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V-22 Osprey Team Receives Recognition
MEERKAT AWARD -- Sean Bond (far left), president of E&IS Platform Solutions line of business, and Mike Heffron (far right), president of E&IS, recognize V-22 Osprey team members Frank Crispino (second from left), Ray Howard, and Mark Harnett during the April 19 quarterly management meeting. |
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BAE hopes lab fuels improvements Company seeks pilots' feedback from simulation
WESTOVER -- Engineers at BAE Systems want their customers' help in refining the leading-edge flight controls the company makes for jet fighters and helicopters. One way they can get that assistance is by mimicking in a simulated environment the nuanced movements dictated by those controls. That's why BAE Platform Solutions in Westover converted an area formerly used for classroom training into a state-of-the-art simulation lab. The room, with a bank of computers, several flat-panel displays and a 12-foot-high, 140-degree projection screen, is where BAE engineers believe they can obtain critical guidance from pilots to help them build contract-winning flight controls. "What should we be tweaking? What should we be making changes to?" Those are critical questions that Sean Bond, BAE Systems vice president of Aerospace Controls, and his associates will be asking the pilots that run through the simulation lab. The simulator, using a visual systems supplied by Vestal's Diamond Visionics, will give the pilots a "real life" experience, Bond said. BAE's sprawling Westover plant sees sizable future opportunities in the helicopter field, converting mechanical flight controls to its fly-by-wire electronically operated flight controls. "The intent here is to create a development environment for pilots and aviators," Bond said. The simulation lab also may help to convince helicopter pilots, many who have become accustomed to mechanical flight controls, to see the value of BAE's technology. "This gives us the ability to help us identify solutions for the customer before they know they need them," Bond said, as some of BAE's approximate 1,300 employees filed through the new simulation lab early Tuesday afternoon at its grand opening. The 3,000-square-foot lab occupies only a small portion of the 630,000-square-foot factory but represents a new approach for the company. Jim Scanlon, Control Systems president, noted that the simulation lab will allow engineers to get customer input on the front-end rather than the back-end of the production process. "This will help shape the future of the airplane over the next two, three, five years," Bond said.
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GE Binghamton work item laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, NY.
The above is engraved in the lower backside of the monument. On the front side are the big letters HALSTEAD. There are additional family related engravings on the backside. On my next trip there I need to take measurements. It is about 6 feet high, 8 feet long and a foot thick. It is very close to the lookout over Owego where the monument to the Indian girl is located. From Fred Neebe August 2005 |
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