ROSELAND, N.J., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Curtiss-Wright Corporation has been selected by The Boeing Co. to provide its Advanced Smoke Detection System for the cargo compartments on the 747-8 Passenger and Freighter airplanes.
The system consists of Curtiss-Wright's newest and most advanced smoke detectors together with an electronic controller that monitors the detectors and alerts the aircraft crew in the unlikely event of fire in the aircraft cargo compartments. The system, one of the most sophisticated in the industry, was designed and developed by Curtiss-Wright's Motion Control segment, a leading supplier of aircraft fire detection systems. The company will supply this system from its Irwindale, California operation and will start delivery in 2008.
"This award demonstrates our superior product performance in flight- critical sensor systems and personifies the Curtiss-Wright tradition of innovation in the aerospace industry," said Martin R. Benante, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. "Curtiss-Wright is proud to enhance our long-term business relationship with Boeing on this exciting new program."
About Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a diversified company headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey. The Company designs, manufactures and overhauls products for motion control and flow control applications, and provides metal treatment services. The firm employs approximately 6,300 people worldwide. More information on Curtiss-Wright can be found on the Internet at http://www.curtisswright.com/.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology- based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit http://www.cwcontrols.com/.
This release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include statements related to the success of a commercial aircraft program, a continued relationship with an existing customer, and the potential value of the contract over the life of the program. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: a reduction in anticipated orders; an economic downturn; changes in competitive marketplace and/or customer requirements; a change in government spending; an inability to perform customer contracts at anticipated cost levels; and other factors that generally affect the business of aerospace, defense contracting, marine, electronics and industrial companies. Please refer to the Company's current SEC filings under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for further information.
