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United Technologies Corporation

NASA Contract False Claims

Date: 06/10/2010 (Date of Settlement Announcement)

Misconduct Type: Government Contract Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Multiple Agencies

Contracting Party: NASA

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $2,988,819

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., subsidiary agreed to pay the government almost $3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving fees charged on a contract with NASA after Pratt & Whitney merged with Rocketdyne in 2005. Prior to the merger, Rocketdyne had subcontracted with Pratt & Whitney for work on a Space Shuttle flight support services contract Rocketdyne had with NASA. Following the August 2005 merger, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne billed NASA fees under the pre-merger subcontract. In December 2006, the Defense Contract Audit Agency questioned whether those subcontract fee billings allowed the merged company to reap excess profits.