Teledyne Awarded U.S. Navy Contract.LOS ANGELES -- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TDY TDY abbr. temporary duty ) announced today that Teledyne Electronic Safety Products has been awarded a $2.1 million contract by the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP NAVICP Naval Inventory Control Point NAVICP NAVSEA Inventory Control Point ) in Mechanicsburg, Pa. The contract is to supply 412 ACES II Recovery Sequencers in support of U.S. Air Force F-22, F-15, F-16, F-117, A-10, B-1B, and B-2 aircraft. The contract is for 13 months. "Our ACES II production line is now in its 18th consecutive year. At the conclusion of this contract, Teledyne will have produced over 8,500 ejection seat sequencer See MIDI sequencer. (music) sequencer - Any system for recording and/or playback of music via a programmable memory which stores music not as audio data, but as some representation of notes. systems for the U.S. Air Force, the Japan Defense Agency, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established under the North Atlantic Treaty (Apr. 4, 1949) by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. (NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. )," said Robert Mehrabian, chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Teledyne Technologies. "We are proud to provide this equipment which contributes to the safety of our military personnel." The ACES II (Advanced Concept Ejection Seat) Recovery Sequencer is an electronic device that is designed to remain dormant until initiated by the aircrew member in case of an in-flight emergency requiring an ejection. Once initiated, the seat catapult and rocket motor are fired and hot gas pressure from the rocket motor activates the Recovery Sequencer's internal thermal batteries that provide electrical power to the system's electronics. When the Recovery Sequencer is powered, a barostatic pressure system measures airspeed and altitude, and initializes the Recovery Sequencer's recovery mode. Once the ejection seat has cleared the aircraft's fuselage, pyrotechnic charges are electrically initiated by the Recovery Sequencer, which activates a drogue parachute drogue parachute n. 1. A parachute used to stabilize or decelerate a fast-moving object, especially a small parachute used to slow down a reentering spacecraft or satellite prior to deployment of the main parachute. 2. (used to decelerate high speed ejections), stabilization rocket, divergence thruster, drogue parachute release, parachute deployment, and seat/aircrew separation events to effect a safe aircrew member recovery. Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated electronic components, instruments and communication products, systems engineering solutions, aerospace engines and components and on-site gas and power generation systems. Teledyne has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Canada. For more information, visit Teledyne Technologies' website at www.teledyne.com. |
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