Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to United Technologies Corp. to integrate a sensor system with the U.S. Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection and processing infrastructure. UTC said Monday its aerospace systems unit will perform a study on the integration of the MS-177 sensor system into the Distributed Common Ground System to help …
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Boeing Subcontracts UTC Subsidiary for C-17, Apache Landing Gear Systems
A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary has won a subcontract from Boeing to continue to produce landing gear systems for integration with the U.S. Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and AH-64E Apache helicopters. UTC Aerospace Systems said Tuesday work on the contract is scheduled to conclude in 2018. The UTC subsidiary secured …
Read More »UTC Completes 1st Sonar Dome Window Delivery to Navy
A business unit of United Technologies Corp. has handed to the U.S. Navy the first sonar dome window for integration with the service branch’s cruisers, destroyers and other vessels under a five-year contract. The UTC Aerospace Systems-built rubber-based sonar dome window works to protect the naval ship’s sonar transducer array …
Read More »PwC: Global Aerospace, Defense Sector Posted $52B in Q3 2015 M&A Deal Value
A new PwC report says the value of merger and acquisition deals in the global aerospace and defense sector reached $52 billion in the third quarter of this year alone, surpassing the M&A deal value the sector has recorded for any full year. According to PwC’s Mission Control report, significant deals …
Read More »Bluestone Capital Partners: Valuation Gap Narrows for Commercial Aerospace, Defense Firms
The gap between the market values of commercial aerospace and defense and government services companies narrowed during 2015’s second quarter, according to a Bluestone Capital Partners report. The investment banking firm said it found the number of government services transactions rose 28 percent year-to-date and an improvement in public company …
Read More »Report: UTC in Talks with Multiple Bidders for Sikorsky
United Technologies Corp. has confirmed that it is currently in negotiations with multiple bidders for the acquisition of UTC subsidiary Sikorsky Aircraft, Defense News reported Saturday. Andrew Clevenger writes that sources have named the bidders as Airbus, Blackstone, Lockheed Martin and Textron. The report said the news comes after UTC announced its plan …
Read More »UTC to Build Virginia-Class Submarine Composite Components; Marc Duvall Comments
The Newport News Shipbuilding arm of Huntington Ingalls has selected United Technologies Corp. to supply the composite components for the next 10 Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines. UTC said Wednesday the company is tasked to deliver bow dome, rubber boot and various external fairing structures through 2020 under the agreement. Marc Duvall, president …
Read More »UTC to Deliver Submarine Acoustic Windows to US Navy; Marc Duvall Comments
United Technologies Corp.’s aerospace systems business unit has been awarded a five-year contract to supply high frequency acoustic windows for submarines to the U.S. Navy. UTC Aerospace Systems will make the delivery through 2020 under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, UTC said Monday. The company’s engineered polymer products team will produce the systems at …
Read More »Gregory Hayes: UTC Sikorsky Spinoff Part of Board’s Strategic Review
United Technologies Corp. CEO Gregory Hayes has said the possible spinoff of UTC’s Sikorsky Aircraft unit aims to strategically position the standalone helicopter company and the commercial aerospace and buildings business, he told CNBC in an interview aired Thursday. Tom DiChristopher writes UTC’s board of directors authorized a review of options for Sikorsky earlier this …
Read More »Boeing Taps UTC for CST-100 Life Support System Components
A United Technologies Corp. subsidiary will produce materials for the environmental control and life support system of a crew capsule Boeing is building under a $4.2 billion contract with NASA. UTC Aerospace Systems will design, build and manufacture ECLSS components for Boeing’s CST-100 spacecraft and is scheduled to deliver the …
Read More »UTC Unit to Continue Design, Development of Undersea Drone Energy System; Allen Flynt Comments
A United Technologies Corp.‘s business unit will push forward the design and development of an energy system for the Office of Naval Research‘s Long Endurance Undersea Vehicle Propulsion program. As part of the program’s next phases, UTC Aerospace Systems will create an energy system for an unmanned undersea vehicle using proton exchange …
Read More »Boeing Selects UTC Subsidiary to Maintain C-17 Landing Gear; Greg Watson Comments
Boeing has selected a United Technologies Corp. subsidiary to help maintain landing gear on the U.S. Air Force‘s fleet of C-17 aircraft. UTC Aerospace Systems will work with Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah to support workloads on the Boeing-made C-17 Globemaster III, the company said Tuesday. Greg Watson, a site …
Read More »Boeing & UTC Team to Develop Tech for NextGen Fighters, Transport Systems
Boeing and UTC Aerospace Systems, a business unit of United Technologies Corp., will work together on the U.S. Air Force research laboratory’s integrated vehicle energy technology program. According to the Charlotte Business Journal, UTC has been chosen to work with Boeing to develop advanced actuation technology for the Air Force. (Click Here, to read about a recent Boeing nuclear munition …
Read More »Raytheon Names Michael Dumais as Chief Transformation Officer
Raytheon Technologies has appointed Michael Dumais as chief transformation officer to support the company’s business transformation initiatives, Raytheon Technologies reported on Tuesday. In his new position with the company, Dumais will report to Greg Hayes, CEO of Raytheon Technologies.
Read More »AIAA Names Five Johns Hopkins APL Personnel as Associate Fellows
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has inducted Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory staff members Doug Adams, Justin Likar, Mike Ryschkewitsch, Bradley Wheaton and Matthew Zuber into the professional society's 2021 class of associate fellows.
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