Hamilton Sundstrand was an American globally active corporation that manufactured and supported aerospace and industrial products for worldwide markets. A subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation , it was headquartered in Windsor Locks, Connecticut . The company was formed from the merger of Hamilton Standard and Sundstrand Corporation in 1999. In 2012, Hamilton Sundstrand was merged with Goodrich Corporation to form UTC Aerospace Systems . In 2018, UTC Aerospace Systems and Rockwell Collins combined to form Collins Aerospace .
16-591: On June 10, 1999, Hamilton Standard and the Sundstrand Corp. were merged, forming Hamilton Sundstrand. Hamilton Sundstrand traces its roots to the founding of the Sundstrand Corp. in 1905 and Hamilton Standard in 1910. In early 2001, Claverham Ltd was sold to Hamilton Sundstrand. On 2 January 2008, Hamilton Sundstrand said it would commercialize the concentrated solar power tower technology and corresponding molten salt storage system developed by Rocketdyne through
32-555: A long history and portfolio of aerospace products to the newly named company. Hamilton Sundstrand continues to provide aerospace components and systems to most of the world's aircraft manufacturers, including Boeing , Airbus , Bombardier , and Embraer . In 2012 Hamilton Sundstrand merged with Goodrich Corporation to become UTC Aerospace Systems . In 2018, UTC merged UTC Aerospace Systems with Rockwell Collins to form Collins Aerospace . United Aircraft and Transport Corporation The United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
48-909: A new entity known as SolarReserve . In 2012, Hamilton Sundstrand was merged with Goodrich Corporation to form UTC Aerospace Systems . In 2018, UTC merged UTC Aerospace Systems with Rockwell Collins to form Collins Aerospace . Hamilton Sundstrand was among the largest global suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and industrial products. Their three major businesses were Aircraft Systems (Commercial and Military), Industrial and Energy, and Space and Defense. Hamilton Sundstrand supplied integrated systems solutions for military, commercial, regional, and corporate aircraft. These included: The primary industrial products that were offered by HS included metering and specialty pumps, rotary screw air and gas compressors, pneumatic tools, dryers and filters, high-speed centrifugal pumps, integrally geared compressors, and sealless pumps. Four separate companies that made up
64-553: The Convair 880 . In 1968, Hamilton began delivering automatic, electronic systems for control of cabin pressure in aircraft. Hamilton's mechanical fuel controls, in use since the 1950s, evolved into electronically controlled fuel controls, and eventually, to full-authority digital electronic controls ( FADEC ) for jet engines, which are in use today on many commuter, airline, and military engine applications. Hamilton's environmental systems and early association with NASA were highlighted in
80-632: The Mississippi River (Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, Vought, and Hamilton Standard Propeller Company) were merged as United Aircraft Corporation (later United Technologies Corporation ), headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut , with Rentschler as president. The western manufacturing interests (including Northrop Aviation Corporation, formerly Avion Corporation), became Boeing Airplane Company , headquartered in Seattle . The airline interests were merged into
96-593: The 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing – supported by environmental control, fuel cell , and life support systems manufactured by Hamilton Standard. General Motors ' propeller business, which originated with its purchase of Aeroproducts in 1940, was acquired by Hamilton Standard in 1990. In 1999, the United Technologies Corporation acquired the Sundstrand Corporation and merged it with Hamilton to form Hamilton Sundstrand . Sundstrand brought
112-606: The Atlantic Ocean. The two companies were merged in 1929 by the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation . In the early 1930s, Frank W. Caldwell of Hamilton Standard led a team that developed a variable-pitch propeller, using hydraulic pressure and centrifugal force to change the angle of attack of the blades. Caldwell received the 1933 Collier Trophy for this advance in flight propulsion. Later advances included full-feathering and reversible propellers. Hamilton Standard
128-745: The Boeing School of Aeronautics, United Aircraft Exports, United Airports Company of California, which built an airport at Burbank, and the United Airports of Connecticut, which built factories in East Hartford for Pratt & Whitney and Chance Vought. The first annual report lists William Boeing as chairman, Frederick Rentschler as president, and Chance M. Vought , Philip G. Johnson , and George Wheat as vice presidents. The Standard Steel Propeller Company were added to United's portfolio shortly thereafter, followed by several airlines also brought into
