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Teledyne Technologies Wins $2.4 Million Air Force Contract
May 19, 2004 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Los Angeles — Teledyne Technologies Inc. announces that Teledyne Electronic Safety Products has been awarded a $2.4 million contract by the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
The contract is to supply 504 ACES II Recovery Sequencers in support of U.S. Air Force F-22, F-15, F-16, and B1-B aircraft, and is for 12 months.
The ACES II (Advanced Concept Ejection Seat) Recovery Sequencer is an electronic device 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 (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.
At the conclusion of this contract, Teledyne will have produced more than 8,000 ejection seat sequencer systems since 1987 for the U.S. Air Force, the Japan Defense Agency and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with a flawless on time delivery record.
Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated electronics components, instruments and communications products, systems engineering solutions, and aerospace products and components. For more information, visit www.teledyne.com.