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Our Power And Thermal
Management System
on the F-35, is by far the
most advanced system
in operation today
oneywell Aerospace has
been a partner in the
F-35 programme since
H the beginning and the
aerospace firm’s Power Thermal
Management System (PTMS) is
one of the key systems aboard
the 5th generation fighter jet. The
PTMS is now being upgraded to
meet the enhanced cooling needs
of more advanced versions of the
F-35, says Matt Milas, president,
Defence and Space for Honeywell stealth) and about 500kg of weight
Aerospace, in an exclusive inter-
view with Technology Editor, Atul
Chandra.
Q Please provide an insight
into Honeywell’s role in the F-35
Programme.
Honeywell has been a partner of
the F-35 programme since the very
beginning and we’ve brought a lot
of technological innovations that
really helped Lockheed Martin win
the programme at the very onset.
A key part of this is the F-35’s
Power And Thermal Management
System (PTMS), which incorporates new integrated core processing
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everything from the Environmental
Control System, is plugged into the
life support system, the Auxiliary
Power Units (APU), emergency
power units, etc.
We took a whole bunch of federated
systems and integrated them to the
point, where we were able to shave
off over a foot in length, of the Matt Milas,
aircraft (which helped reduce the President, Defence and
Radar Cross Section and increase Space for Honeywell Aerospace
and save several percentage points systems that really advance the
of lifecycle cost reduction in the entire aircraft. We also provide a
design phase. lot of other components, everything
from wheels and brakes and about
To this point our PTMS, has been 100 different part numbers across
operating pretty much flawlessly, the F 35.
supporting the power and thermal
cooling needs of the aircraft as its We are also looking at sixth gener-
evolved. We are now looking as to ation aircraft, and we are involved
how to advance the PTMS to meet in all of those, and we are looking
the enhanced cooling needs of the at how to advance the technologies
F-35 Block IV and beyond; where that we have presently. And what
they will be going from about 30 we are actually looking at doing is
kW of cooling, to upwards to 40-50- bringing some of that sixth gener-
60 kW of cooling, as they bring in ation technology, and be able to
new Block IV avionics, new radars, retrofit it back into the F 35, which
will keep it relevant and capable
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