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Pratt & Whitney Awarded $1.4 Billion Contract for F117 Engine Support

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

October 16, 2008

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EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ — The Boeing Company
awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract with a value of up to $1.4 billion to
support the C-17 aircraft fleet. This F117 engine maintenance agreement
includes a one year contract and the option to extend for two additional
years through 2011. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:
UTX) company.

“This contract extension allows Pratt & Whitney’s F117 team to continue
meeting its customers’ expectations in the areas of engine availability,
reliability and maintainability while keeping its customers’ fleets at a
high level of readiness around the world,” said Bill Begert, vice president
of business development and international programs, Pratt & Whitney. “We
are very proud to continue our support of The Boeing Company and we are
always mindful of the significance of quality, reliability and performance
to the men and women in uniform, our ultimate customer.”

This F117 contract covers fleet management support, configuration
control, thrust reversers and EcoPower(R) engine wash services for the
entire F117 fleet of 800 engines. Pratt & Whitney’s EcoPower(R) service
uses a closed-loop system with pure, atomized water to wash aircraft
engines, thus avoiding potential contaminant runoff. The system is more
effective and much faster than traditional engine washing processes.

Four F117s provide exclusive power for the C-17 Globemaster III — the
world’s premier heavy airlifter. With more than 5.8 million hours of proven
military service and more than 40 million hours in commercial use, the
F117/PW2037 reinforces Pratt & Whitney’s promise to deliver Dependable
Engines. The F117-PW-100 is a derivative of Pratt & Whitney’s PW2037
commercial engine powering the Boeing 757. The F117 has consistently proven
itself as a world-class reliable engine. With Pratt & Whitney’s ongoing
investment in product improvements, the engine continuously surpasses
established goals for time on wing, in-flight shut downs, and support
turnaround time.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and
service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas
turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified
company providing high technology products and services to the global
aerospace and building industries.

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