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Pratt & Whitney F119 Sets Standard for Fighter Engine Safety, Delivers Proven Fifth Generation Performance for the F135

Erin Dick
P&W Military Engines
Int’l Mobile: +1.860.726.8387
erin.dick@pw.utc.com

Matthew Perra
Pratt & Whitney
Int’l Mobile: +1.860.595.6515
matthew.perra@pw.utc.com

PARIS AIR SHOW – Le Bourget, France, June 15, 2009 – Pratt & Whitney has delivered more than 375 F119 engines to power the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor. With more than 100,000 operational flight hours, the F119 engine continues to set the standard for introduction-to-service safety and reliability. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.

“The F119 engine has demonstrated outstanding levels of reliability and continues to set the new standard for fighter engine performance and safety,” said Tyler Evans, F119 program director.

The Pratt & Whitney F135 powering the F-35 Lightning II, is the derivative engine of the F119. The proven record of the F119 offers the military a significant advantage on the F135 with respect to single engine safety.

“It has been repeatedly demonstrated that derivative engines like the F135 mature more rapidly than newly designed engines, and the F135 has capitalized on the F119 lessons learned in addition to advanced engine health monitoring and prognostics,” Evans said.

The F-22 Raptor is powered by two Pratt & Whitney F119 engines and is the only fifth generation fighter in operational service. The F119 features integrated low observables with high thrust-to-weight, allowing for stealth, supercruise and thrust-vectoring capability in the F-22.

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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