EADS North America is the test system supplier of choice for the new VH-71A U.S. Presidential Helicopter
* U.S. Navy orders software applications for the SETI programme to support the new VH-71A U.S. Presidential helicopter
* Contract is valued at $ 709,000
Farnborough, 17 July 2006
The subsidiary EADS North America Defense Test and Services, part of EADS Test & Services, has received a U.S. Navy contract to develop applications software for the Shaft Engine Test Instrumentation (SETI) programme that enables the company’s Shaft Engine Test System to support the new VH-71A U.S. Presidential helicopter.
The new contract covers EADS North America Defense Test and Services development of programme software that allows the Shaft Engine Test System to test General Electric CT7-8 turboshaft engines which will be used on the U.S. President’s new VH-71A helicopter. This contract is valued at $709,000 for the software and interface hardware design, documentation and testing. The company development work on the test software will begin immediately.
The U.S. Navy has previously designated the Shaft Engine Test System as the intermediate-level engine test platform for the U.S. Navy’s rotary-wing fleet, and the service has ordered four of these systems to-date for deployment at various bases. The Shaft Engine Test System replaces legacy manual test systems for aircraft engines, providing a more cost-effective and flexible testing solution with automated data capture, reporting, and transfer. The system is configured for the testing of T58, T700 and T64 turboshaft powerplants, which are used on a variety of Navy helicopters.
It is the second member of a family of intermediate-level engine test platforms developed by EADS North America Defense Test and Services. The Shaft Engine Test System joins the company’s Jet Engine Test System, 17 of which have been ordered by the U.S. Navy for use on both aircraft carriers and land-based facilities. The Jet Engine Test platforms are capable of testing the F414, F404, F110, F405, F402 and J52 jet engines, as well as auxiliary power units used on Navy aircraft.
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. A business unit of EADS North America Defense, the company offers an extensive range of products and services, from modular instruments to turnkey automatic test systems. It is an industry leader in providing automatic test solutions and service excellence to military and civil aerospace automatic test markets. 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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