EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Pratt & Whitney is selling its turbine business in order to better focus more on its core aerospace and commercial businesses.

Terms of the sale of the Power Systems segment to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries were not disclosed Wednesday, but the deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.

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