United Technologies to sell Rocketdyne
United Technologies Corp. , parent company of rocket engine maker Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, plans to sell Rocketdyne to help fund its $16.5 billion purchase of Goodrich Corp.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Canoga Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent developed by Andrew J. Zillmer, Woodland Hills, Calif., and Daniel P. Cap, Chatsworth, Calif., for an ``air drying system for concentrated solar power generation systems.''