Arlington, Virginia,
October
09, 2007
EADS North America’s capabilities for the U.S. Army in helicopters, mobile medical care, aerial targets and total life system management are being showcased at this week’s Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) 2007 annual convention in Washington, D.C.
The company is a key supplier to the military service, providing UH-72A Lakota Light Utility helicopters to modernize the Army’s rotary-wing fleet in an acquisition of up to 322 aircraft. EADS North America won the UH-72A contract in June 2006, and has provided the initial 12 Lakotas for use in Army medical evacuation, transport and support operations. Delivery rates have built up to two helicopters per month, further increasing to three monthly in early 2008, and ultimately rising to as many as five per month in 2009.
A major feature of EADS North America’s AUSA exhibit (stand #2149) at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center is its TransHospital® Future Combat Support Hospital, which is being proposed for the Army's Future Medical Shelter System (FMSS) requirement.
The company is displaying TransHospital’s Operating Room module, which is based on an 8 ft. X 8 ft. X 20 ft. ISO hardwall container, and is a key element of the Future Combat Support Hospital.
When deployed, the Operating Room module's two expandable sides open to provide interior working area for two surgical teams and their equipment. At the AUSA exhibit, one side of the Operating Room is configured for the surgical role, while the other is equipped as a trauma station.
This Operating Room module, along with a container-based Support Ward module and the softshell patient tent, are being readied for a second series of U.S. Army evaluations in the Future Medical Shelter System program. In the next series of evaluations, the Army also will test the capabilities of a third TransHospital element, called Tentainer®.
TransHospital mobile medical care systems have been proven worldwide in military deployments, disaster relief and humanitarian missions. They have supported in NATO coalition operations at Kosovo in Serbia and Kabul, Afghanistan; provided recovery relief along the U.S. Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; and contributed to the treatment of victims from the 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami.
More than 500 TransHospital shelter units have been delivered to date, and are in the inventories of the German Army, Air Force and Navy; the Spanish Air Force; Singapore Navy; United Arab Emirates Army, and Slovenian military. The TransHospital units for U.S. applications are prepared at the EADS North America Integrated Shelter Systems facility in Russellville, Arkansas.
A new agreement unveiled by EADS North America at the AUSA annual meeting teams the company’s Test and Services business unit with CPU Technology, Inc. to focus on total system life management solutions for Army Aviation and Missile Command systems. This teaming will allow for cost-effective solutions that dramatically reduce the size, weight and power consumption of systems – increasing their functional performance and reliability, while maintaining system software compatibility.
This agreement benefits from CPU Technology’s core competencies in compatible System-on-a-Chip (SoC) technologies, real time modeling and simulation capabilities, and software development and system integration tools.
Included on the EADS North America AUSA stand is a demonstration of CPU Technology’s SystemLab™ software development and systems integration tool suite, which is running a combat aircraft’s multifunction display and its relative sensor information. SystemLab allows full verification and validation of a system’s operational functionality without the actual hardware in the loop, which reduces the engineering cycle, lowers system development costs, and allows for more a more rapid development-to-deployment cycle.
Another program highlighted at EADS North America’s AUSA exhibit stand is the jet-powered DT-35 aerial target, which has successfully met or exceeded all of the U.S. Army’s requirements for subscale, subsonic aerial targets. With a maximum weight of 55-70 kg., the twin-engine DT-35 is launched from a transportable pneumatic catapult launcher and remotely operated by a deployable ground station.
This low-cost aerial target system is in full production for NATO and allied military forces, with an output capability of up to 200 units per year.
About EADS North America
EADS North America is the North American operations of EADS, the second largest aerospace and defense company in the world. As a leader in all sectors of defense and homeland security, EADS North America and its parent company, EADS, contribute over $10 billion to the U.S. economy annually and support more than 190,000 American jobs through its network of suppliers and services. With 12 operating companies located in 30 cities and 17 states, EADS North America offers a broad array of advanced solutions to its customers in the commercial, homeland security, aerospace and defense markets.
