EDO Delivers First Production Smart Rack to US Navy.FARNBOROUGH, England -- Farnborough International Airshow 2006--EDO Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : EDO Edo: see Tokyo, Japan. ) has delivered the first of 135 BRU-55 dual-carriage, "smart" bomb racks to the US Navy as part of Lot #1 production. The BRU-55 smart rack is being fielded on the Navy's F/A-18 aircraft. The BRU-55 incorporates the electronics necessary to interface with "smart weapons", such as the GBU-38 500-pound GPS guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM Noun 1. JDAM - a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs Joint Direct Attack Munition ). The BRU-55 enables individual targeting and release of each weapon. Because it doubles the smart-weapon carriage capacity of an F/A-18, it offers the potential for significant operational cost avoidance. "Naval Aviation has transitioned to the use of smarter weapons", said US Naval Captain David Dunaway, Program Manager, Precision Strike Weapons (PMA-201). "The BRU-55, produced by EDO, is a critical force multiplier in the delivery of smart weapons and is critical to the Global War on Terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act ." The BRU-55 will initially be utilized on the F/A-18 A+, C & D models. The Super Hornet (F/A-18 E/F) will be BRU-55 capable upon completion of an ongoing integration-and-test effort. About EDO Corporation EDO Corporation is the market leader in sophisticated aircraft-armament carriage and release systems. For decades, EDO has provided such equipment for the world's dominant jet fighters, including the F-15, F-16, F/A-18, Tornado and Harrier. For the F/A-22, EDO has developed and produces the AMRAAM AMRAAM Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile Vertical Eject Launcher (AVEL A`vel v. t. 1. To pull away. Yet are not these parts avelled. - Sir T. Browne. ), which employs the company's state-of-the-art pneumatic ejection technology. EDO is developing pneumatic launching systems for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the P-8 Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft, and the MQ-9 Predator B unmanned aircraft system Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is the term introduced by The United States Department of Defense (DoD) and adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to replace the term Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). . The company is also developing a launching system for the Joint Common Missile. In addition to aircraft armament systems, EDO has core competencies in a wide range of critical defense areas, including: --C4 - Command, Control, Communications, and Computers --Electronic Warfare --Undersea Warfare --Integrated Composite Structures --Professional and Engineering Services With headquarters in New York, EDO Corporation (www.edocorp.com) employs 3,000 people worldwide. The company was founded in 1925 and had revenues of $648 million in 2005. |
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