The U.S. Navy Orders Two Additional Racal Instruments™ Jet Engine Test Instrumentation (JETI) Systems from EADS North America Defense Test and Services San Antonio, TX, March 29, 2006 - EADS North America Defense Test and Services (formerly Racal Instruments, Inc.) today announced the receipt of a U.S. Navy contract for two additional aircraft carrier-based Jet Engine Test Instrumentation (JETI) systems, which brings the total systems provided to the U.S. Navy to 17. Of these, 11 are sea-based systems. Each JETI includes a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) data acquisition and throttle control system that provides complete intermediate level engine test capability to the U.S. Navy. The EADS North America Defense Test and Services solution uses common hardware and test program sets for both land and sea-based installations. This common platform is capable of testing the F414, F404, F110, F405, F402 and J52 jet engines, as well as two auxiliary power units used on Navy aircraft. "The Navy has shown great confidence in our ability to provide high quality and reliable systems in a timely fashion by ordering these systems outside of scheduled production programs," stated Mike Rutledge, the Vice President and General Manager of the Engineering Solutions Business Unit of EADS North America Defense Test and Services. "The Navy came to us, because our systems are proven to meet the rigorous reliability and quality requirements of their engine test environments." The contract, valued at $1.58 million, was awarded by the U.S Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Lakehurst, New Jersey. EADS North America Defense Test and Services, Inc. EADS North America Defense Test and Services designs, manufactures, sells, and services electronic test and measurement equipment, systems, and software to leading high-technology customers throughout the world. The company offers an extensive range of products and services, from modular instruments to turnkey automatic test systems, which are ideal for use in a wide variety of applications, including commercial functional test and measurement, laser diode burn-in and production, microcomputer production, and jet engine test. EADS North America Defense Test & Services is an industry leader in providing automatic test solutions and service excellence to military and civil aerospace automatic test markets. The company works with core customers to define test requirements and deliver support solutions by providing general purpose ATE products, designing and building unique ATE, enhancing and integrating software offerings, and establishing nationwide OEM and military test engineering services. Among the key market sectors the company serves are Military, Aerospace, Marine, Medical, Telecommunications, Semiconductor, and Commercial Manufacturing. Press Contacts and Complete List of Press Releases