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... Award for "an outstanding contribution to the missile, aircraft, and space field" was presented to Florida Research and Development Center, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Div. of United Aircraft; Robert Hutchings Goddard Historical Essay Award was ... and return safely. I take pleasure ... in offering on behalf of the people of the United States sincere congratulations and best wishes to the cosmonauts and the scientists and all the ...

... Space Administration was created in 1958 it took over the development of the spacecraft, "The United States Weather Bureau utilized the data from the very first experimental flight. The first Tiros ... 1965, of design contracts with Boeing Co. and Lockheed Aircraft Corp, airframe contractors; and General Electric Co. and Pratt & Whitney Div, of United Aircraft Corp, engine contractors, for U.S. supersonic transport program ...

... 69-150)'' Lewis Research Center LeRC announced award of $2.5-million letter contract to United Aircraft Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney Div. to build and test 18 R14-10 A3-3 rocket ... aircraft. ''(DOD Release 998-69)'' National Aeronautic Assn. conferred title "Elder Statesman of Aviation" on Adm. Joseph J. Clark (USN, Ret.), Katherine Stinson Oteroo, and William A. Patterson, retired President of United ...

... after a long illness, the Washington Times reported. Smith retired as chairman of United Technologies -then known as United Aircraft-in 1973. He had assumed the post 15 months earlier after serving as ... invented and patented a system for water injection to control detonation and increase horsepower in aircraft piston engines. The 1938 invention increased the speed of U.S. fighter planes used during ...

... . Post, 7/19/63)'' NASA announced signing $980,488 contract with Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Div. of United Aircraft Corp. to conduct research in use of fluorine/hydrogen and fluorine-oxygen/hydrogen as ... inventions leading to application of variable-sweep wing to supersonic aircraft; Noah S. Davis and Andrew J. Kubica, $1,500 for decomposition unit; Robert V. Hess, $1,200 for Hall-current plasma ...

... ., MSC Deputy Director; Carlos C. Wood, Division Vice President of United Aircraft Corp.'s Sikorsky Aircraft Diva; Edward N. Hall, Assistant Chief Scientist for United Aircraft Corp.'s Corporate Technical Staff; Dr. Walter T. Olsen ... Washington, D.C., to Government agencies and industry spokesmen. It charged that travel by light aircraft was most dangerous form of transportation in U.S. and that general-aviation industry had ...

... of contract July 13, 1971, but award had been delayed pending outcome of protest by United Aircraft Corp. Pratt & Whitney Div, Initial work had been under way for several months under temporary ... by Manned Spacecraft Center engineer A. F. Behrend, Jr., and J. E. Swider, Jr., of United Aircraft Corp. Hamilton Standard Div. during annual Environmental Control and Life Support System Conference in San ...

... . The Goddard Award was shared by Paul D. Castenholtz, Rockwell International Corp.; Richard C. Mulready, United Aircraft Corp.; and John L. Sloop, former NASA Assistant Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology ... computer-control, data-acquisition, sensor-excitation, and seismic-isolation technology. Dr. Harold A. Rosen , Hughes Aircraft Co. received the Spacecraft Design Award for contributions to the development of satellite communication systems ...

... its complete operating speed range and achieved a thrust value above takeoff thrust. Built by United Aircraft Corp. Pratt & Whitney Div., the JT8D was used in a major portion of the U ... a larger, single-stage fan, the engine could reduce the noise footprint areas of these aircraft by 75%. ''(NASA Release 74-57; LeRC PIO, interview, Oct 75)'' The YCH-53E helicopter ... Western world, made its first flight, lifting off from the Stratford, Conn., plant of United Aircraft Corp. Sikorsky Aircraft Div. The three-engine helicopter had a rotor blade assembly 24 m in dia ...

... affected: the Boeing Co., and Lockheed Aircraft Corp., which had airframe contracts; and the General Electric Co., and the Pratt & Whitney Div. of the United Aircraft Corp., which had engine contracts. ''(AP, Wash ... commemorate the 20th anniversary of the International Civil Aviation Organization ''(ICAO)'', a division of the United Nations. The ICAO was responsible for making the international rules and setting international standards for ...

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