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News Release from: Endevco
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 31 October 2006
US Congressmen check out defence
suppliers
Meggitt Defense Systems and Endevco recently hosted US Congressmen Ken Calvert and Ed Royce for tours of the companies' facilities in Fullerton and San Juan Capistrano.
Meggitt Defense Systems and Endevco recently hosted US Congressmen Ken Calvert and Ed Royce for tours of the companies' facilities in Fullerton and San Juan Capistrano At the Meggitt Defense Systems facility, Congressman Royce learned about the company's target scoring systems and aerial towing systems for military applications
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 31 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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These sophisticated systems provide real-time scoring assessment for fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, tanks and armored vehicles, infantry, ships and other naval craft.
In addition, together with scoring services, subscale and full-scale targets provide the necessary accuracy assessment and training vital to the preparedness of national defense forces.
At the Endevco facility, Congressmen Calvert had the opportunity to see first-hand the company's state-of-the-art technology used by such clients as NASA, the US military, Johnson and Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, GM and Honeywell.
He learned about Endevco products for a wide range of applications including NASA Space Shuttle monitoring, aerospace engineering, automotive safety testing, in-flight gas turbine vibration monitoring, submarine silencing systems and heart pacemaker monitoring.
Discussion also included important projects related to protection of military personnel in battle and homeland security.
Congressman Calvert addressed the entire Endevco staff and fielded questions from the audience.
Congressman Royce serves on the Financial Services and International Relations Committees.
Congressman Calvert serves on the House Science Committee as Chairman of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, on the Armed Services Committee, and on the Resources Committee.
Their visits enabled a substantive sharing of information on important issues facing the country and the technology solutions currently available and planned to address those challenges.
"We take great pride in our role as a technology developer and provider in applications that have an impact on national security as well as other areas such as human safety", stated David Savage, President of Endevco parent Meggitt Electronics.
"These kinds of interactions with key elected officials are essential to making them aware of what we are doing and ensuring that we are always pursuing innovations that will generate the most value".
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