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                              FORM 11-K




               ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
                OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
             For the Plan period ended December 31, 1995


                     Commission File Number 1-812



                   UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
                       (Full title of the plan)



                   UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                         One Financial Plaza
                     Hartford, Connecticut  06101
          (Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to
     the plan and the address of its principal executive office)<PAGE>
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     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN

                  REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



To United Technologies Corporation
  and Participants of the United Technologies Corporation
  Defined Contribution Retirement Plan


In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits
with fund information and the related statement of changes in net assets
available for benefits with fund information present fairly, in all material
respects, the net assets available for benefits of the United Technologies
Corporation Defined Contribution Retirement Plan at December 31, 1995 and
November 30, 1995, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the
period ended December 31, 1995, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's
management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits.  We conducted our audits of these statements in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed
above.



PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
May 24, 1996<PAGE>
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<TABLE>
                               UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                             DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN

             Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits With Fund Information

                                      December 31, 1995
<CAPTION>
                                                                         UTC                         Funds             
                                          Income Fund  Equity Fund   Stock Fund    Global Fund     Combined
<S>                                     <C>            <C>          <C>          <C>            <C>                       
Assets:                                                                                                                   
 Investments:                                                                                                              
  Beneficial interests in contracts                                                                                          
   issued by insurance companies, at                                                        
   cost plus accrued interest           $   4,899,519  $         -  $         -  $           -  $ 4,899,519
  Beneficial interests in Bankers Trust                                                                                      
   Company Pyramid Equity Index Fund,                 
   at market                                        -    1,368,711            -            586    1,369,297
  Beneficial interests in Bankers Trust                                                                                      
   Company Pyramid Fixed Income Index                    
   Fund, at market                                  -            -            -            465          465
  Beneficial interests in Bankers Trust                                                                                      
   Company Pyramid International                                                                   
   Securities Index Fund, at market                 -            -            -            540          540
  United Technologies Corporation Common                                                                                     
   Stock, at market                                 -            -        1,186              -        1,186
  Temporary investments, at cost plus                                                                                        
   accrued interest                               209           22            -              -          231
      Total Investments                     4,899,728    1,368,733        1,186          1,591    6,271,238           
                                                                                                                          
Contributions and fund transfers            
 receivable                                   446,715       85,970            -              -      532,685               
      Total Assets                          5,346,443    1,454,703        1,186          1,591    6,803,923               
                                                                                                                          
Less - Liabilities:                                                                                                       
 Contributions payable                            625       14,613          102             52       15,392               
 Accrued investment purchases                       -            -            -             20           20               
      Total Liabilities                           625       14,613          102             72       15,412               
                                                                                                                          
Net Assets Available for Benefits       $   5,345,818  $ 1,440,090  $     1,084  $       1,519  $ 6,788,511               
                                                                                                                          
Units of participation                      1,006,968      112,602          142            817                            
                                                                                                                          
Unit value                              $        5.31  $     12.79  $      7.62  $        1.86                            
</TABLE>

                       (See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements)
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<TABLE>
                               UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                             DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN

             Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits With Fund Information

                                      November 30, 1995
<CAPTION>
                                                                         UTC                         Funds                       
                                          Income Fund  Equity Fund   Stock Fund   Global Fund      Combined
<S>                                     <C>            <C>          <C>          <C>            <C>                       
Assets:                                                                                                                   
 Investments:                                                                                                              
  Beneficial interests in contracts                                                                                          
   issued by insurance companies, at
   cost plus accrued interest           $   4,998,745  $         -  $         -  $          -   $ 4,998,745
  Beneficial interests in Bankers Trust                                                                                      
   Company Pyramid Equity Index Fund,          
   at market                                        -    1,300,533            -           543     1,301,076
  Beneficial interests in Bankers Trust                                                                                      
   Company Pyramid Fixed Income Index         
   Fund, at market                                  -            -            -           445           445
  Beneficial interests in Bankers Trust                                                                                      
   Company Pyramid International                                                                   
   Securities Index Fund, at market                 -            -            -           509           509
  United Technologies Corporation Common                                                                                     
   Stock, at market                                 -            -          862             -           862
  Temporary investments, at cost plus                                                                                        
   accrued interest                               189           11            -             4           204
      Total Investments                     4,998,934    1,300,544          862         1,501     6,301,841               
                                                                                                                          
Contributions and fund transfers       
 receivable                                   340,555      121,375           56             -       461,986               
      Total Assets                          5,339,489    1,421,919          918         1,501     6,763,827               
                                                                                                                          
Less - Liabilities:                                                                                                       
 Contributions and fund transfers          
  payable                                      55,918       18,422            -            80        74,420               
      Total Liabilities                        55,918       18,422            -            80        74,420               
                                                                                                                          
Net Assets Available for Benefits       $   5,283,571  $ 1,403,497  $       918  $      1,421   $ 6,689,407               
                                                                                                                          
Units of participation                      1,001,224      111,709          122           782                            
                                                                                                                          
