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Boeing Chooses Hamilton Sundstrand for new C-17 System

WINDSOR LOCKS, USA- North America, Connecticut, Feb 9, 2003

Hamilton Sundstrand has been selected by The Boeing Company to design, develop and produce the Boost Compressor, Valves and perform the System Integration Testing for the next-generation On Board Inerting Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) for the C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft.

The combined development and production portion of the contract award has a potential value in excess of $40 million. The production program includes 139 new and retrofit aircraft, with the potential for an additional 83 aircraft in the future.

Inert gas systems are generally used on military aircraft to increase fuel tank safety due to the potential for high concentrations of volatile vapor in the fuel tanks as fuel is used. Typically, an inert gas such as nitrogen is pumped into the fuel tank to replace the volatile mixture with one that is not volatile.

According to David Hess, president of Hamilton Sundstrand Aerospace Power Systems, the new technology inerting system replaces one that has a compressor provided by the company’s Power Systems enterprise, headquartered in San Diego, Calif. “Our next-generation product provides many operator benefits,” Hess added, “including on-demand operation without the need for storage bottles.”

Hamilton Sundstrand already provides the electrical power generating system, the emergency power Ram Air Turbine, engine main fuel and lube and scavenge pumps, electronic engine control and jet fuel controls, along with the propulsion data management computer with a total product content of more than $1.5 million per aircraft.

“This award strategically positions Hamilton Sundstrand for ‘next-generation’ on-board inerting system business for future military and commercial aircraft,” Hess said. “These systems complement the current core Hamilton Sundstrand business of aerospace air conditioning, engine bleed air, pressurization and humidification systems and equipment.”

Since its first flight in 1991, Boeing has delivered 89 C-17s to the U.S. Air Force. The transport aircraft supports both combat and humanitarian missions and, most recently, was used to ferry troops and supplies into Afghanistan.

Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), is headquartered in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Among the world’s largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and industrial products, the company designs, manufactures and services aerospace systems and provides integrated system solutions for commercial, regional, corporate and military aircraft. It is also a major supplier for global space programs.

Contact:
Peg Hashem (Conn.)
860-654-3469