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    Navigation avionics for Atlas V rocket to be provided by Honeywell

    Aug. 2, 2010
    PHOENIX, 2 Aug. 2010. United Launch Alliance selected Honeywell (NYSE: HON) to provide primary avionics components for guidance and navigation of the Atlas V rocket in a follow-on contract worth as much as $90 million over the life of the long-term contract. Honeywell will provide the Fault Tolerant Inertial Navigation Unit (FTINU) and the Redundant Rate Gyro Unit (RRGU). Honeywell's RRGU is flight-proven avionics for launch vehicle guidance, navigation. and control subsystems.
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    Posted by John McHale PHOENIX, 2 Aug.2010. United Launch Alliance selected Honeywell (NYSE: HON) to provide primary avionics components for guidance and navigation of the Atlas V rocket in a follow-on contract worth as much as $90 million over the life of the long-term contract. Honeywell will provide the Fault Tolerant Inertial Navigation Unit (FTINU) and the Redundant Rate Gyro Unit (RRGU). Honeywell's RRGU is flight-proven avionics for launch vehicle guidance, navigation. and control subsystems. Honeywell will deliver 25 FTINU and 38 RRGU beginning in late 2010 and continue through September 2016. Honeywell's FTINU and RRGU work together to perform inertial measurement functions and to provide computer processing capability for the inertial and flight software. "Honeywell's products allow the Atlas V rocket, which carries satellites into space, to insert the satellite into orbit closer to the intended target location, saving fuel and extending the life of the satellite," says Dave Douglass, vice president for Space, Missiles, and Munitions at Honeywell Aerospace. The most recent Atlas V launch included the U.S. military's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), which is the country's newest and most advanced re-entry spacecraft. For more information about launches, visit www.ulalaunch.com.

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