United Aircraft

United Aircraft Corporation
IndustryAerospace
PredecessorUnited Aircraft and Transport Corporation
FoundedSeptember 26, 1934
FateRenamed to United Technologies effective May 1, 1975
SuccessorUnited Technologies
Headquarters,
Key people
Frederick Rentschler, founder; George J. Mead, senior engineer

The United Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer formed by the break-up of United Aircraft and Transport Corporation in 1934. In 1975, the company became United Technologies, which in 2020 merged with Raytheon to form Raytheon Technologies, later renamed RTX Corporation.