Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., which has flown "every commander-in-chief since Eisenhower," looks to retain the contract for the presidential helicopter fleet when the current fleet of Marine One aircraft are replaced. ...

Connecticut’s roughly 36,000 employees in the defense industry are anxiously waiting for Washington’s decisions on how it will deal with the March 1 sequestration deadline. ...

United Technologies Corp. subsidiary Pratt & Whitney has received a five-year, $300 million contract from the South Korean government to assist in the maintenance of the engines powering the country's Lockheed Martin F-16 and Boeing F-15K fighter jets. ...

A group of aerospace industry executives, including Pratt & Whitney President David Hess, warned Congress and the Obama administration that a failure to address the sequester – a package of billions of dollars in defense spending cuts scheduled to begin Jan. 1 – could result in “hundreds” of lost jobs. ...

United Technologies Corp. subsidiary Pratt & Whitney has laid off 80 hourly workers and eliminated 20 positions through buyouts, according to a report by the Harford Courant. ...

The first prototype of a CH-53K heavy lift helicopter being developed by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. for the Navy is ready for ground testing, the Stratford-based company announced Dec. 4. ...

The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a $631 billion defense spending bill Tuesday that provides $88 billion for the war in Afghanistan and other expenditures through the end of the 2013 fiscal year. ...

With the S-76D, Sikorsky has a new opportunity to demonstrate its value to the commercial sector. ...

Ex-Im bank authorized $50 million in funding to support Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. helicopter sales in Mexico. ...

UTC won a “B” on its anti-corruption stance, while GE received just a middling grade. ...

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. contracts totaling $530 million for work on Black Hawk helicopters. ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory selected GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney to develop separately a newfangled jet engine. ...

Atlas Air Inc. announced Sept. 4 it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to continue to provide training services to the aircrews of Air Force One. ...

In the space of a month, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. secured contracts totaling more than $12 billion. ...

The U.S. Department of Defense signed an $8.5 billion contract with Sikorsky. ...