7th Jul 2008 07:00
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Ultra Electronics Holdings plc
("Ultra" or "the Group")
Ultra Awarded Gulfstream G650 Landing Gear Control Contract
Ultra is pleased to announce that its Controls business, based in Greenford and Cambridge in the UK, has been awarded a contract by Gulfstream Aerospace to develop and supply the landing gear control system for the all new Gulfstream G650 business jet.
The contract is for a system that senses and manages the position of the aircraft landing gear and landing gear doors and is similar to systems that Ultra already provides to other aircraft manufacturers. Over the term of the G650 production programme the contract is expected to be worth in excess of £10m.
Each system will comprise a central controller and thirty sensors, with the sensors being supplied by Goodrich Aerospace of Vergennes, Vermont, USA.
The G650 is a completely new aircraft that was publicly launched by Gulfstream Aerospace of Savannah, Georgia on 13 March this year, following which it has received a very positive response from the marketplace.
The aircraft will enter service in 2012 and will be the largest, longest-range and fastest business jet that Gulfstream has produced. At its high speed (Mach 0.90) cruise it will transport its passengers from London to Los Angeles. At a slightly slower speed (Mach 0.85) it will be able to fly even further, for instance from London to Buenos Aires.
Douglas Caster, Chief Executive of Ultra, commented:
"Ultra is very pleased to be providing the landing gear control system for Gulfstream's new G650 business jet. This award broadens still further the range of high integrity systems that Ultra supplies for civil aircraft. We note initial press reports that Gulfstream has received extremely strong interest in the aircraft since its launch and are confident that Ultra's investment in this programme will be a good one"
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Ultra Electronics Holdings plc |
020 8813 4321 |
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Douglas Caster, Chief Executive |
www.ultra-electronics.com |
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Andy Hamment, Group Marketing Director |
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Weber Shandwick Financial |
020 7067 0700 |
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Susan Ellis / Louise Robson |
Further information about Ultra:
Ultra Electronics is a group of specialist advanced technology businesses that design, manufacture and support electronic and electromechanical systems, sub-systems and products for defence, security, aerospace and transport applications worldwide.
Ultra, which employs 3,500 people in the UK and North America, focuses on high integrity sensing, control, communication and display systems with an emphasis on integrated information technology solutions. The Group concentrates on obtaining a technological edge in niche markets, with many of its products and technologies being market leaders in their field.
Ultra's products and services are used on aircraft, ships, submarines, armoured vehicles, surveillance systems, airports and transport systems around the world. Ultra also plays an important role in supporting prime contractors by undertaking specialist system and sub-system integration using the combined expertise of the Group businesses.
Ultra is organised into three divisions as follows:
Aircraft & Vehicle Systems including miniature airborne compressors; high integrity software and systems; aircraft system electronics; aircraft system test equipment; aircraft cockpit indicators; aircraft noise and vibration control systems; airframe protection systems, armoured vehicle electronic information and control systems; human/computer interface equipment and crisis information management systems.
Information & Power Systems including command and control systems equipment; mission-critical enterprise IT systems; tactical data communication systems; intelligence processing infrastructures; independent IT consulting services; weapons interfacing electronics; radar tracking; electro optical tracking; surveillance systems; naval data processing and distribution; airport and airline information management systems; ID card systems; naval power conversion; signature management of naval vessels; transit system power conversion and control.
Tactical & Sonar Systems including secure tactical line-of-sight radio systems, multiplexers and switches; secure video-conferencing systems; voice and magneto-inductive communication systems; tactical data links; cryptographic equipment; active, passive and multi-static sonobuoys; sonobuoy receivers and processors; distributed surveillance sensor arrays; ship's sonar systems; acoustic countermeasure systems and ship's torpedo defence systems.
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