“ATG is very proud of the caliber of suppliers selected for the Javelin program,” said Chris Herzog, vice president of Supply Chain Management at ATG. “Each of these new partners brings a wealth of experience – with outstanding products – that will help us produce a remarkable airplane for our customers.”

Products provided by the new suppliers include:
• Goodrich Aircraft Interior Products for pilot seats
• Kavlico for the throttle quadrant
• Moritz for power distribution
• Parker Aerospace for hydraulics

These new additions join established ATG supplier partners that include Williams International for FJ33 turbofan engines, Parker Aerospace for flight controls, Op Technologies for avionics, Meggitt Thermal Systems for the environmental control system, Kelly Aerospace for electrothermal ice protection, Dukes for the cabin pressurization control system, MECAPLEX for canopy and windshield, Mecaer for landing gear (including actuators), Argotech for the fuel system, ATK for composite fuselage, and ACTA for composite wings and empennage.

“ATG’s Supply Chain Management team is committed to creating the best strategic partnerships to produce a state of the art aircraft that exceeds our customers’ expectations,” noted Charlie Johnson, president of ATG.

FACT SHEET
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace, defense, and homeland security markets. With annual revenues of over $5.4 billion, Goodrich is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and employs more than 22,000 people worldwide in over 90 facilities across 16 countries. Goodrich offers an extensive range of products, systems, and services for aircraft and engine manufacturers, airlines, and defense forces around the world. From aerostructures and actuation systems to landing gear, engine control systems, sensors and safety systems, Goodrich products are on almost every aircraft in the world. For more information, go to www.aerospace.goodrich.com.

For nearly 50 years, Kavlico has been a leading supplier of position, force, pressure, and specialty precision measurement sensors and transducers for a variety of aerospace applications. With over 10,000 custom configurations, Kavlico's LVDTs and RVDTs satisfy high-volume applications for the largest, most prestigious aerospace and industrial companies around the globe. Kavlico's sensors and transducers can be found on nearly every aircraft flying today. Kavlico is continuing to enhance and expand its product line with custom designs for input and feedback for control of critical flight control applications including cockpit input devices. For more information, go to www.kavlico.com.

Moritz Corporation was formed in 1994 and has accumulated years of expertise as a designer and manufacturer of aerospace and marine electronics. Moritz has become known for providing customers with "best in class" highly engineered products including solid-state control and protection devices and electronic instrumentation employed in processing, monitoring and controlling vital functions in transportation applications. These functions encompass flight surfaces, engine performance, fuel parameters, battery status, etc., that are monitored and controlled via Moritz in-house designed and manufactured products, which include Integrated Indicator Systems, Data Acquisition Units, Caution / Advisory Panels, Sensor Interface Units, solid state Electronic Circuit Breaker Modules and control switches, switch panels, and the new Octoplex TM Multiplexed Control System. See Moritz's website (www.moritzaero.com) for more details.

Parker Aerospace is a global leader in hydraulic, fuel, flight control, and pneumatic systems and components for aerospace and other high-technology markets. Its products are used on aircraft manufactured throughout the world today, including commercial transports, military fixed-wing planes, regional and business aircraft, helicopters, missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles. It is an operating group of Parker Hannifin Corporation, a manufacturer of motion and control technologies. With sales exceeding $9 billion, the company employs more than 57,000 people in 43 countries. See Parker's website (www.parker.com) for more details.

Incorporated in 2000, ATG is dedicated to the design, development, and production of the Javelin executive jet and its derivatives for government markets. Initial customer deliveries of the FAA-certified Javelin are slated for 2008. For photographs and additional information, go to www.avtechgroup.com.

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