Paris Air Show 2007
LE BOURGET, France--GE Aviation recently was selected by Boeing to provide the primary and secondary lighting controllers, forward cabin control station, hydraulic fluid level monitor, and ramp door control panel for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft. The five-year agreement, valued at almost $15 million, is for 167 aircraft.
"The V-22 Osprey is an excellent example of how the depth of our avionics and integration expertise provides operating and cost advantages for our customers," said Dr. John Ferrie, President, Systems for GE Aviation.
GE Aviation's panel and lighting controllers provide the V-22 with a highly integrated solution for precise lighting control in the aircraft's interior, including cockpit instrument, console, flood, formation and dome lighting. Manufacturing will take place at the GE facility in New York, with production deliveries beginning in 2008.
GE is also supplying the aircraft with several other avionics systems resulting from its strength in integrating digital, electrical power and mechanical systems. Including this new win, GE's content on the V-22 is now valued at $155M through the life of the program.
About the V-22 Osprey: Boeing Rotorcraft Systems, a division of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), and Bell Helicopter Textron, a unit of Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) share responsibility for production of the revolutionary tiltrotor aircraft that combines the hover and vertical takeoff and landing capabilities of a helicopter with the speed and range of a turboprop airplane. Bell has responsibility for all the flight dynamics including the wings and engine nacelles. Boeing has responsibility for the fuselage, all subsystems, digital avionics and fly-by-wire flight-control systems.
The work is being performed by the Systems division of GE Aviation, formerly Smiths Aerospace.
GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), is a world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines and components as well as integrated digital, electric power, and mechanical systems for aircraft. GE Aviation also has a global service network to support these offerings. For more information, visit us at www.ge.com/aviation.
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