25.01.2005, 21:59
Turkey Launches Country's First F-35 Program at Smiths Aerospace
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 25, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Smiths Aerospace (LSE:SMIN) welcomes the integrated engineering team from AYDIN YAZILIM VE ELEKTRONIK SAN A.S. (AYESAS) for Turkey's first F-35 development program. AYESAS is co-locating an engineering team for two years at the Smiths facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. for the missile remote interface unit (MRIU) development. The MRIU is part of the F-35 weapons control system supplied by Smiths. The MRIU is worth more than $100 million, with Smiths total content on the F-35 in excess of $10 billion over the life of the aircraft.
Smiths Aerospace announced the agreement with AYDIN YAZILIM VE ELEKTRONIK SAN A.S. (AYESAS) to develop mechanical and circuit card subassembly portions of the Missile Remote Interface Unit (MRIU) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in October 2003. This agreement is the first development program for Turkish industry following their decision to become an F-35 System Development and Demonstration phase partner. This program is initially valued at $6 million for AYESAS, including delivery of MRIU subassemblies for qualification and flight test. The first development hardware will be delivered in June 2006. Low rate production begins in 2009 at the AYESAS facility in Ankara, Turkey with deliveries expected through 2026. The development and manufacturing phases of the MRIU will be carried out between Turkey and the U.S. More than 5,100 MRIUs are projected for the F-35 market of 2,593 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Up to an additional 3,000 aircraft are expected to be sold for export.
About the MRIU: The Missile Remote Interface Unit manages weapons unique interfaces converting them to the MIL-STD-1760 standard weapon interface. The MRIU must power up nearly instantaneously, be lightweight, and operate safely in severe electrical, thermal and vibration environments associated with its location in the weapon bay and on the wings.
Smiths systems on the F-35 are valued at more than $10 billion over the aircraft lifetime and include:
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 25, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Smiths Aerospace (LSE:SMIN) welcomes the integrated engineering team from AYDIN YAZILIM VE ELEKTRONIK SAN A.S. (AYESAS) for Turkey's first F-35 development program. AYESAS is co-locating an engineering team for two years at the Smiths facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. for the missile remote interface unit (MRIU) development. The MRIU is part of the F-35 weapons control system supplied by Smiths. The MRIU is worth more than $100 million, with Smiths total content on the F-35 in excess of $10 billion over the life of the aircraft.
Smiths Aerospace announced the agreement with AYDIN YAZILIM VE ELEKTRONIK SAN A.S. (AYESAS) to develop mechanical and circuit card subassembly portions of the Missile Remote Interface Unit (MRIU) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in October 2003. This agreement is the first development program for Turkish industry following their decision to become an F-35 System Development and Demonstration phase partner. This program is initially valued at $6 million for AYESAS, including delivery of MRIU subassemblies for qualification and flight test. The first development hardware will be delivered in June 2006. Low rate production begins in 2009 at the AYESAS facility in Ankara, Turkey with deliveries expected through 2026. The development and manufacturing phases of the MRIU will be carried out between Turkey and the U.S. More than 5,100 MRIUs are projected for the F-35 market of 2,593 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Up to an additional 3,000 aircraft are expected to be sold for export.
About the MRIU: The Missile Remote Interface Unit manages weapons unique interfaces converting them to the MIL-STD-1760 standard weapon interface. The MRIU must power up nearly instantaneously, be lightweight, and operate safely in severe electrical, thermal and vibration environments associated with its location in the weapon bay and on the wings.
Smiths systems on the F-35 are valued at more than $10 billion over the aircraft lifetime and include:
quelle:
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