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Sikorsky’s Outlook, Platform Depedency Not Aligned With Megatrends UTC Is Focusing On

Thursday, March 19th, 2015

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United Technologies Corp. [UTX] is exploring the divestiture of its $7.5 billion helicopter business because the long-term growth and earnings outlook at Sikorsky Aircraft doesn’t fit with the rest UTC’s operating portfolio, which has greater scale and is poised to take advantage of global megatrends favoring urban growth and increased demand for commercial air travel, the company’s chief said on March 12.The helicopter business has “its ups and downs” and is a “very, very good business,” Greg Hayes, UTC’s president…

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