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Media Release: August 26, 2009
Ground support leader ITW Military GSE is
to supply 270Vdc
electrical systems to power F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft during
training operations at the United States Air Force (USAF) base at
Eglin, Florida. |
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“ITW
Military GSE designed these power supplies with Lockheed Martin and
BAE Systems specifically for the F-35. We are very proud to be part
of the F-35 team and the future of ground support power for the USAF’s
premier fighter jet program,” says Richard Hansen, General Manager,
ITW Military GSE. ITW Military GSE is to supply 270Vdc power supply
units that will be incorporated into the new F-35 training facilities
at Eglin AFB Florida. The training facility will have three F-35 hangars
dedicated to the training of USAF, USN, USMC, and Allied personnel.
Deliveries are due to start early in 2010.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat,
single-engine, stealth-capable military strike fighter, a multi-role
aircraft that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air
defense missions. The F-35 has three different models; one is the conventional
takeoff and landing variant, the second is short takeoff and vertical-landing
variant, and the third is a carrier-based variant.
ITW Military GSE 270Vdc equipment is already in use at Eglin AFB Florida,
Lockheed Martin Fort Worth, Texas, PAX River NAS, Maryland, and Edwards
AFB, California providing electrical services during ground maintenance
of F-35 Lightning II.
ITW Military GSE, an engineering based company headquartered in Palmetto,
Florida, U.S.A., specializes in the design, manufacture, and support
of Military Aircraft Ground Support Equipment and has been servicing
U.S. and foreign military applications since 1972. ITW Military GSE is
a division of Illinois Tool Works (ITW), a diverse fortune 200 company
with over 850 operating divisions in 49 countries worldwide. |
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For
further details on this media release, please contact:
Dave Leadingham,
Vice President of
Product Development/Customer Solutions, ITW Military
GSE,
at +1 (941) 721-1003 or email: dleadingham@itwmilitarygse.com,
or Vic Spatafora, Director of
Product Development/Customer Solutions, ITW
Military GSE,
at +1 (941) 721-1006 or email: vspatafora@itwmilitarygse.com.
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