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BEI Technologies to Provide Rate Sensor Assembly for Flight
Control on Bell Helicopter Upgrade
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BEI Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ:BEIQ) announced that BEI's Systron Donner Inertial Division (SDID), in
Concord, California was awarded a contract to provide a single dual-axis rate
sensor assembly to Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, for the USMC H-1 Upgrade
Program. The assembly, which employs SDID's QRS11 high performance quartz MEMS
rate sensors, will be used in an upgrade of the flight control avionics. The
scope of this contract includes the Engineering and Manufacturing Development
(EMD) phase and an option for both lots of the Low Rate Initial Production
(LRIP) phases.
SDID's single dual-axis rate sensor assembly was chosen because of the
company's extensive history in aircraft avionics, and because of the
reliability and performance-to-cost of the QRS11 family of products.
Systron Donner Inertial Division (SDID) leads the industry as a developer,
innovator and supplier of advanced inertial sensors and systems. Over 9 million
MEMS inertial sensors have been delivered over the past decade for guidance,
control, stabilization, and attitude reference and navigation applications.
"We are very pleased to expand our application of the QRS11 to this important
new program with Bell Helicopter. This award aligns with our goal of
increasing our presence in the Aerospace and Defense Marketplace," said Dr.
Asad M. Madni, President and COO of BEI Technologies, Inc.
SDID's patented dual-ended quartz tuning fork technology is ideal for aircraft
applications. The QRS11 exhibits excellent bias stability over temperature and
survives the most rugged environments, including military helicopter
applications. In addition to its capabilities, the QRS11 technology has no
inherent wear-out modes for long service life. The QRS11 has been adopted in
the operational avionics systems of more than 90 types of military and civil
aircraft, both fixed and rotary wing.
BEI Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "Technologies") is an established
manufacturer of electronic sensors, motors, actuators, optical encoders and
motion control products used for factory and office automation, medical
equipment, military, aviation and space systems. In addition, sales to
manufacturers of transportation equipment including automobiles, trucks and
off-road equipment have become a significant addition to the Company's business
in recent years. The Company's micromachined quartz yaw rate sensors are being
used in advanced vehicle stability control systems and a significant increase
in the production of those sensors had been in progress from the middle of 1998
to fiscal 2004 except for a decrease in production in fiscal 2002 due to
increased competition. The Company has transitioned to its next generation of
automotive inertial quartz based sensor products, remotely mounted multi-sensor
clusters with CAN Bus and a multi-rate sensor package suitable for
incorporation into electronic systems modules. The Company also manufactures
electronic steering wheel position sensors, seat-memory modules, throttle
position sensors, pressure sensors and other devices used in transportation
systems.
DATASOURCE: BEI Technologies, Inc.
CONTACT: John LaBoskey, Senior Vice President/CFO of BEI Technologies,
Inc., +1-415-956-4477
Web site: http://www.bei-tech.com/