Germany to send WS-61 Westland Sea King helicopters to Ukraine
Germany has committed to sending Ukraine six of its 21 retiring WS-61 Westland Sea King multirole, amphibious helicopters.
Design and Manufacturing agreement signed with AgustaWestland
Curtiss-Wright Controls today announced that it has signed a follow-on, long-term Design and Manufacturing Agreement with AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, to provide data recording and replay equipment, ice detection equipment and air data computers for use in GrandNew, AW139 and AW149 aircraft.
Curtiss-Wright has been a supplier to AgustaWestland for the past 10 years.
“Curtiss-Wright is very pleased that our Penny and Giles segment has been selected by AgustaWestland to support its GrandNew, AW139 and AW149 aircraft,” said David Adams, co-chief operating officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. “We value our long and successful relationship with AgustaWestland.”
Aircraft components provided by Curtiss-Wright under the agreement include: Data Acquisition Flight Recorder, Multi Purpose Flight Recorder, Cockpit Control Unit, Cockpit Area Microphone, Recorder Independent Power Supply, Cockpit Panel Quick Access Recorder, Generic Air Data Unit, Ice Severity Detection System and PGS Flight Recorder Replay System.
Curtiss-Wright designs, develops and manufactures the components at its Motion Control segment’s Avionics facility in Christchurch, UK.
Source: Curtiss-Wright
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