Meggitt has been selected by Boeing to deliver cargo and cabin smoke detection systems for use on US Air Force KC-46 refuelling tanker aircraft.
The system to be delivered under the contract will include a micro-particle discrimination feature, advanced optical measurement features and digital signal processing to eliminate false alarms.
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Model 604 will not react to harmless dust concentrations and will discriminate between smoke and non-smoke sources of airborne particles such as humidity, dust and airborne particulate contamination based on their optical signature.
Boeing is under contract to deliver 18 KC-46 refuelling aircraft by 2017 under the KC-135 replacement programme, which will continue until 2028.
