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LYNNWOOD, Wash. – January 14, 2004 – Crane Aerospace & Electronics has
been selected by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Long Beach,
California, to provide ELDEC Regulated Transformer Rectifier Units (RTRUs)
for the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP).
Greg Ward, president of the Aerospace Group of Crane Aerospace &
Electronics, noted the significance of the contract, stating, “This is
one of the largest military upgrade programs currently in work. We’re
very pleased to have been selected for our advanced technology power
conversion capability, and are proud to be a part of this key military
upgrade effort.”
Under the C-130 AMP program, Boeing is developing a modern,
common-cockpit avionics system for the approximately 514 C-130 transport
aircraft in U.S. Air Force service – 11 aircraft during the Engineering
Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the program and approximately
503 aircraft for the production phase. Crane Aerospace & Electronics is
currently contracted to support the EMD Phase of the AMP program with
six RTRUs arranged in two separate systems to convert AC generator power
to tightly regulated DC power for use by the aircraft’s avionics
systems. First deliveries of the RTRUs will begin in early 2005.
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