FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL
AIR SHOW -- Sikorsky Support Services, Inc. (SSSI), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has been awarded a contract to
provide support services and maintenance for 382 U.S. Navy fixed wing
training aircraft. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies
Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
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The contract includes a three-month base period for an estimated $22
million, commencing July 1, 2006, plus four one-year options. The program
will employ approximately 700 people and could be valued at more than $400
million through the life of the program if all options are exercised.
Under the contract, SSSI will provide program management, maintenance
and repair, material management and engineering support for Chief of Naval
Air Training undergraduate missions to include: 100 T-34C Turbomentor and
54 T-44A Pegasus aircraft at Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, Texas;
154 T-34C aircraft at NAS Whiting Field, Milton, Fla.; and 46 T-6A Texan II
aircraft at NAS Pensacola, Fla. Additionally, SSSI will support 27 T-34C
and one T-6A aircraft at nine satellite facilities. The program will be
managed from the SSSI program support office in Pensacola, Fla.
"We are pleased to once again provide support for the Chief of Naval
Air Training," said Dave Adler, Sikorsky senior vice president for
Worldwide Customer Service. "This is an important win in a very competitive
environment. We look forward to meeting and exceeding our customers'
expectations with the world-class level of support and professionalism for
which SSSI has become known."
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in
helicopter design, manufacturing and service. United Technologies Corp. of
Hartford, Conn. provides a broad range of high technology products and
support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning
future business opportunities. Actual results may differ materially from
those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including
but not limited to changes in government procurement priorities and
practices or in the number of aircraft to be reset; as well as other risks
and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to
time in United Technologies Corporation's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings.
SOURCE Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
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