Wed, Jun 18, 2003
Black Hawks, Kiowas Get the Newest Safety Stuff
Simula announced at the Paris Air Show that it has
been delivering its Cockpit Air Bag System (CABS) technology for
U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk and Oh-58 Kiowa helicopters. By the end
of June 2003, the Company will have delivered 510 shipsets for the
Black Hawk helicopters, and 84 for Kiowas. (That's a contract in
excess of $13 million.)
At present, over 160 CABS have been installed and
are in service for the U.S. Army. (Simula is the sole source
provider of CABS to the U.S. Army.) At the Paris Air Show, Simula
featured the CABS system -- air bags, gas generators, and a unique
three-axis crash sensor, designed to protect helicopter aircrew
from potentially fatal impacts with aircraft structure and
equipment installed in the cockpit. When a crash impact is sensed,
the air bags inflate in front of and beside the occupants to
cushion their heads and upper torsos, as well as to keep their
limbs from flailing excessively within the crowded cockpit
environment.
Simula is still getting orders from the U.S. Army
for both Black Hawk (above) and Kiowa (right) systems. In
August of 2002, Simula was awarded an Indefinite
Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the UH-60 CABS,
as well as an initial delivery order that satisfied the minimum
guarantee under the contract. Most recently, in March of 2003,
Simula received an additional $2.9M in follow-on orders for
additional UH-60 and OH-58 CABS.
Simula continues to pursue new applications for its CABS
technology in both domestic and international aircraft markets.
With its programmable crash sensor, the CABS is adaptable to a wide
variety of other military rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft.
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