UTC celebrates 25 years of sponsorship of the arts, having invested more than $55 million and sponsored 54 exhibitions of the visual arts on four continents. (2005)
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Rocketdyne is acquired from Boeing and added to Pratt & Whitney's space propulsion business. (August 2005)
Kidde fire safety business is acquired and, with Chubb, forms UTC Fire & Security (April 2005)
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Hamilton Sundstrand wins contracts for eight systems on the Boeing 7E7 airliner, a potential total program value exceeding $6 billion over the life of the program. (February 2004).
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UTC Fuel Cells chosen to participate in U.S. Hydrogen Research Initiative, a multiyear program dedicated to establishing a hydrogen economy (April 2004).
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Sikorsky Aircraft selected by the National Aeronautic Association to receive the 2002 Robert J. Collier Trophy, honoring the new S-92 helicopter as "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America.” (February 2003).
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UTC acquires Chubb plc, a world leader in security and fire protection services.
Environmental Protection Agency recognizes UTC and Carrier for their participation in EPA's Climate Leaders program and their commitment to developing long-term climate change strategies. (June 2003).
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Carrier wins the largest contract ever for container refrigeration systems. The 14,500 units ordered by P&O Nedlloyd will chill commodities shipped throughout the world in maritime containers.
Otis unveils its $68 million new horizontal and vertical transportation system installed in Northwest Airlines’ new Edward H. McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Two 35-ton, elevated Express Trams that glide silently on a cushion of air form the centerpiece.
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UTC ranks as the “Most Admired” aerospace company among its industry peers for the second straight year, according to Fortune magazine. Fortune also ranks UTC as the "Most Admired" aerospace/defense company in the world for the first time in the company’s history.
UTC Fuel Cells announces the sale of seven PC25™ fuel cells to Verizon to provide primary power for a critical call-routing center on Long Island, New York. The seven units will form the largest fuel cell installation in the world, surpassing the six-unit PC25system installed at the Connecticut Juvenile Training Center in 2001.
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UTC announces the formation of UTC Power to focus on the distributed generation market (i.e., other than central power plants). UTC Power consists of microturbine products, UTC Fuel Cells and aero-derivative industrial engines.
Otis completes a four-year, 6,000-man-hour project to modernize the duo-lift elevators in the Eiffel Tower. Otis had installed the original elevators in 1889.
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UTC Fuel Cells announces it will provide six PC25™ fuel cells to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, creating the largest fuel cell installation in the world.
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Otis announces the Gen2™ elevator system, the first elevator system to use flat belt technology in place of steel cables to lift the elevator car. The Gen2™ system requires no separate machine room and uses an energy-efficient gearless machine.
UTC, formerly, United Aircraft Corporation, celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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Flight tests begin on
Boeing 777 powered by the PW4098 - the most powerful
engine in commercial aviation at 98,000 pounds
of thrust.
UTC sells UT Automotive
to Lear Corp.
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UTC acquires Sundstrand
Corp. and combines it with Hamilton Standard to
form Hamilton Sundstrand.
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First flight of the Sikorsky
S-92, a 19-passenger helicopter developed and
manufactured by a six-nation consortium.
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Employee Scholar Program
extended to all UTC employees worldwide. More
than 11,000 US employees in school; 82,000 shares
of UTC stock awarded to employee graduates.
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Otis reinvents the elevator
industry by launching the Odyssey system. This
unique technology allows passengers to move either
vertically or horizontally in the same elevator
car thus removing the final technical barrier
to the construction of mile-high skyscrapers.
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Pratt & Whitney ships
the PW4090, the most powerful engine in its history,
rated at 90,000 pounds of thrust.
The UTC Employee Scholar
Program, launched with the goal of
meeting the future with an engaged, smart workforce,
results in a 48% increase in the number of UTC
employees enrolled in college or graduate programs.
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The first Boeing 777 twin-jet,
powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, enters
commercial service with United Airlines.
Carrier becomes the first
in its industry to offer chlorine-free refrigerants
across its major product lines.
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UTC announces Employee Scholar Program allowing employees to earn college degrees. Our goal: The best educated work force on the planet (December 1995).
Hamilton Standard's all-composite,
six-bladed propeller system is flight-certified
for the regional airline market.
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Hamilton Standard's space
suit life support system performs flawlessly during
an unprecedented five consecutive days of space
walks to service and repair the Hubble space telescope.
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The Elevonic
411 control system makes real-time dispatching
decisions in response to building traffic demands.
United Technologies' international
business surpasses half of total revenues for
the first time.
Otis forms its first manufacturing
joint venture in Russia.
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Otis installs the first
linear-motor-powered elevator.
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establishes the first of several joint ventures
in China. |
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Otis
installs the first Remote Elevator Monitoring (REM®)
system. |
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Otis establishes the first
of several joint ventures in China.
Hamilton Standard introduces
the world's first commercial full-authority digital
electronic control system for aircraft engines.
PW2000 enters service
on the Boeing 757. The engine is the first commercial
turbofan with full-authority digital electronic
engine control (FADEEC).
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Space
Shuttle Columbia is launched with Hamilton Standard
and UTC Fuel Cells systems, including
space suits, environmental control systems and fuel
cells for electrical power. |
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Otis unveils Elevonic 101, the first
completely microprocessor-based elevator control system.
UTC acquires Carrier,
the world's largest manufacturer of air-conditioning
and refrigeration equipment.
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Sikorsky
begins production of the Black Hawk helicopter.
