P&W Canada to Open New Flight Test Operations Centre

(Longueuil, Quebec, April 17, 2008) -- Pratt & Whitney Canada announced today that it will concentrate its flight test operations in a new world-class centre at Montreal-Mirabel International Airport. The new global hub represents an investment of about $90 million. Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company.

"Establishing this single, state-of-the-art facility will improve our competitiveness and support flight testing for the complete range of Pratt & Whitney engines, from turboprops to turbofans up to 90,000 pounds of thrust," said Benoit Brossoit, Senior Vice President, Service Centres & Operations, P&WC. "We have recently won several competitions to supply engines for new aircraft, and we need to evolve our flight test operations to support this growth."

Source : Pratt & Whitney

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