The team at Cobham has secured an unnamed launch customer for its new, high performance and long-life Air Separation Module (ASM) for 737 Next Generation (NG) commercial airlines.
Davenport, Iowa: The team at
Cobham has secured an unnamed launch customer for its new, high
performance and long-life Air Separation Module (ASM) for 737 Next
Generation (NG) commercial airlines.
The ASM uses hollow fiber membranes to generate nitrogen to
inert - or render safe from fire - aircraft fuel tanks by creating
an atmosphere where fires cannot exist due to insufficient oxygen.
The team at Cobham Mission Systems will supply the product directly
to commercial airline customers, starting with its unnamed launch
customer. Cobham's 737 ASM will provide more than $1.5M of cost
savings for a fleet of ten aircraft during a decade of
operation.
Work will be performed by the Cobham Mission Systems site in
Davenport, Iowa, with deliveries commencing late 2015. Selection by
this launch customer reflects the unrivalled experience of the
Cobham team in the design, development, and delivery of nitrogen
generation systems for a wide range of commercial & military
aviation applications. The team at Cobham Mission Systems offers an
expansive range of fuel tank inerting products, and has to date
delivered systems for more than 3,200 military and commercial
aircraft around the world.
At the signing of the agreement, Dean Cantrill, Vice President
& General Manager of Cobham Mission Systems said: "Cobham
Mission Systems is delighted this launch customer selected our
product to provide the benefits our products are known for
world-wide. This is an important milestone in our technology
development to provide optimal solutions for our
customers."
About Cobham Mission Systems
The most capable critical control solutions for extreme
environments
As the world's leading supplier of critical control solutions,
we help our customers to increase the safety and mission
capabilities of their personnel and equipment in extreme
environments. Our proven and trusted solutions in air-to-air
refuelling, life support, weapons carriage and unmanned systems,
deliver assured performance and class-leading through-life costs
that enable our customers to bring complex projects to market
quickly, and with minimal risk.
About Cobham
The most important thing we build is
trust
Cobham protects lives and
livelihoods with its differentiated technology and know-how,
operating with a deep insight into customer needs and agility. The
Group offers an innovative range of technologies and services to
solve challenging problems in harsh environments across commercial,
defense and security markets, from deep space to the depths of the
ocean, specializing in meeting the growing demand for data,
connectivity and bandwidth. Employing more than 12,000 people on
five continents, the Group has customers and partners in over 100
countries, with market leading positions in: wireless, audio, video
and data communications, including satellite communications;
defense electronics; air-to-air refuelling; aviation services; life
support and mission equipment.
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