United Technologies’ Sikorsky gets $8.4 billion extension for Navy helicopter contract

Sikorsky gets $8.4B Navy helicopter contract

SEATTLE — The U.S. Defense Department said Wednesday it will modify an existing contract with Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and pay the contractor $8.4 billion for the VH-3D executive helicopter special progressive aircraft rework induction.

Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., will perform the work in Stratford, Conn., for the Naval Air systems Command of Patuxent River, Md.

The department said the job is expected to be completed in August 2011.