144-702: The fold. The airline interests were soon grouped under a new management company known as United Air Lines, Inc. However, the individual airlines (as well as the individual companies held by United) continued to operate under their own names. After the Air Mail scandal of 1934, the U.S. government concluded that such large holding companies as United Aircraft and Transport were anti-competitive, and new antitrust laws were passed forbidding airframe or aircraft engine manufacturers from having interests in airlines. This law forced United Aircraft and Transport to split into three separate companies. Its manufacturing interests east of
160-1005: The industrial division of Hamilton Sundstrand were: The industrial division of Hamilton Sundstrand was sold by United Technologies in July 2012 to The Carlyle Group and BC Partners. In 2013, The four industrial companies became subsidiaries of new parent company Accudyne Industries, Inc. Hamilton Sundstrand was the prime contractor for NASA ’s space suit/ Primary Life Support System and produced environmental control, life support, mechanical systems, and thermal control systems for international space programs. In addition to its headquarters in Windsor Locks, Connecticut , Hamilton Sundstrand had major operations in Rockford, Illinois ; San Diego, California ; Chatsworth, California ; Pomona, California ; Phoenix, Arizona ; York, Nebraska ; and Puerto Rico along with numerous international sites. Claverham Limited ,
176-638: The software, Pratt & Whitney Canada and Hamilton Sundstrand agreed to pay more than $ 75 million to the U.S. government to settle the charges. Hamilton Standard Hamilton Standard was an American aircraft propeller parts supplier. It was formed in 1929 when United Aircraft and Transport Corporation consolidated Hamilton Aero Manufacturing and Standard Steel Propeller into the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. Other members of United Aircraft included Boeing , United Airlines , Sikorsky and Pratt & Whitney . At
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#1732851603703192-990: The stock of several United Equipment Companies, including the Boeing Airplane Company of Seattle , the Northrop Aircraft Corporation , the Chance Vought Corporation , the Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company (a propeller manufacturer), and the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company , the Sikorsky Aviation Corporation , the Stearman Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas . United Transport Companies included Boeing Air Transport, Pacific Air Transport , and Stout Air Services . Other United Operations included
208-515: The time, Hamilton was the largest manufacturer of aircraft propellers in the world. Standard Steel Propeller had been formed in 1918 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, and Hamilton Aero Manufacturing had been formed in 1920 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin, by Thomas F. Hamilton . Charles Lindbergh 's Spirit of St. Louis used a propeller made by Standard Steel Propeller Company in his historic solo crossing of
224-472: Was a division of United Aircraft Corporation (1934) along with Pratt & Whitney (engines). In the early 1950s Hamilton developed the technology to accurately meter fuel in jet engines, and its fuel controls were employed on Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s , as well as most other Pratt & Whitney jet engines. In 1952, Hamilton Standard opened its plant in Windsor Locks, Connecticut . In 1958, Hamilton's first environmental control system entered service on
240-553: Was an international subsidiary of Hamilton Sundstrand based in Bristol, England . In June 2012, United States charged Hamilton Sundstrand, its parent company United Technologies , and Canadian affiliate Pratt & Whitney Canada , of selling engine control software to China , which aided in the development of the CAIC Z-10 . While the Chinese defence ministry denied that China bought or used
256-510: Was formed in 1929, when William Boeing of Boeing Airplane & Transport Corporation teamed up with Frederick Rentschler of Pratt & Whitney to form a large, vertically integrated , amalgamated firm, uniting business interests in all aspects of aviation —a combination of airframe and aircraft engine manufacturing and airline business, to serve all aviation markets, both civil aviation (cargo, passenger, private , air mail ) and military aviation . The holding company controlled
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