March 17, 2023
Raytheon Technologies Corp. subsidiary Pratt & Whitney on Thursday defeated a whistleblower's False Claims Act suit claiming they sold faulty fighter jet engines due to improper testing and fired him when he aired concerns, after a Connecticut federal judge found he was already placed on leave for conflict of interest before he discovered the alleged defects.
October 22, 2019
Pratt & Whitney and its parent company, United Technologies Corp., must face claims that they sold the U.S. government defective fighter jet engines after a Connecticut federal judge found on Tuesday that a whistleblower's complaint passes muster.
April 30, 2019
Pratt & Whitney and its parent company United Technologies Corp. have asked a Connecticut federal judge to toss a suit alleging they sold the military defective fighter jet engines that exposed pilots to the risk of catastrophic engine failures.
August 15, 2018
Pratt & Whitney and its parent United Technologies Corp. sold the U.S. military tens of millions of dollars in defective fighter jet engines, unnecessarily exposing military pilots to the risk of catastrophic engine failures, according to a whistleblower False Claims Act complaint unsealed Wednesday in Connecticut federal court.