In 1962, it expanded its fleet by placing orders for Boeing 720s, Fokker F27s, and Sikorsky helicopters.

Using a similar approach, United Technologies, which makes Carrier air-conditioners, Sikorsky helicopters, Pratt & Whitney engines and other products, said that auctions for commodities on an independently run auction site, Freemarkets.

The state also benefited from the defense buildup initiated by Ronald Reagan, due to such major employers as Electric Boat shipyards, Sikorsky helicopters, and Pratt & Whitney jet engines.

United Technologies, with $25.7 billion in sales, makes everything from Otis elevators to Carrier air-conditioners to Sikorsky helicopters.

InterGlobe General Aviation was an exclusive sales and service representative for Hawker Beechcraft aircraft in the SAARC region, Sikorsky helicopters, Dornier seaplanes and Pacific Aerospace.

Prosecutors said the defendants also arranged to sell parts and supplies for F-4 and F-15 fighters and Sikorsky military helicopters.

United Technologies' divisions include Pratt & Whitney jet aircraft engines, Carrier air-conditioning, Otis elevators, Sikorsky helicopters, Norden military systems and Hamilton Standard controls.

These engines are connected to the main rotor by the main gearbox, a three-stage unit with a bull gear as its final stage rather than the planetary gear used by previous generations of Sikorsky helicopters.

He said in an interview that problems at three divisions - Norden radar systems; Hamilton Standard, a maker of control systems, and Sikorsky helicopters - would be fixed before the end of the year.

Early 1955, the four-company infantry battalion trained in wooden mockups of Sikorsky helicopters in repetitive troop exercises, making the battalion fully capable of being helicopter transportable by following spring.