Sikorsky gets $171M defense contract

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Stratford is getting an approximately $171.1 million Defense Department contract to a United Technologies Corp. division to make and convert 14 aircraft for the United Arab Emirates.

Sikorsky, a division of Hartford’s United Technologies Corp., will work on the UH-60M aircraft project in Stratford.

Work is expected to be completed on Dec. 31, 2012. (AP)

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