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Montana Senator Conrad Burns and Governor Brian Schweitzer Announce a New Sikorsky Engineering Design Plant in Bozeman, Montana
New Design Center will Bring 40 Engineering Jobs by the End of the Year
U.S. Senator Conrad Burns (R – Mont.) today announced that Sikorsky Aircraft http://www.sikorsky.com has selected Bozeman for opening a new engineering design center in Bozeman. Sikorsky will team with a third party engineering services provider to open the facility. The design center will employ 40 engineers by the end of 2006 and may expand in the future if the need arises.
Senator Burns said, “I’m excited Sikorsky has selected Bozeman for its new design facility. I’ve met many times with Sikorsky over the past few years to promote Montana for new facilities. Bozeman is a thriving city and this new Sikorsky design center will be a great opportunity to keep MSU Bozeman http://www.montana.edu/ graduates in town after graduation. I’ll continue to promote Montana for new and expanding business.”
David Smith, President and CEO of the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce http://www.bozemanchamber.com/ , “The most important part of this is these are high tech, high paying jobs and Sikorsky is an international company with a great reputation in the engineering field. We’re aware that Senator Burns has had many meetings with Sikorsky over the last several years and appreciate his work in helping our economy grow. This is the same model that several other companies in Bozeman have used, like EDS and Bacterin http://bacterin.com/ , RightNow Technologies http://www.rightnow.com/ , and Zoot Enterprises http://zootweb.com , who started with a small group of engineers and are now very solid corporate citizens of the Gallatin valley.”
Engineers at the center will perform targeted airframe and subsystem detail design activities to support anticipated growth of several Sikorsky military and commercial programs and related aftermarket services.
Sikorsky is currently seeking and reviewing proposals from several engineering services providers to set up and operate the facility. The selected provider will be announced in late April, with operations scheduled to begin in July with approximately 20 engineers. The specific location within Bozeman is currently under evaluation.
The design center will support Sikorsky’s aftermarket, commercial, and U.S. government business. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
Senator Burns is a senior member of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee and three-term U.S. Senator.
http://burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.View&PressRelease_id=1595
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Sikorsky Selects Montana for New Engineering Design Center
Sikorsky Aircraft announced today that it will team with a third party engineering services provider to open an engineering design center in Bozeman, Mont. The design center will support Sikorsky’s aftermarket, commercial, and U.S. government business. Sikorsky Aircraft, based in Stratford, Conn., is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).
By the end of 2006 the design center will employ 40 engineers, with the potential to expand if warranted by business conditions. Engineers at the center will perform targeted airframe and subsystem detail design activities to support anticipated growth of several Sikorsky military and commercial programs and related aftermarket services.
Sikorsky is currently seeking and reviewing proposals from several engineering services providers to set up and operate the facility. The selected provider will be announced in late April, with operations scheduled to begin in July with approximately 20 engineers. The specific location within Bozeman is currently under evaluation.
"We are excited about locating a new engineering design center in Bozeman," said Mark Miller, Sikorsky vice president of research and engineering. "It is a growing, economically dynamic region with excellent universities having strong engineering programs. Opening this center is another part of our strategy to maintain our Rotorcraft Center of Excellence in Stratford while offloading targeted detail design activities, thus providing best value to our customers."
In 2005 engineering service providers opened similar engineering design centers in Lexington, Ky., and West Lafayette, Ind., to perform work for Sikorsky. Placing targeted airframe and subsystems detail design work in design centers allows Sikorsky to concentrate its engineering personnel and resources on systems integration, vehicle definition, dynamic systems design and other competencies in its facilities in Connecticut, Florida, and Alabama.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacturing, and service. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., provides a broad range of high-technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.
Media Contacts:
Ed Steadham
203-386-7143
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Kimberly Reidy
203-386-4373
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http://www.sikorsky.com/details/0,3036,CLI1_DIV69_ETI2228,00.html
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Governor Schweitzer Announces New Sikorsky Aircraft Engineering Design
Center will locate in Bozeman.
40 New Engineering Jobs Created.
Due to the cooperative efforts of the Governors Office of
Economic Development http://business.mt.gov/ and the Gallatin Development Corporation http://www.bozeman.org , Sikorsky
Aircraft Corporation announced today that it will open a new Engineering
Design Center in Bozeman. A third party engineering services provider,
who will set up and operate the design center, will be announced in
April. Robert Hammel of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. sent a congratulations
letter to the governor praising the commitment of the Governor’s Office
of Economic Development today.
Sikorsky chose Bozeman ahead of many other communities, the high quality
of the engineering graduates from Montana State University was the
deciding factor in their decision. The design center is expected to
employ up to 40 full time engineers when in full operation.
"This is a great testament to the quality of the Montana State
engineering program," said Governor Schweitzer. "These are good,
high-paying, clean jobs. These are the kind of projects that are being
aggressively pursued by my administration."
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is a subsidiary of United Technologies
Corp. of Hartford Connecticut and is publicly traded on the New York
Stock Exchange. They are a world leader in helicopter design,
manufacturing and service.
Contributed by Adam Pimley
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