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Parvus Corporation today announced it
has signed a memorandum of agreement with Lockheed Martin
Aeronautics Company (Fort Worth, TX) to build 185 smart battery
units for the F-22 Raptor’s Communications, Navigation, and
Identification (CNI) system. This CNI battery provides redundant,
fail-safe power in all situations to critical encryption/decryption
equipment onboard the F-22 aircraft. This $3.56M agreement covers
retrofit, new production, and spare quantities required by the F-22
program through 2010. This
production agreement follows a $1.6M prototype development contract
awarded last year, 10 months of accelerated engineering efforts by
Parvus, and six months of successful flight tests onboard the F-22
aircraft. The final design has exceeded Lockheed’s specifications
and performed without any failures or maintenance during flight
tests. Due to this highly reliable and robust design, the CNI power
subsystem is expected to save hundreds of man-hours per month of
maintenance time.
“The new CNI battery greatly improves
mission readiness for the F-22, delivering more than a month of
operation without a recharge,” said Parvus Director of Aerospace and
Defense Programs Mike Simpson. “Parvus greatly values our
partnership with Lockheed, and we look forward to the rollout of
this new design.”
Parvus has a long history of working
with Lockheed Martin on aerospace and defense programs. Earlier this
month, Parvus also received orders for lots # 7-9 of an Inline
Lightning Filter (ILF) and Input Voltage Limiter (IVL) device also
developed and manufactured for the F-22 program.
ABOUT LOCKHEED MARTIN
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about
140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research,
design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of
advanced technology systems, products, and services. The corporation
reported 2006 sales of $39.6 billion.
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