Smiths Aerospace Delivers Updated Boeing 777-300ER Systems.Business Editors Paris Air Show The Paris Air Show (Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business. It is held at Le Bourget airport near Paris, France every odd year, alternating both with the Farnborough International 2003 LE BOURGET Le Bourget is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.6 km. (6.6 miles) from the center of Paris. A very small part of Le Bourget airport lies on the territory of the commune of Le Bourget, which nonetheless gave its name to the airport. , France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2003 Smiths Aerospace has completed initial deliveries of the updated Electrical Load If an electric circuit has a well-defined output terminal, the circuit connected to this terminal (or its input impedance) is the load. (The term 'load' may also refer to the power consumed by a circuit; that topic is not discussed here. Management System (ELMS2) to Boeing for the new long range 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplane. This system along with Smiths updated Ultrasonic Fuel Quantity Indicating System (UFQIS), are fitted on two 777-300ER airplanes currently in flight testing. Dr. John Ferrie, Group Managing Director of Smiths Aerospace commented, "The updated systems utilise the latest advances in technology to reduce weight and cost of ownership for customer airlines." The ELMS2 system will be fitted to all Boeing 777 airplanes delivered from October 2003 and the UFQIS from mid 2004. The first 777-300ER is scheduled for delivery to International Lease Finance Corp., and its customer Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde in April 2004. These systems will also be fitted to the forthcoming Boeing 777-200LR (Longer Range) model. Notes to Editors: About the 777 ELMS & UFQIS: The ELMS2 and UFQIS utilize the latest Remote Data Interfacing and Ultrasonic technologies and offer dual channel redundancy providing fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. designs. Smiths has a proven record in the development and supply of Integrated Electrical Management and Ultrasonic Fuel Indicating Systems with approximately 440 777s in service with airlines around the world. Smiths has developed further integrated Electrical and Utilities Management Systems on a number of other high profile commercial and military aircraft. Smiths has the following key systems on the Boeing 777: -- Main / Nosegear Door Actuators, Thrust Reverser Actuation System (California) -- Airframe Flexible Hoses & Rigid / Hybrid Tubular Assemblies (Massachusetts) -- Ultrasonic Fuel Gauging System & Integrated Fuel Panels, Electrical Load Management System - primary & secondary power (Cheltenham UK) -- Ram Air Ram air refers to the use of flowing air by a moving object for power. The term encompasses the following:
-- Slat and Flap Drive Electric Motor Unit, rudder trim, speed brake, power drive unit, no back brake (Wolverhampton UK) -- 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) door actuators (New Jersey) About Smiths: Smiths Aerospace is the leading transatlantic aerospace equipment company, with its 12,000 staff and $2 billion revenues split equally between Europe and North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The company holds key positions in the supply chains of all major military and civil aircraft and engine manufacturers and are world-leaders in electronic systems, actuation systems, precision components, aviation security and detection systems. |
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