Unit value                              $        5.28  $     12.56  $      7.54  $       1.82                            
                                                                                                                          
</TABLE>

                       (See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements)
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<TABLE>
                               UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                             DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN

       Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits With Fund Information

                                Period Ended December 31, 1995
<CAPTION>
                                                                        UTC                          Funds                       
                                          Income Fund  Equity Fund  Stock Fund     Global Fund     Combined
<S>                                     <C>            <C>          <C>          <C>            <C>                       
Contributions:                                                                                                            
 Participants                           $      15,017  $     5,447  $       69   $          39  $    20,572               
 Employer                                      38,890        8,512          86              25       47,513               
      Total Contributions                      53,907       13,959         155              64       68,085               
                                                                                                                          
Investment Income:                                                                                                        
 Dividends                                          -            -           -               -            -               
 Interest                                      29,078            -           -               -       29,078               
      Total Investment Income                  29,078            -           -               -       29,078               
                                                                                                                          
Unrealized appreciation of investments              -       23,481          11              34       23,526               
                                                                                                                          
Deduct:                                                                                                                   
 Cash distributions to participants            20,738          847           -               -       21,585               
      Total Deductions                         20,738          847           -               -       21,585               
                                                                                                                          
Net Increase in Net Assets Available  
 for Benefits                                  62,247       36,593         166              98       99,104               
                                                                                                                          
Net Assets Available for Benefits     
 November 30, 1995                          5,283,571    1,403,497         918           1,421    6,689,407               
                                                                                                                          
Net Assets Available for Benefits     
 December 31, 1995                      $   5,345,818  $ 1,440,090  $    1,084   $       1,519  $ 6,788,511               
                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                          
</TABLE>

                       (See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements)
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                   UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                 DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN

                    Notes to Financial Statements


NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

The United Technologies Corporation Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (the
Plan) is a defined contribution savings and money purchase plan sponsored by
United Technologies Corporation (UTC). The Plan is subject to the provisions of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).  Participation in
the Plan is offered to eligible employees of UTC and certain of its subsidiaries
after the employee has completed one year of service.  Below is a brief
description of the Plan.  More complete information is provided in the plan
document which is available from UTC.

Effective December 1, 1995, the Plan year end was changed to the twelve month
period ending December 31.  The short period beginning December 1, 1995 and
ending December 31, 1995 is covered by this report.

The employer makes contributions with respect to each participant of an amount
up to 3.5 percent of the participant's compensation.  In addition, certain
participants may elect to contribute, through payroll deductions, between 1 and
9 percent of their total compensation with up to the first 4 percent of each
participant's contribution being matched 50 percent by the employer.
Participant contributions are fully vested at all times under the Plan.
Generally, employer contributions become fully vested after two years of Plan
participation.

All participant contributions are credited to a participant account maintained
by UTC.  Contributions are invested, pursuant to each participant's direction,
in one or more of the following funds:  the Income Fund, the Equity Fund, the
UTC Stock Fund and the Global Fund, where permitted.  Participants may elect to
have 100 percent of their contributions invested in one investment fund or may
allocate the contributions in any whole percentage among the funds.
Participants are permitted to transfer their accounts between investment funds
once per quarter in any whole percentage.

The Income Fund is invested in contracts issued by five insurance companies.
Under these contracts, each insurance company guarantees repayment in full of
the principal amount invested plus interest credited at a fixed rate for a
specified period.  Interest is credited to each contract based on an annual
interest rate set each year by the individual insurance companies.  This rate,
which differs among contracts, takes into account any difference between prior
year credited interest and the actual amount of investment earnings allocable to
the contract in accordance with the established allocation procedures of the
insurance company.  The weighted average rate set for the 1995 calendar year was
7.25 percent.

The Equity Fund may be invested in common or capital stock of corporations,
bonds or securities convertible into such stocks, or shares of any federally
registered mutual fund or similar type of investment fund, including investment
in any commingled trust fund managed by Bankers Trust Company (BT), the Trustee,
which is invested primarily in similar types of equity securities.  During 1995,
the Equity Fund was invested principally in the BT Pyramid Equity Index Fund,
which is a portfolio of common stocks replicating the Standard & Poor's
Composite Index of 500 stocks.  Interest and dividends earned by the Equity Fund
are reinvested and increase market value.

The UTC Stock Fund consists principally of 13 and 9 shares of UTC Common Stock
at December 31 and November 30, 1995, respectively.<PAGE>
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The Global Fund is invested in almost equal proportion in three different funds
managed by the Trustee:  the BT Pyramid International Securities Index Fund, the
BT Pyramid Fixed Income Index Fund and the BT Pyramid Equity Index Fund (as
described above).  The BT Pyramid International Securities Index Fund invests in
four other international index funds managed by the Trustee.  The BT Pyramid
Fixed Income Index Fund invests primarily in obligations of the U.S. Government
and its agencies and other publicly traded, high-grade domestic debt
instruments.  Interest and dividends earned by these investments are reinvested
and increase market value.

