Pratt & Whitney Acquires Techspace Aero Military Aftermarket Services

Released on Monday, July 14, 2008

FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW, July 14, 2008 � Pratt & Whitney has acquired the military maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) business, to be named the Pratt & Whitney Belgium Engine Center, from Techspace Aero of Liege, Belgium, a majority owned company of Safran Group. The Belgium Engine Center will offer complete MRO services for the F100-PW-100, -200, -220, and -220E engines, as well as key components of the -229 engine. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company.

"The Pratt & Whitney Belgium Engine Center is our first military MRO facility in Europe," said Tom Farmer, president, Pratt & Whitney Military Engines. "We look forward to providing our customers in this region with the highest quality services and technical support as we do for our customers around the world."

The new Pratt & Whitney Belgium Engine Center occupies a new state of the art facility opened in January 2008. Pratt & Whitney completed the acquisition of the Belgium Engine Center in early July and will take over operations immediately.