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REDMOND, Wash. – March
5, 2007 – Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co. (NYSE:CR),
has received an award to manufacture Athena Technologies’ Micro
GuideStar™ Main Board Assembly, for installation into their Micro
GuideStar unit. Crane received the award for both prototype and
production Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs) with production delivery
requirements beginning in March 2007.
Crane provides
quick turnaround electronic manufacturing solutions (high mix,
low/medium volume) for circuit cards (through-hole and SMT), box build
and cables/harnesses in their Albuquerque facility. Allan Day,
Albuquerque General Manager said, “We are very pleased to provide our
capabilities to this important new product for the aerospace and defense
market.”
Dr. David Vos,
Athena’s CEO and CTO said, “The Micro GuideStar is a revolutionary
advanced integrated sensor suite that offers a complete INS/GPS
navigation solution, with the option of hosting flight control software
in a “plug & play” installation. Its integrated, compact and robust
packaging provides optimum performance and value, thereby ensuring a
lower overall life cycle cost for manned or unmanned vehicle programs.”
Ali Dian,
Athena’s VP Development & Manufacturing stated, “Crane’s keen awareness
of Athena’s product requirements and quick response from Request for
Quote to providing prototypes, demonstrate the capabilities, services
and support we need in our markets.”
Athena
Technologies is a premier developer and producer of navigation and
control systems. Founded in 1998, the company produces the GuideStar™
family of versatile, compact and cost-effective flight control systems
for applications such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), target drones
and missiles. The Micro GuideStar unit includes all the analog and
digital I/O interface hardware required to accommodate a variety of
vehicle configurations and payloads. For more information on Micro
GuideStar, contact Athena Technologies Business Development at (540)
428-3300 or e-mail info@AthenaTI.com. The company is an independent,
privately held firm with headquarters in Northern Virginia, USA.
Additional information is available at www.athenati.com.
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