Tom Arseneault, president and chief operating officer of BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary and a 2020 Wash100 award winner, said the two business units the company agreed to acquire from Raytheon and United Technologies Corp. will "bolt into existing businesses" within BAE Systems Inc.’s electronic systems sector, Inside Defense reported Monday.

United Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary has landed a potential five-year, $58.4M task order under a U.S. Navy basic ordering agreement to perform non-recurring engineering work on F-35 engines.

United Technologies Corp. will support volunteer projects under an expanded partnership with nonprofit Engineers Without Borders USA.

Collins Aerospace, a United Technologies Corp. business, has secured its sixth order for software-defined ground radios in support of the U.S. Army.

Anthony “Toby” O’Brien, chief financial officer at Raytheon, said the company’s proposed merger with United Technologies Corp. seeks to create a new entity that has its business evenly split between defense and commercial work and between domestic and international areas, Defense One reported Thursday.

United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business has reviewed the safety features of an updated ACES II aircraft ejection seat and is set to begin deliveries to the U.S. Air Force this summer. Collins Aerospace said Tuesday it estimates the new seating technology will help technicians cut the maintenance time for B-2 bomber planes from 720 hours to just two hours.

Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, told Defense News in an interview published Wednesday that he and Greg Hayes, chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corp., met with President Donald Trump on June 10 to explain that the proposed Raytheon-UTC combination is complementary and not competitive.

United Technologies Corp.'s Noresco subsidiary has received a $32.7M energy savings performance contract to help the U.S. Air Force update facility infrastructure at Keesler AF Base in Mississippi.

Collins Aerospace, a business unit of United Technologies Corp., will invest $50M to establish a high-voltage facility for design and test work on electric power systems for potential use in commercial and military aircraft platforms.

United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business received an potential five-year, $83.1M contract to provide sustaining engineering and technical support for the avionics systems of U.S. Coast Guard aircraft.

United Technologies Corp.'s Noresco subsidiary has received an $86.8M energy savings performance contract to implement energy security and resiliency measures at U.S. Navy facilities in Japan.
 

The U.S. Navy has awarded United Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary a $71.4M task order to mature the F-35 propulsion system ahead of service operational use of the fighter aircraft.