Product category: Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: CMC Electronics Cincinnati
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 27 January 2003
Contract awarded for
Atlas V control unit
CMC Electronics Cincinnati has received a contract from Lockheed Martin Space and Strategic Missiles for the qualification and production of upper-stage remote control flight unit assemblies
CMC Electronics Cincinnati has received a contract from Lockheed Martin Space and Strategic Missiles for the qualification and production of upper-stage remote control (URCU) flight unit assemblies. The URCU, supplied by CMC Electronics Cincinnati, controls the Atlas V second-stage avionics system, providing fault tolerant control of all the flight critical subsystems.
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The URCU functions include power distribution for the vehicle avionics, which control the deployment of satellites and other payloads.
According to Joe Hermann, Vice President and General Manager, Space Products, CMC Electronics Cincinnati: "The URCU will be used on future Atlas Vs, which is Lockheed Martin's next-generation launch vehicle.
We are proud to be part of the Lockheed Martin team in support of their Atlas V, which has been designed for the US Air Force and the global commercial satellite market", said Hermann.
The Atlas V successfully launched on the 21st August 2002, placing a commercial satellite into a highly accurate orbit.
Other CMC Electronics Cincinnati Atlas V equipment includes: TDRSS compatible S-band transmitters, digital telepak, auto destruct units and range safety receivers.
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