Rockwell Collins selects Hamilton Sundstrand Auxiliary Power Unit
FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW, United Kingdom- Europe, Jul 20, 2010
Rockwell Collins has selected Hamilton Sundstrand to provide a new Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) for the U.S. Navy E-6B TACAMO aircraft as part of the Block 1A ECP Program. Hamilton Sundstrand is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
The initial firm fixed price contract will provide a T-62T-48LC-1 APU system for installation in the prototype aircraft for operational evaluation. The T-62T-48LC-1 APU is an up-rated derivative of the APS3200 APU currently on board more than 1,600 Airbus A320 series aircraft around the world. The APS3200 APU has accumulated more than 23 million hours since entering service.
The U.S. Navy E-6B TACAMO aircraft program builds on Hamilton Sundstrand's already large portfolio of military APU applications that include the fixed wing F-16, C-5M, A400M, C-27J, JAS-39 and T/A50, and the rotary wing H-60/S-70, V-22, CH-47 and CH-53K, with more than 8,000 units fielded.
Hamilton Sundstrand Power Systems, based in San Diego, Calif., currently has more than 13,000 APUs in commercial and military service.
With 2009 revenues of $5.6 billion, Hamilton Sundstrand is headquartered in Windsor Locks, Conn. 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 also is a major supplier for international space programs.
United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries worldwide.
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning potential production and sale of Hamilton Sundstrand aerospace products and services. Important uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated include the severity and duration of global recessionary conditions, including extended contraction in credit conditions; the impact of volatility and weakness in financial markets on overall levels of economic activity; declines in end market demand in the aerospace industry; financial difficulties, including bankruptcy, of commercial airlines; challenges in the design, development, production and support of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in United Technologies Corporation’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Contact:
Dan Coulom
860-305-5471
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44 (0) 1252 418300 – Main
44 (0) 1252 418302
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