4th Aug 2009 12:00
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For Immediate Release |
4 August 2009 |
Meggitt PLC
Contract win
Meggitt PLC, a leading international company specialising in aerospace equipment, sensing and defence systems, today announces that it has won two follow-on production batch contracts worth an estimated £15 million for high pressure and extreme temperature components for the main stage Vulcan 2 and upper stage HM7 engines of the Ariane 5 launcher.
Production for the Snecma Safran contract for the Vulcan 2 engine components started in July 2009 and will continue for five years. It is the fifth contract since Meggitt's first win on the Ariane 5 in the early 1990s, while Meggitt's involvement stretches back through all Ariane programmes since the early 1970s.
Production for the HM7 engine contract with EADS Astrium started in December 2008 with a bridging contract. This ensured a continuous supply of Meggitt's critical components until the Paris air show, when the 13th contract for this upper stage hardware covering 40 engine launchers was agreed.
Meggitt also won a contract at the beginning of the year from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for flexible joints known as large gimbals for the main engine of the Japanese space launcher's main H2A engine, to which it has supplied products since 1994.
Meggitt supplies similar products to the JEM space station and the USA Cassini spacecraft.
Meggitt's ducts and components, which have their origins in the nuclear as well as aerospace industries, are standard on military aircraft systems where they transfer engine bleed air to environmental control systems. These include the SAAB Gripen (since 1985) and the Aermacchi M346 (since 2001).
Meggitt's high performance ducts and flexible joints are present on a number of Rolls-Royce engine programmes and are key components in the environmental control packages developed by Meggitt for civil aircraft.
Meggitt's high pressure, high temperature joints and ducts facility in the UK houses one of Europe's leading test facilities for aerospace and space components, including mechanical endurance testing at elevated temperatures, environmental testing and performance. On Ariane 5, Meggitt established new benchmarks in design and development testing, which require simulation of launch conditions for liquid hydrogen and oxygen ducting systems.
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For further information, please contact
Meggitt PLC Andy Mann, Investor Relations Tel: 01202 597597
Buchanan Communications Charles Ryland/Jeremy Garcia Tel: 020 7466 5000
About MeggittHeadquartered in the United Kingdom, Meggitt PLC is an international group operating in North America, Europe and Asia. Known for its specialised extreme environment engineering, Meggitt is a world leader in civil and military aerospace equipment, sensing systems, combat support and defence systems training.
www.meggitt.com
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