AlliedSignal Aerospace wins $150 million in work on next-generation space shuttle.TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1996--AlliedSignal Aerospace will manufacture and integrate a broad range of products and services valued at more than $150 million for Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. on the next-generation space shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. . On July 2, vice president Al Gore Noun 1. Al Gore - Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948) Albert Gore Jr., Gore and NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. announced the choice of the Lockheed Martin team as the prime contractor to develop the single-stage-to-orbit, reusable re·use tr.v. re·used, re·us·ing, re·us·es To use again, especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing. re·us launch vehicle. In its role designing, developing and integrating the vehicle's subsystems, AlliedSignal Aerospace is one of the largest contributors to the Lockheed Martin team. AlliedSignal will integrate the vehicle management systems and provide avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. , electrical systems, environmental controls and the landing system. "The future belongs to aerospace companies that not only can supply the highest-quality products but also integrate them to help customers achieve maximum performance," said Dan Burnham, AlliedSignal Aerospace president. "We will demonstrate our capability as a large-scale integrator of vehicle management systems and introduce technology that is new to the aerospace industry." Three businesses from AlliedSignal Aerospace will work on the project: -- Aerospace Electronic Systems in Teterboro, N.J., will lead the team and provide program management and systems engineering. It will also integrate a variety of equipment as part of the vehicle management system, and provide telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. and tracking, systems software, flight control systems, a communications electronics suite, and navigation and electrical ground support equipment. -- Aerospace Equipment Systems, based in Torrance, is responsible for all of the vehicle's mechanical subsystems, including power generation and control systems, thermal controls to cool the avionics equipment, the ventilation and fire detection systems, and the integrated landing system. -- AlliedSignal Technical Services Corp., based in Columbia, Md., will provide development of launch control systems and mission planning support. AlliedSignal Aerospace is one of the largest suppliers of aviation equipment and systems. It is a unit of AlliedSignal Inc., an advanced technology and manufacturing company serving customers worldwide with aerospace and automotive products, chemicals, fibers, plastics and advanced materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, . CONTACT: AlliedSignal Aerospace, Torrance Ron Iori, 310/512-1656 |
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