Meggitt group companies Whittaker Controls and Meggitt Safety Systems have received contracts for products on Boeing’s new 777-200 LR, claimed as the world’s longest range commercial aircraft.

Whittaker Controls is supplying a sump eductor valve for the aircraft’s powerplant (General Electric’s GE90-115B engine), an optional seven-inch forward cargo air conditioning valve and an in-flight entertaining system cooling valve.

Meggitt Safety Systems is providing flight lock actuators for each of the 777-300’s ten doors.

For further information please contact:

EUROPE
Fiona Greig, Meggitt Group PR Executive
Office: +44 1202 847707
Mobile: +44 7818 015924#
fiona.greig@meggittplc.co.uk

US
Phil Myers
Telephone: (001) 661 288 0084
Fax: (001) 661 288 0304
Mobile: (001) 310 422 6292
phil34@earthlink.net

Editor’s notes:

1. Founded in 1942, Whittaker Controls has pioneered developments in every significant aspect of aerospace and industrial fluid control technology. It remains a leading supplier and original equipment manufacturer of fuel, hydraulic and pneumatic valves and controls for industrial and aerospace applications. Its products are installed on the majority of industrial gas turbines and aircraft engines operated worldwide.
2. Meggitt Safety Systems is a leading supplier of extreme environment fire, overheat and smoke detection systems and high specification cable, actuation and sensor products to the military and civil aerospace markets.
3. Whittaker Controls and Meggitt Safety Systems are Meggitt group companies. Headquartered in the UK, Meggitt PLC is an international group operating in North America, Europe and Asia. Known for its specialist extreme environment technology, Meggitt is a world leader in the aerospace, defence and electronics industries.

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