AlliedSignal to supply equipment valued at $700 million for GE Capital Aviation Services' Boeing 737 aircraft.TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 1996--AlliedSignal Aerospace has been chosen by GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS GECAS General Electric Commercial Aviation Services ) to supply auxiliary power units (APUs), wheels and brakes, and avionics for up to 254 Boeing 737 aircraft it is purchasing. The contract from GECAS, which will lease the aircraft to various airlines around the world, is valued at $700 million. It is one of four contracts AlliedSignal has recently won from Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . and Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A.; the value of the four contracts totals about $1.1 billion. GECAS, the world's largest aircraft leasing company, has given Boeing a firm order for 102 aircraft and an option to buy 152 more. It is the largest commercial transport order since 1991. "GECAS order reflects the solid upturn that the commercial aircraft market has been experiencing and the expanding influence of aircraft leasing companies," said Daniel P. Burnham, president of AlliedSignal Aerospace. "The GECAS selection is the largest airline-related order ever received by AlliedSignal and demonstrates the growing customer confidence in our products and services." For GECAS, AlliedSignal Commercial Avionics Systems will supply avionics equipment including the company's new forward-looking windshear detection system, new Quantum line of communications A route, either land, water, and/or air, that connects an operating military force with a base of operations and along which supplies and military forces move. Also called LOC. See also base of operations; route. and navigation systems, its ground proximity warning system Ground proximity warning system (GPWS) is a system designed in 1967 by Don Bateman Chief Engineer, Flight Safety Avionics, Honeywell to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground. , its traffic alert and collision avoidance system (1) See adaptive cruise control. (2) A passenger car system that detects objects on the road that the driver may not be able to see. Using radar or infrared sensors, distant objects, such as a deer crossing the road at night or in a fog, are projected onto the (TCAS TCAS Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance System TCAS T-Carrier Administration System TCAS Terminal Control Address Space (MVS/TSO) TCAS Technical Control and Analysis System ), and solid state flight data and cockpit voice recorders. "GECAS is receiving some of AlliedSignal's newest and most sophisticated avionics products," said W. Charles Miller Charles Miller can refer to:
The forward-looking windshear detection system can provide advance warning of dangerous turbulence from windshear. The new Quantum Line systems offer voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. and are built to provide reliability beyond 30,000 hours. Ground proximity warning systems sound an alert if the aircraft is in danger of flying into terrain. TCAS, combined with a Mode S transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. , warns the flight crew to climb or descend to avoid another aircraft. Cockpit voice recorders preserve cockpit communications and flight data recorders collect aircraft performance data; both systems help investigators determine the causes of accidents. AlliedSignal's new solid state recorders can store up to two hours of data and can record more performance parameters than tape machines. In addition to supplying Bendix nose and main wheels and brakes, AlliedSignal Aircraft Landing Systems will provide ongoing wheel and brake support. The steel brakes feature an exclusive AlliedSignal Cerametalix friction material that delivers smooth, responsive braking under all operating conditions. The aircraft will include APUs from AlliedSignal Engines. An APU APU Azusa Pacific University APU Auxiliary Power Unit APU Alaska Pacific University APU Asia Pacific University (Japan) APU American Public University APU Anglia Polytechnic University (Chelmsford) is a small gas turbine engine mated with a generator and hydraulic pump to power ground operations and provide emergency power in the air. "This order represents another validation of the reliability and low cost ownership of AlliedSignal APUs," said Tom Johnson, president, Commercial APUs, for AlliedSignal Engines. AlliedSignal Aerospace is the largest supplier of equipment and systems for commercial transport, regional, general aviation and military aircraft. The parent company, AlliedSignal Inc., is an advanced technology and manufacturing company serving customers worldwide with aerospace and automotive products, chemicals, fibers, plastics and advanced materials. CONTACT: AlliedSignal Aerospace Ron Iori, 310/512-1656 |
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