AMETEK Chosen to Provide Sensor Suite for GP7200 Jet Engine; Engine to Power Airbus A380 Jumbo Jetliner.Business Editors PAOLI, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2003 AMETEK Aerospace has been selected to provide the engine sensor suite for the advanced GP7200 high-bypass turbofan engine for the new Airbus A380 aircraft. AMETEK will supply a full complement of engine sensors for the new engine, including sensors for temperatures, pressures, oil level, oil temperature, and fuel flow. "We are extremely pleased with this order," comments Frank S. Hermance, AMETEK Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "This is a strategic win that solidifies our position as the leading supplier of aircraft engine sensors to the largest manufacturers of commercial aircraft engines." AMETEK is the market leader in aircraft engine sensors with the broadest line of products from a single supplier. The GP7200 suite represents the highest content per engine ever for AMETEK Aerospace and with four engines per A380 means significant value on each GP7200 powered aircraft. The GP7200 engine is being developed by an alliance of GE Aircraft Engines and Pratt & Whitney to power the Airbus A380 super jumbo aircraft. The engine is expected to complete certification by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control and Joint Aviation Authorities The Joint Aviation Authorities, or JAA, is an associated body of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) representing the civil aviation regulatory authorities of a number of European States who have agreed to co-operate in developing and implementing common safety of the European Economic Community European Economic Community (EEC), organization established (1958) by a treaty signed in 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany (now Germany); it was known informally as the Common Market. in mid-2005 with the A380 aircraft scheduled to enter service in 2006. The A380 super jumbo, which will carry 555 passengers, will be the world's first twin-deck, four-aisle airliner. The sensor suite includes the T1.2 temperature sensor, the T2.5/P2.5 sensor, the core temperature sensor, the T3 temperature sensor, T4.9 EGT EGT Exhaust Gas Temperature EGT Equal Gain Transmission EGT Estimated Ground Time EGT Equivalent Granular Thickness (numerical cale for roadway evaluation) EGT Enhanced Ground Testing EGT EndGame Tournaments LLC probes and harnesses, the engine oil temperature sensor, the engine oil level sensor The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. , the delta pressure oil pressure switch, the mass fuel flow meter, the oil filter delta pressure sensor, the engine oil pressure sensor, the fuel filter delta pressure sensor and the fuel manifold pressure sensor. AMETEK Aerospace is a leader in the development and manufacture of engine and aircraft monitoring systems, data acquisition units, fuel and fluid measurement systems, cockpit instruments and displays, engine and airframe sensors, and cable and harness assemblies. AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE-listed, ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors :AME See AIT. ) is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electric motors with annual sales of more than $1 billion. |
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