Tag: United Technologies Corp.

The Danbury business, part of Raytheon Technologies’ Collins Aerospace unit, is a technology provider of precision electro-optical systems for National Security Space missions and defense survivability needs.

“Take out all the friction and we’ll make this economy sing,” the governor told the crowd at The WorkPlace's quarterly meeting, held June 21 at Housatonic Community College.

Repercussions from the proposed merger between United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Co. appear to be continuing as UTC subsidiary Pratt & Whitney has announced plans to invest as much as $45 million to overhaul its West Palm Beach facility.

“This jarring announcement from arguably our best-known, highest-profile business has got to serve as an overdue wake-up call to the governor and to the Democrat-controlled state legislature," says Republican state Sen. Tony Hwang.

Nearly all of UTC’s 19,000 employees are expected to remain in Connecticut, but parallels to GE's leaving Fairfield for Boston are easy for some to make.

Akhil Johri previously served the company for 26 years.

UTC employees will take courses at the Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering at the university this fall.

Engine manufacturer holds on to engine maintenance contract.

Pentagon sends employees back to work.

Without government inspectors, UTC manufacturing will halt.

Layoffs in the defense sector continue.

As the defense sector continues to shrink, a new report suggests gains in the commercial aerospace sector may be high enough to make up for losses in defense revenue

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. announced plans to lay off 200 employees, primarily in Connecticut.

Aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney expanded on its 30-year presence in Singapore this morning, breaking ground on its first production facility in the tiny southeast Asian country.

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