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As Pratt & Whitney Preps For Boom In Commercial Engine Deliveries, Military Business To Keep Pace

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 8th, 2015

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As Pratt & Whitney Preps For Boom In Commercial Engine Deliveries, Military Business To Keep Pace

Aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is forecasting nearly 60 percent growth in its business by 2020 driven by huge demand for its new commercial engine series, but its program to provide the power plant for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program will ensure that the company’s wedge of military business expands consistent with the rest of the portfolio, according to company officials.Pratt & Whitney, one of United Technologies Corp.’s [UTX] four operating segments, had $14.5 billion in sales last…

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