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Israel Ministry of Defense Officials Visit Pratt & Whitney, Announce Selection of F100 Engines to Power Fighters

EAST HARTFORD Conn., June 1, 2001 - High ranking officials from the Israel Ministry of Defense met with employees of Pratt & Whitney’s East Hartford, Connecticut facility to announce that the company’s F100-PW-229 engine had been selected to power the Israel Air Force’s follow-on buy of fighter aircraft. Dalia Rabin-Pelossof, Israel’s Deputy Minister of Defense, and Major General (Res.) Amos Yaron, Director General of Israel Ministry of Defense, spoke to a group of several hundred employees to personally inform them of the award decision, which has an approximate value of $300 million over the life of the program.

"This latest procurement marks the third consecutive time that Israel has selected Pratt & Whitney’s F100 engine to power our front line fighters," said Yaron. "Since the beginning of the Israel Air Force in 1947 with the famous Wasp engine, Pratt & Whitney has been an integral part of our engine world." Yaron said the official contract would be signed later in the month, and would cover up to 61 engines for delivery in the years 2005-2008.

"The Israel Air Force today operates more than 600 Pratt & Whitney military engines on some of the most critical missions in the world," said Louis Chênevert, Pratt & Whitney President. "We have worked hard to make the F100 the safest, most reliable fighter engine in the world, and we are proud that our efforts have been rewarded with the trust and confidence of the State of Israel."

Rabin and Yaron were joined by several other high ranking Israel government officials on a tour of selected United Technologies Corporation facilities in Connecticut. The visit to East Hartford was preceded by a visit to Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, and was followed by a tour of Pratt & Whitney’s Middletown assembly plant.

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines.

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