AlliedSignal's relentless drive to seek out new customers is paying off. The US company is here at Farnborough trumpeting a trio of major contracts.
The first, valued at $40 million, is to supply auxiliary power units (APU), wheels and brakes, and avionics to GATX Capital Corporation for 33 Boeing 737 and 757 and Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Contracts
The second is a $30 million package of contracts for 27 36-300 APUs with three Airbus operators worldwide.
The company has also been awarded additional work on the US Air Force's C-130/C-141 avionics upgrade programme.
The GATX contract is the second major agreement AlliedSignal Aerospace has reached this year with aircraft leasing companies, a growing and important customer category in this part of the aircraft purchase cycle.
Joe Leonard, senior vice president for marketing sales & services says: "This reflects our continuing commitment to seek out new customers and provide them with a broader line of products and systems than any other supplier."
Under the contract, AlliedSignal will provide its 131-9 and 36-300 APUs for the aircraft, Bendix nose and main brakes and wheels for the 737s and traffic alert and collision avoidance systems (TCAS) enhanced ground proximity warning systems, weather radar with forward-looking windshear capability and flight data and cockpit voice recorders.
Customers selecting AlliedSignal's 36-300 APU for their Airbus A319, A320 and A321 aircraft are Canadian Airlines International, China Southern Airlines and Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG of Germany.
All of the APUs on order will be AlliedSignal's enhanced 36-300-4 model. The upgraded APU is an improved version of the company's proven 36-300 APU being operated by more than 50 airlines around the world.
Upgrade
AlliedSignal's work on the USAF's C-130C-/141 avionics upgrade programme comes just months after the successful first flights of AlliedSignal's avionics on the transport aircraft.
The company will supply three universal avionics testers, and test programme sets for the depot-level testing of 12 line replaceable units (LRUs) and 27 shop replaceable units (SRUs).
Source: Flight Daily News