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United Technologies Corporation

Black Hawk False Claims Settlement

Date: 03/25/2009 (Date of Announcement)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Defense – General

Contracting Party: Defense - Army

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $2,941,000

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: United Technologies division Sikorsky Aircraft Company agreed to pay the United States almost $3,000,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations in connection with its U.S. Army contract to install armored plates in Black Hawk helicopters. The government alleged that from 1991 to 2006, Sikorsky knowingly installed armored plates that had not been ballistically tested as required under the contract.