TRW wins U.S. Air Force Design Engineering Program II (DEP II).

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 1995--The Sacramento Air Logistics Center has selected TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group as one of five winners of the $400 million second phase of the U.S. Air Force Design Engineering Program (DEP).

TRW's phase two selection covers a five-year ordering period for numerous tasks.

The Sacramento Air Logistics Center at McClellan Air Force Base in California manages the program, which ensures that existing military systems are reliable, maintainable and supportable. In phase one, which was awarded in 1989, TRW was issued more than 80 contractual tasks totaling approximately $180 million.

Those tasks included reliability and maintainability improvements to systems ranging from the F-15E Strike Eagle, fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft and systems for Special Operations Forces, radar warning receivers, electronic countermeasures systems, and engineering and logistics management systems.

Like phase one, phase two of the Design Engineering Program is a delivery-order contract aimed at improving the reliability and maintainability of components, subsystems, and systems of four Federal Supply Groups -- FSG 12, Fire Control Equipment; FSG 58, Communication, Detection, and Coherent Radiation; FSG 66, Instruments and Laboratory Equipment; and FSG 70, General Purpose Automatic Data Processing Equipment, Software, Supplies, and Equipment.

"In this phase, we will focus on reliability and maintainability improvements to electronics, software, and mechanical systems through engineering analyses, designs, developments, prototyping and testing," said Rick Rider, TRW program manager.

"These improvements are critical to ensure that the U.S. Air Force inventory remains effective in this era of declining military budgets when few new aircraft or other system programs are underway," he noted.

The work will be performed at TRW's Air Force support systems facilities in Sacramento, Calif., Dayton, Ohio, Warner Robins, Ga., Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., and Oklahoma City, as well as at other key TRW locations, including San Diego.

TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group is internationally recognized for airborne electronic systems and technologies, including reconnaissance and intelligence systems, and advanced integrated avionics for programs such as the F-22 Advanced Tactical Fighter.

TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group, which has headquarters in San Diego, has several U.S. locations. TRW Inc. provides high-technology products and services to the automotive, space and defense, and information markets. The company's 1994 sales totaled $9.1 billion.

CONTACT: TRW Avionics & Surveillance Group

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