The U.S. Navy orders additional aircraft carrier-based JETI Systems from EADS
* U.S. Navy ramps up its 15 JETI Systems by two more orders
* Contract is valued at $ 1.58 million
Farnborough, 17 July 2006
The subsidiary EADS North America Defense Test and Services, part of EADS Test & Services, announced the receipt of a U.S. Navy contract for two additional aircraft carrier-based Jet Engine Test Instrumentation (JETI) systems, which brings the total systems provided to the U.S. Navy to 17. Of these, 11 are sea-based systems.
Each of the ordered JETI Systems includes a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) data acquisition and throttle control system that provides complete intermediate level engine test capability to the U.S. Navy. The EADS North America Defense Test and Services solution uses common hardware and test programme sets for both land and sea-based installations. This common platform is capable of testing the F414, F404, F110, F405, F402 and J52 jet engines, as well as two auxiliary power units used on Navy aircraft.
The contract, valued at $ 1.58 million, was awarded by the U.S Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, New Jersey.
The subsidiary EADS North America Defense Test and Services, part of EADS Test & Services, designs, manufactures, sells, and services electronic test and measurement equipment, systems, and software to leading high-technology customers throughout the world. The company offers an extensive range of products and services, from modular instruments to turnkey automatic test systems, which are ideal for use in a wide variety of applications, including commercial functional test and measurement, laser diode burn-in and production, microcomputer production, and jet engine test. EADS Test & Services is an industry leader in providing automatic test solutions and service excellence to military and civil aerospace automatic test markets. The company works with core customers to define test requirements and deliver support solutions by providing general purpose ATE products, designing and building unique ATE, enhancing and integrating software offerings, and establishing nationwide OEM and military test engineering services. Among the key market sectors the company serves are military, aerospace, marine, medical, telecommunications, semiconductor, and commercial manufacturing.
With revenues of about € 5.6 billion in 2005 and roughly 23,000 employees across nine nations, EADS Defence & Security Systems Division (DS) forms the defence and security pillar within EADS. As a Large Systems Integrator, it offers integrated systems solutions to the new challenges confronting armed forces and global security. It is active in the areas of manned and unmanned integrated combat and mission air systems, including related training services, and in missile systems, battlefield management systems for all branches, global security solutions, secure networks, defence electronics, sensors and avionics, as well as related services.
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2005, EADS generated revenues of € 34.2 billion and employed a workforce of about 113,000.
Contact:
Sue Pope
Newport, Wales
Tel.: + 44 1633 655 144
mailto: sue.pope@eads.com
Alexander Reinhardt
Munich
Germany
Tel.: +49 89 607 34862
mailto: alexander.reinhardt@eads.com
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