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Pratt & Whitney to Power New Boeing KC-767A Tankers

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Pratt & Whitney Public Relations
Phone: (860)-565-9600

EAST HARTFORD, CONN., March 3, 2004 - Boeing has selected Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) PW4062 engine for the 767 Global Tanker Transport Aircraft Program. As a result, Pratt & Whitney’s PW4062 engine will be the standard production engine offering for all future 767 Tanker Programs, both domestic and international. This selection represents the first military application for the PW4000 engine family.

“Pratt & Whitney is a strong addition to the premier team of supplier partners on the program,” said Bob Gower, vice president of 767 Tanker Programs, part of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. “Boeing has always been focused on adding to our unmatched tanker expertise in order to provide the highest capability, lowest risk and best value for all of our customers. With the PW4062 engine and the superior business arrangement, Pratt & Whitney has demonstrated they belong on this world-class team.”

“Pratt & Whitney is very pleased with the confidence that Boeing has demonstrated in selecting the PW4062 as the baseline engine for the -767 tanker,” said Louis R. Chênevert, president of Pratt & Whitney. “In selecting this popular commercial airline engine, our customer can receive modern, efficient engines very rapidly, and also can make use of an established worldwide support infrastructure.”

The 94-inch PW4000 can be found on the twin-aisle Boeing 747-400, Boeing 767, Boeing MD-11, Airbus A300 and Airbus A310. It is operated by more than 65 airlines around the world, and has more than 60 million hours of experience since entering revenue service in 1987. The worldwide installed base of the 94-inch PW4000 engine family encompasses more than 2000 engines

Pratt & Whitney military engines are built and supported in facilities located in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia. Models include the F119 powering the F/A-22 Raptor; the F135 for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter; the F117 for the C-17 Globemaster III; the F100 for F-15 and F-16 fighters; the J52 for the EA-6B Prowler; the TF33 powering AWACS, Joint STARS, B-52, C-141 and KC-135 aircraft; the PT6 for T-6A, C-12, T-34C and UH-1N aircraft; and the JT15 for the T-1A, UC-35A, and the Pegasus UCAV.

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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