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Goodrich awarded military hoist and winch contracts
In addition, Boeing has awarded Goodrich a $10 million contract to provide cargo winches for the next 60 C-17s to be built at the Boeing facility in Long Beach, California, while Lockheed Martin has awarded Goodrich a $7 million contract to provide cargo winches for 40 C-130Js for the US Air Force. Goodrich technology is also behind the first dual hoist installation on the Eurocopter Jigsaw programme. According to Steve Loye, Vice President, Hoist & Winch, "Our technology was selected for the Eurocopter installation because of a need for dynamic braking, which eliminates coasting and allows a hoist to reverse direction rapidly for safer operation in unstable environments. "In addition, the Goodrich translating drum, a Category One technology, can accommodate an infinite number of fleet angles -- the relative angle between the helicopter and the load being hoisted. High fleet angles will be common challenges on Eurocopter missions and typically a result of environmental factors impacting a rescue. The angles can be generated spontaneously from pitching decks, swift water, high winds, obstacles, terrain, or a multitude of circumstances out of the rescue crews' control," said Loye. Bristow Helicopters has selected Goodrich and Eurocopter to be partners in the demonstration of the capability to use helicopters in support of offshore drilling for Search and Rescue in the North Sea. Goodrich produces both traditional level wind and its new drum cable management systems. Goodrich has category distinctions for the two systems with translating drum as Category One and the traditional level wind as Category Two. Goodrich is the only manufacturer of the Category One technology in the world.
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The US Army has awarded Goodrich a one-year, $4.4 million contract to support new winches for its CH-47 fleet. The company builds and provides maintenance for internal rescue hoists used on both the UH1 and Blackhawk series helicopters for the US Army.