Forfeitures of employer contributions are used to reduce employer contributions;
earned but unapplied forfeitures will be applied against future employer
contributions and are shown separately in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Available for Benefits With Fund Information.

Participants who transfer to a new location of UTC which is covered by a
different savings plan have the option of transferring their account balances in
accordance with the provisions of the new savings plan, including available
investment funds.

The number of participants in the Plan at year end were as follows:
<TABLE><CAPTION>
                                      December 31,  November 30,
                                          1995          1995
<S>                                        <C>           <C>
Income Fund                                795           793
Equity Fund                                272           273
UTC Stock Fund                               2             2
Global Fund                                  1             1
</TABLE>
The participants above may have investments in more than one of the investment
funds.


NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

UTC has entered into a master trust agreement with the Trustee.  Under this
agreement, certain employee savings plans of UTC and its subsidiaries combine
their trust fund investments in the Master Trust.  Participating plans purchase
units of participation in the investment funds based on their monthly
contribution to such funds and the unit value of the applicable investment fund
at the end of the month.  The value of a unit in each fund is determined at the
end of each month by dividing the sum of uninvested cash, accrued income and the
current market value of investments by the total number of outstanding units in
such funds.  The plans receive income from the funds' investments which increase
the unit values.  Distributions to participants reduce the number of
participation units held by the plans.

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of
accounting.  Benefits are recorded when paid.

The investments of the Income Fund are valued at cost plus accrued interest.
The investments of the Equity Fund, the UTC Stock Fund, and the Global Fund are
valued at market as determined by the Trustee by reference to published market
data.

The expenses of operating the Plan are payable out of the funds held under the
Plan, unless the employer elects to pay such expenses.  The expenses for the
1995 plan year were paid by the employer.<PAGE>
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The Plan is not subject to federal income tax as the Plan and its related trust
are considered by UTC to satisfy the qualification and exemption requirements of
Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.  UTC has received a
favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), dated
April 22, 1996, indicating that the Plan continues to qualify under Sections
401(a) and 501(a) of the Code. Under these sections, contributions by UTC,
participants (at their election) and related earnings will be tax deferred until
such amounts are distributed.


NOTE 3 - INSURANCE CONTRACTS

The following is a summary of the insurance contracts held in the Income Fund
and the portion allocable to the Plan:
<TABLE><CAPTION>
(Thousands of Dollars)                               December 31,  November 30,
                                                         1995          1995
<S>                                                  <C>           <C>
CIGNA                                                $ 1,566,944   $ 1,576,306
Aetna                                                    494,944       503,447
Travelers                                                432,342       437,101
Prudential                                               219,677       223,870
Metropolitan Life                                        587,847       578,573
                                                     $ 3,301,754   $ 3,319,297
                                             
Amount of the contracts allocable to the Plan        $     4,900   $     4,999
</TABLE>

NOTE 4 - GAIN ON SALE OF INVESTMENTS

The Trustee uses the average cost method in determining the cost of securities
for purposes of calculating the gain or loss on the sale of securities.  Gains
and losses of the Master Trust funds are allocated to the participating plans
based upon participation units at the month-end valuation date following the
sale. There were no gains recognized by the Master Trust funds for the one month
period ended December 31, 1995.


NOTE 5 - REQUESTED DISTRIBUTIONS

The following is a summary of distributions requested by participants which had
not yet been paid at the respective plan year end:
<TABLE><CAPTION>
                            December 31, 1995       November 30, 1995
                          Dollars       Units     Dollars       Units    
<S>                    <C>             <C>     <C>             <C>
Income Fund            $  432,084      81,390  $  445,328      84,389
Equity Fund                97,868       7,652      94,605       7,530
UTC Stock Fund                  -           -           -           -
Global Fund                     -           -           -           -
</TABLE>
These amounts are reflected as liabilities in the Plan's Form 5500.<PAGE>
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NOTE 6 - FUNDING POLICY

The Corporation funds its obligation to the plan on a monthly basis.  At
December 31, 1995, the minimum funding requirements under ERISA have been met.


NOTE 7 - PLAN TERMINATION

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, UTC has the right under the
Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan
subject to the provisions of ERISA.  In the event of Plan termination,
participants will become 100 percent vested in their accounts.<PAGE>
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                              SIGNATURES


The Plan (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan), pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,  has duly caused
this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.

                          UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                          DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN



Dated:  June 7, 1996      By:   /s/ Daniel P. O'Connell
                                Daniel P. O'Connell
                                Corporate Director, Employee Benefits and Human 
                                Resources Systems
                                United Technologies Corporation<PAGE>


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                                                            Exhibit 23






                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-58937) of United Technologies Corporation of our
report dated May 24, 1996 appearing in the United Technologies Corporation
Defined Contribution Retirement Plan's Annual Report on Form 11-K for the period
ended December 31, 1995.



PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
June 7, 1996<PAGE>



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