Meggitt Wins Fuel System Award from Sikorsky

Meggitt PLC has won a long-term contract award for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter sponson fuel system, which starts immediately and would run until 2030, with deliveries starting in 2015. The proven and technologically advanced S-92 helicopter is certified to the most stringent safety requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration.

 

The aircraft's sponson fuel system, comprising a structural composite housing, a fuel cell, and complete fuel integration system, derives from Meggitt's long experience in composites and fuel containment. The new design of the multi-piece composite structure reduces manufacturing risk and the cost of field repairs. The sponson fuel system would be produced in the company's facility in Rockmart, Ga.

 

Separately, Meggitt officials announced that Meggitt Safety Systems (MSSI) has been chosen by Abris JSC, a Russian manufacturer of onboard devices for aviation engine monitoring and diagnostics, to provide fire protection equipment for the Irkut MC-21 aircraft program. As part of the $50 million contract, MSSI would be accountable for aircraft engine and APU fire detection and suppression and cargo smoke detection and fire suppression over the life of the program. The MC-21 engine and APU fire detection and suppression system would make use of MSSI's reliable pneumatic fire detection and fire suppression equipment.

 

The Irkut MC-21 aircraft is a family of twin-engine, short-range and mid-range Russian jet airliners with a capacity of 150 to 212 passengers being developed and to be produced by Irkut and Yakovlev Design Bureau of the United Aircraft Corp. group. The aircraft is due to enter service in 2017.