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Pratt & Whitney, Dutch Companies Sign MOU for JSF Engine Work

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, JUNE 12, 2001 -- A memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and six manufacturing companies from the Netherlands was signed today, signifying the companies’ agreement to work together in support of the P&W-powered F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.

Signing the MOU for Pratt & Whitney was Bob Cea, Vice President, JSF119 programs. Signers for the Netherlands companies were Ger de Vlieger, Vice President and General Manager, Eldim B.V.; Gerard van Beek, President, Fokker Elmo B.V.; Dennis Flanagan, Managing Director, Hamilton Sundstrand Customer Support Center - Maastricht B.V.; Ir. Huub J.G. van Heel, Managing Director, Nederlands Centrum voor Laser Research; Dick Alta, General Manager, Urenco Nederland B.V.; and Kier Vis, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Stork N.V.

"Even though Pratt & Whitney already has individual agreements with many of these companies related to specific JSF119 work, we mutually agreed to take a team approach to assure success of the program," Cea said. "The MOU will assure that Pratt & Whitney and our Dutch partners can share information, coordinate our communication and marketing efforts, and be attuned to issues that affect the Netherlands aerospace industry as a whole."

Cea said that the MOU was signed in anticipation of the government of the Netherlands joining with the U.S. government as a partner in the development of the JSF weapons system. In discussing the advantages the JSF program offers to the Netherlands he said, "In addition to being an extremely capable and low cost aircraft, the JSF program presents great opportunities for industrial cooperation. There is also the issue of interoperability with their allies in the U.S. and United Kingdom, which is of great interest."

P&W’s JSF119 engine was selected by both JSF weapons system contractors, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, to power their competing aircraft designs. The engine, a derivative of the F119 engine powering the F/A-22 Raptor, has powered more than 185 flights over all JSF candidate aircraft variants. It is expected that more than 6,000 JSF aircraft will be produced over the life of the program.

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

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