The Black Hawk family is flown by 25 nations and,
with more than four million flying hours, sets the
global standard for versatility and reliability. |
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acquires Otis, the world's largest elevator company.
Hamilton Standard introduces its first dual digital
flight control. |
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United Aircraft Corporation
changes its name to United Technologies Corporation
"to connote the breadth of its products, markets,
and activities."
U.S. Air Force chooses
the F100-powered F-16 as its new lightweight fighter.
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engine enters service on the F-15 fighter. |
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The
Research Center completes construction of the world's
first high-speed wind tunnel designed specifically
for aerodynamic noise research. |
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first jumbo jet, Boeing 747, powered by Pratt &
Whitney JT9D engines, enters commercial service. |
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Apollo 11 lands astronauts
on the moon with support from Hamilton Standard
space suits and Pratt & Whitney fuel cells.
Sikorsky helicopter picks
up returning astronauts after splash-down, and
even Otis elevators at Kennedy Space Center and
Carrier air-conditioning at Houston Space Center.
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Standard delivers world's first electronically-
controlled cabin pressure regulating system. |
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The
SR-71 Blackbird, with Pratt & Whitney J58 variable-cycle
jet engines, enters service with the U.S. Air Force. |
| Pratt
& Whitney Canada's PT6 turboprop enters service
and subsequently becomes the most popular turboprop
in history. |
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Pratt
& Whitney's JT8D, the most popular commercial
jet engine in history, enters service on the Boeing
727. More than 14,000 have been built to date. |
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The Boeing 707, powered
by Pratt & Whitney JT3 engines, introduces
regular commercial passenger jet service.
United Aircraft establishes
itself in the field of solid rocketry and advanced
propulsion systems.
Hamilton Standard's first
environmental control system for commercial airliners
enters service.
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Sikorsky
flies its first turbine-powered helicopter. |
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Pratt & Whitney begins
manufacturing piston engines in Canada.
Carrier introduces the
first mass-produced unit for central air-conditioning
in homes.
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Otis installs the first
Autotronic elevators without operators.
Carrier window units make
air-conditioning affordable for average consumers.
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Standard diversifies beyond propellers, developing
fuel controls. |
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Pratt
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Sikorsky moves totally
into the helicopter industry and supplies 150
helicopters for World War II.
Pratt & Whitney and
its licensees produce 300,000 aircraft engines,
delivering half of all the horsepower used by
the U.S. air forces and a large percentage of
that flown by Allied forces.
Hamilton Standard and
its licensees produce 500,000 propellers for U.S.
and allied aircraft.
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| Carrier
opens a frozen foods research store to learn about
equipment needs for the "popular and rapidly growing"
frozen foods industry. |
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Igor
Sikorsky, his trademark
fedora hat firmly on his head, is at the controls
as the VS-300 flies for the first time. It marks
the beginning of the helicopter industry. |
| Hamilton
Standard introduces the Hydromatic propeller, later
named an International Historic Mechanical Engineering
Landmark for its advances in propulsion technology. |
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Sikorsky
amphibious aircraft pioneers air routes across the
Pacific and, two years later, the Atlantic. |
| United
Aircraft & Transport is dissolved as a result
of federal opposition to the continued affiliation
of airlines with aircraft equipment manufacturers.
Its businesses form three new corporations: United
Aircraft, the Boeing Airplane Company and United
Air Lines Transport. |
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Otis introduces the first double-deck
elevators. |
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Carrier is organized in Japan. Two years later,
Toyo Otis opens its first Japanese factory. |
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The Research Center, the
corporation's central research laboratory, is
established in East Hartford, Connecticut.
Boeing Airline & Transport
joins with Pratt & Whitney, Chance Vought,
Hamilton, Sikorsky and Standard Steel Propeller
to form United Aircraft and Transport.
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| Carrier
air-conditions the chambers of the U.S. House of
Representatives and Senate. |
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Charles
Lindbergh makes history's first solo, nonstop transatlantic
flight in a Ryan monoplane equipped with a Standard
Steel adjustable propeller. |
Pratt &
Whitney Aircraft is incorporated. Its stockholders
are Frederick Rentschler, George Mead and the
Pratt & Whitney Co, a Hartford, Connecticut,
machine tool manufacturer. The new company's
first products are the Wasp and Hornet aircraft
engines.
Pratt &
Whitney receives a U.S. Navy contract for 200
Wasp engines.
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develops the first automated elevator control system,
introducing hall call buttons. |
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Russian
emigré Igor
I. Sikorsky founds Sikorsky Aero Engineering. |
| Carrier
air conditioning makes its public debut at a theater
in Los Angeles. Two years later Carrier installs
air-conditioning at a department store in Detroit. |
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Standard
Steel Propeller is established, and the following
year Thomas F. Hamilton founds Hamilton Aero Manufacturing.
The two are predecessors of Hamilton Standard. |
| Willis
Carrier and six other engineers found Carrier Engineering
with an investment of $32,600. |
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Otis
introduces the gearless traction electric elevator,
a major advance from the steam-powered elevator. |
| Willis
H. Carrier invents modern air-conditioning. |
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introduces the Escalator at the Paris Exposition. |
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Otis
makes its first international sale, shipping an
elevator by schooner to Newfoundland. |
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installs the world's first passenger elevator in
a retail store in New York City. |
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Elisha
Graves Otis establishes his elevator factory. The
next year, at the New York World's Fair, he proves
his new product's safety mechanism: "As he rides
up and down upon the platform, (he) occasionally
cuts the rope by which it is supported." |
