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Pratt & Whitney Awarded Contract for Long Lead Procurements for Additional F119 Engines

Erin Dick
P&W Military Engines
1.860.557.0122
erin.dick@pw.utc.com

Jennifer Whitlow
Pratt & Whitney
1.860.565.9600
jennifer.whitlow@pw.utc.com

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., January 5, 2009 – Pratt & Whitney was awarded a contract from the United States Air Force valued at up to $7 million for long lead material procurement to produce an additional eight F119 engines for the F-22 Raptor. The contract also includes an option for advance buy funding for long lead material procurement for up to 39 additional engines. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.

“This is a significant contract that reaffirms the U.S. Air Force's commitment to the F-22 Raptor and the F119 engine,” said Tyler Evans, F119 program director. “Pratt & Whitney has supported the U.S. Air Force for many decades, and we look forward to continuing that support for many more to come.”

The F-22 Raptor is powered by two Pratt & Whitney F119 engines, and is the only fifth generation fighter in operational service. The F119 has logged more than 90,000 operational flight hours and features integrated low observables with high thrust-to-weight, allowing for stealth, supercruise and thrust-vectoring capability in the F-22. It also shares a common legacy with Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine, the only engine currently powering the fifth generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and commercial building 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 the USAF's funding related to the F-22 aircraft and F119 engines, changes in government procurement priorities and practices or in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, production and support of technologies; 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.

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