19th Oct 2005 07:00
Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC19 October 2005 Embargoed until 0700 19 October 2005 Ultra Electronics Holdings plc ("Ultra" or "the Group") Ultra Wins £14m Eurofighter Typhoon Equipment Contract Ultra Electronics announces that its Electrics business, based in Cheltenham,has been awarded a contract to provide a range of cockpit equipment for thesecond tranche of 236 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. The contract is worth over £14m and deliveries will be made over the next fiveyears. Ultra will provide BAE Systems with the Hands-on Throttle and Stick(HOTAS) controls, the undercarriage selector switch and a range of cockpitswitches and indicators that are suitable for use when wearing night visiongoggles. In total, the value of Ultra equipment fitted to each Eurofighter Typhoonaircraft exceeds £200k. In addition to the equipment detailed above, Ultrasupplies the landing gear control electronics and its HiPPAG airborne compressorfor cooling the seekers of the aircraft's missiles. It is anticipated thatcontracts for these other items for the second tranche of aircraft will bereceived over the next twelve months. Ultra's Electrics business designs and manufactures a range of high integritycockpit systems and components for civil and military aircraft applications.Products include electronic systems, pilot's controls, control and warningpanels, switches, indicators, lighting solutions and high integrity harnesssystems. Ultra's human machine interface solutions are designed to meet the increasinglydemanding requirements of modern combat aircraft, both fixed and rotary wing,flight simulators and synthetic training equipment. Ultra's innovative hands-ontechnology is used in advanced airborne platforms around the world. - Ends - Enquiries: Ultra Electronics Holdings plc 020 8813 4321Douglas Caster, Chief Executive www.ultra-electronics.comAndy Hamment, Marketing Director [email protected] Weber Shandwick Square Mile 020 7067 0700Susanne Walker Notes to editors: Ultra Electronics is a group of specialist businesses designing, manufacturingand supporting electronic and electromechanical systems, sub-systems andproducts for defence, security and aerospace applications worldwide. Ultra, which employs 3,000 people in the UK and North America, focuses on highintegrity sensing, control, communication and display systems with an emphasison integrated information technology solutions. The Group concentrates onobtaining a technological edge in niche markets, with many of its products andtechnologies being market leaders in their field. Ultra's products and services are used on aircraft, ships, submarines, armouredvehicles, surveillance systems, airports and transport systems around the world.Ultra also plays an important role in supporting prime contractors byundertaking specialist system and sub-system integration using the combinedexpertise of the Group businesses. Ultra is organised into three divisions as follows: Aircraft & Vehicle Systems including miniature airborne compressors; highintegrity software and systems; aircraft system electronics; aircraft cockpitindicators; aircraft noise and vibration control systems; airframe protectionsystems, armoured vehicle electronic information and control systems; human/computer interface equipment and shared working environment solutions. Information & Power Systems including command and control systems equipment;weapons interfacing electronics; radar tracking; electro optical tracking;surveillance systems; naval data processing and distribution; airport andairline information management systems; ID card systems; naval power conversion;signature management of naval vessels; transit system power conversion andcontrol. Tactical & Sonar Systems including secure tactical line-of-sight radio systems,multiplexers and switches; voice communication systems; tactical data links;cryptographic equipment; active, passive and multi-static sonobuoys; sonobuoyreceivers and processors; distributed surveillance sensor arrays; ship's sonarsystems; acoustic countermeasure systems and ship's torpedo defence systems. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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