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Kitron — Regulatory Filings 2015
Mar 9, 2015
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Northrop Grumman Awards F-35 Lightning II Contract to Kitron AS
Northrop Grumman Awards F-35 Lightning II Contract to Kitron AS
(2015-03-09) Kitron ASA's subsidiary Kitron AS will develop a test program set
(TPS) for evaluating and troubleshooting F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter
aircraft avionics under a four-year development contract awarded by Northrop
Grumman Corporation. The contract has a total value of NOK 16 million.
Kitron was selected as an international source for TPS equipment, which consists
of complex Interface Test Assemblies that work with the LM-STAR test system
developed by Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin is the F-35 prime contractor. Northrop Grumman developed the F-
35's Communication, Navigation and Identification (CNI) avionics.
The TPS will be used at repair facilities at Kitron and Northrop Grumman to
evaluate and troubleshoot L-Band Pre-Selector (LBPS) Line Replaceable Units
(LRUs), a module in the F-35's CNI avionics suite.
Northrop Grumman's integrated CNI suite provides F-35 pilots with the capability
of more than 27 avionics functions including voice and data communication. The
CNI design uses advanced software-defined radio technology that allows the
simultaneous operation of multiple critical functions while greatly reducing
size, weight and power demands on the advanced fighter aircraft.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation fighter aircraft,
combining advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, fully fused sensor
information, network-enabled operations and advanced sustainment.
Norway is one of nine partner nations participating in the F-35 program; three
other countries will procure F-35 aircraft through the Foreign Military Sales
process. Under a separate manufacturing license agreement between Kitron and
Northrop Grumman, Kitron also will manufacture and repair several subassemblies
for the F-35 CNI.
On 10 December 2014, Northrop Grumman announced it had completed the center
fuselage for the first F-35 aircraft ordered by Norway, a conventional takeoff
and landing variant.
For further information please contact:
Dag Songedal, Managing Director Kitron AS, tel. +47 91 38 64 68 or e-mail
Peter Nilsson, CEO Kitron ASA, tel. +47 948 40 850 eller e-mail
Kitron is one of Scandinavia's leading electronic manufacturing services
companies for the Data/Telecoms, Defense, Energy, Industry, Medical equipment
and Offshore/Marine sectors. The company is located in Norway, Sweden,
Lithuania, Germany, China and the United States. Kitron had revenue of about NOK
1.75 billion in 2014 and has about 1 200 employees. www.kitron.com
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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