Hamilton Sundstrand

Windsor automotive-parts maker Stanadyne LLC has appointed a longtime Pratt & Whitney executive as its new vice president and chief financial officer.

The former Hamilton Sundstrand complex, now part of UTC Aerospace Systems, is moving toward fulfilling its part of a multiyear agreement with the state to retain and expand facilities in return for tax incentives offered to corporate parent, United Technologies Corp., company officials say.

UTC Aerospace Systems is set to unveil its $8 million advanced-manufacturing laboratory in Windsor Locks, where the next generation of Connecticut aircraft-systems designers/builders will undergo training.

United Technologies Corp. said it has brought back yet another former executive, this time as president of Sikorsky Aircraft.

United Technologies Corp. said it has hired a Covidien executive as its top lobbyist.

The man who oversees both Pratt & Whitney and UTC Aerospace Systems will depart at the end of the month, parent company United Technologies Corp. announced.

UTC Aerospace, a division of United Technologies Corp., said the U.S. Office of Naval Research has selected it to proceed to the next phase of development for an undersea propulsion system.

United Technologies Corp.'s aerospace division and its partner AVIC Electromechanical have opened a manufacturing facility in northwestern China, the companies announced.

Three subsidiaries of Hartford conglomerate United Technologies Corp. were awarded contracts totaling $205 million from the U.S. Department of Defense on Friday.

Hartford conglomerate United Technologies Corp. will furlough up to 5,000 employees in the coming weeks if the federal government shutdown continues, the company announced Wednesday.