Boeing Selects UTC Aerospace Systems for Continued Sustainment of Landing Gear Systems for the U.S. Air Force

UTC Aerospace Systems has been selected by The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) to continue to provide landing gear in support of the United States Air Force fleet of the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, as well as continued new production support of the AH-64E Apache helicopter. The C-17 spares program encompasses two years of demand, and support for the AH-64E includes all awarded contracts through 2018. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp.

"We are pleased to have been selected by Boeing to support worldwide C-17 Globemaster III sustainment requirements, and to have been selected as the future supplier of all AH-64 Apache landing gear requirements," said Jim Wharton, president, Landing Systems. "We look forward to the continued relationship with Boeing on these two military platforms."