TRC's Newest Gyroscope Certified for Integration in Army Black Hawk Helicopters

For Immediate Release
Date: 25 May 2006

Contact: Leatrice West, Public Relations Manager 863-419-8860 ext 123

Haines City, FL The new Rate Gyroscope re-engineered and manufactured by Technology Research Consultants, Inc. (TRC) performed flawlessly in final testing. The extensive testing process qualified the Rate Gyroscope for integration into the avionic component system of the U.S. Army’s fleet of Black Hawk helicopters. The Black Hawk is a key link in Army Transportation, carrying troops and materials wherever the battlefield is located.

The modernization of the Rate Gyroscope to a solid-state solution reduced a typical 20-month prototype and qualification program to less than six months, yielding cost savings to the government while significantly increasing hardware reliability. TRC’s ability to quickly re-engineer, prototype, qualify and produce critical components enables DoD to keep current equipment fully operational until the next generation of technology is available.
“We’ve proven our capabilities and demonstrated that TRC’s engineers continue to meet the challenges of obsolescence,” said January Dennison, CEO and president of TRC. “When we re-engineer and integrate new technology into existing systems, we ensure the capabilities and the safety of our Warfighters.”

Extensive first article testing included environmental, vibration, electromagnetic interference and maintenance flight tests on UH-60L, UH 60HH and UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters. Qualification and testing involved the collaboration of the following agencies: US Army Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC); US Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM); US Army Black Hawk Program Office, US Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (CECOM) and AMCOM Airworthiness Engineering Directorate (AED). Tobyhanna Army Depot, Lakehurst Naval Air-Base, and Air Training Test Center (ATTC) personnel provided avionic test engineers throughout the final phase of the critical qualification. Key to the success of this program was the extensive subject matter expertise provided by the Defense Contract Management Agency.
Headquartered in Haines City, Florida, Technology Research Consultants, Inc. provides the Department of Defense with critically required Modernization, Technology Insertion and Obsolescence Mitigation Solutions. TRC is a woman-owned, SBA certified 8(a) vendor.