TRW Chosen to Provide Weapons Bay Door Drive System On Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter.Business Editors Farnborough International Air Show Chalet: Row A, No. 25-29 Stand: Hall 4, Stand H-1 FARNBOROUGH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2000 TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TRW) and Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. Corp.'s Integrated Systems Sector, El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif., have signed a memorandum of agreement A memorandum of agreement (MOA) or cooperative agreement is a document written between parties to cooperatively work together on an agreed upon project or meet an agreed upon objective. The purpose of an MOA is to have a written understanding of the agreement between parties. yesterday at the Farnborough International Air Show for TRW Aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau Systems (Lucas Aerospace) to provide the weapons bay door drive system for The Lockheed Martin Team Joint Strike Fighter variant. With current market projections for the JSF (JavaServerFaces) A standard framework of components for building rich user interfaces for Java applications. JavaServer Faces run on the server, but are displayed on the client. JSF - JavaServer Faces expected to exceed 3,000 aircraft, the potential value of the award to TRW Aeronautical Systems, including prototype and production hardware, is expected to exceed $600 million over the life of the programme. "This award capitalises on our strong rotary actuation system capability currently being used in civil and military aircraft flight controls all over the world," said Ken Maciver, Executive Vice President of TRW Inc. and General Manager, TRW Aeronautical Systems. Northrop Grumman, a principal member of the Lockheed Martin JSF team, is responsible for integration of the centre fuselage and weapons bay door drive system as part of its work share. Internal weapons carriage is a feature of modern stealthy stealth·y adj. stealth·i·er, stealth·i·est Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. See Synonyms at secret. aircraft and the weapons bay door drive system is a key weapon-systems enabling technology. The weapons bay door drive system, which operates in an environment of supersonic and subsonic sub·son·ic adj. 1. Of less than audible frequency. 2. Having a speed less than that of sound in a designated medium. subsonic Adjective speeds, consists of hydraulic motors driving through a gearbox and torque shafts to rotary-geared actuators that open the weapons bay doors. There are two weapons bays per aircraft with two doors per bay. "We are pleased to have been selected following a detailed system maturation phase and a well-managed, extremely competitive award process," said Dave Goldney, Business Development Manager, Military Equipment. "We have the right team with the right technology and an absolute focus on affordability, everything required to be a successful member of The Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter team." TRW Aeronautical Systems is actively involved in the development of advanced systems and equipment for application on the JSF programme in the areas of engine actuation systems and associated controls, flight control actuation systems and controls, and power transmission systems. TRW Aeronautical Systems (Lucas Aerospace) provides the global aerospace industry with high integrity systems and equipment in engine controls, flight controls, missile systems, power generation and management, cargo handling, hoists and winches, and flexible shafts and couplings, all backed by a world-wide customer support organisation. For company news and information, visit www.trw-aeronautical.com. TRW Inc. provides high-technology products and services to the automotive, aerospace and information technology markets worldwide. The company's news releases are available through TRW's corporate Web site at www.trw.com. You can find TRW at the Farnborough International Air Show at: Chalet: Row A, No. 25-29 Stand: Hall 4, Stand H-1 |
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