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2006 Press Releases
Westar to Provide Systems Engineering Support to Army Aviation's Apache Helicopter Fleet
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19, 2006─ The U.S. Army
Aviation & Missile Command (AMCOM) has awarded Westar Aerospace &
Defense Group, Inc., a task order to provide airworthiness and
qualification engineering support to the Apache Helicopter (AH-64)
Division of the Aviation Engineering Directorate. The award’s value
slightly exceeds $2 million, and includes five option years.
Westar, which has been fulfilling Army Aviation task orders for more
than 17 years, will apply its systems engineering expertise to manage
Category One Quality Deficiency Reports, Safety of Flight Messages,
Aviation Safety Action Messages, and Airworthiness Releases—technical
documents that provide operating instructions and limitations necessary
for the safe flight of an aircraft.
The company will also review qualification test plans and reports for
engineering change proposals, review safety system issues, and conduct
risk assessments as they apply to the AH-64 fleet.
“Before any changes are made to the Apache, whether it’s a modification
to the entire fleet or to a single aircraft, our job is to support
engineering recommendations that ensure the strictest of system
specification requirements are met. That’s our area of expertise,” said
Kurt Heine, Director, EXPRESS Programs, Westar Aerospace & Defense
Group.
Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., Westar Aerospace and Defense Group,
Inc. is a systems engineering contractor with more than $200 million in
annual sales and 1100 professionals around the world dedicated to
providing high-value engineering, software solutions, logistics and IT
support services to the U.S. Department of Defense, allied governments
and select commercial customers. Westar is a wholly owned subsidiary of
UK-based QinetiQ (London: QQ.), an international defense and security
technology company with approximately 2,500 employees in the U.S.
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For more information about Westar Aerospace & Defense Group:
www.westar.com
Media
Contact:
Mike Ruggeri
Vice President, Communications
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc.
636-300-5151
Ruggeri@westar.com