Long-term supply agreement

Citation

(1999), "Long-term supply agreement", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 71 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1999.12771bab.029

Long-term supply agreement

Long-term supply agreement

Keywords Lucas, Power devices

Lucas Aerospace has signed a long-term agreement with Embraer, Sãao José dos Campos, Brazil, to supply the main and auxiliary electric power systems for the ERJ-135 and ERJ-145 regional aircraft. Combining the series production and anticipated aftermarket sales of this contract with the engine controls business secured earlier, Lucas Aerospace's projected total business on these two aircraft is approximately £200 million ($300 million) over the life of the program. Embraer is projecting a demand for more than 1,000 aircraft over the next ten years.

Each aircraft will use five channels of Lucas Aerospace hardware, all produced out of the company's facility in Aurora, Ohio. Four primary DC power systems are fitted to the aircraft ­ two channels to each of the two main engines. Each channel consists of a brushless DC generator and corresponding generator control unit. The fifth channel consists of a DC starter-generator and generator control unit fitted to the auxiliary power unit (APU). This system provides electric starting of the APU as well as auxiliary DC power. The ERJ-135 and ERJ-145 will use common systems to maximise maintenance and logistics efficiency for the operator. Lucas Aerospace also supplies the fuel pump and metering unit, compressor variable geometry actuator, full authority digital engine control, and thrust reverser actuation system on these two aircraft.