship.”

Opening in 1984, Pratt and Whitney’s Columbus campus produces key commercial and military jet engine components, maintaining engines for major aircraft like the Airbus A320neo aircraft family, Airbus A220 and Embraer E-Jets E2. The facility also supports the F117 engine for the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and the F100 engine for the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, according to the news release.

The Columbus Forge produces compressor airfoils and other components for the company’s commercial and military engines.

Pratt & Whitney had 2,301 employees at its Columbus campus as of the fourth quarter of last year, Choose Columbus president and CEO Missy Kendrick told the Ledger-Enquirer.

This story was originally published February 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM.