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that are out there and all the new
                                                                                development programmes that are
                                                                                happening, basically across the
                                                                                world. Everything from activities in
                                                                                Turkey and South Korea, and activ-
                                                                                ities even going on in Japan with
                                                                                GCAP with UK and Italy. So we’re
                                                                                very involved because our systems
                                                                                are prolific, with everything from,
                                                                                environmental control systems,
                                                                                cooling capabilities and we have
                                                                                actually developed a wide range of
                                                                                ITAR free technologies, that we are
                                                                                incorporating into a lot of different
                                                                                platforms, not just air platforms, but
                                                                                land, maritime space, and cyber.

                                                                                For the Korea Aerospace Industries
                                                                                and their KF-21 we are working with
                                                                                them and a lot of Korean Industries,
                                                                                on several of our items, including
                                                                                everything from navigation systems,
                                                                                and guidance systems. Particularly
        into the future. The PTMS that      advanced heat exchangers that are   for the KF 21 these are embedded
        we have on the F-35, is by far the   able to extract more heat and work   GPS and IMUs for the aircraft, so
        most advanced system in opera-      with the heat sinks and thermody-   aggregate overall system to help
        tion today. We are taking it as the   namics of how to get that heat off,   with the guidance, navigation.
        baseline of what we are looking at,   the hot liquid loop and process it.   You know, that is one of those key
        for several of the sixth generation                                     components that we provide. When
        aircraft for which they are opportu-  Beyond this if we want to go up to   it comes to our inertial manage-
        nities out there. Granted, we can do  say, 80 kW of cooling and really   ment units, it is one of those things
        some new things with the advanced  push the level,  we would look to    that is just prolific across not just
        manufacturing technologies that we   add inline systems. We have vapor   aircraft, but land vehicles as well
        have today, such as additive man-   cycle systems, vapor cooling sys-   as in missile guidance systems,
        ufacturing which allows us to do    tems that are able to take another   missile defence guidance systems.
        microtubes and introduce geome-     level of thermodynamics, you can    So we’re working with a lot of
        tries that were not possible with the   put these in different parts of the   international customers for these
        manufacturing technologies present  aircraft, and be able to run them in   technologies and incorporating
        20 years ago. So for the future, we   parallel. So this would allow us to   them into indigenous programmes
        can incorporate some of those new   add, additional cooling capability for  whether it be fighters trans-
        things, but nothing flying today has   those aircraft that have that require-  port trainers, or missile defence
        the capability that our PTMS offers.   ment, of course, not every aircraft   systems.
                                            needs that level of cooling. So this
                                            gives us a modular capability that   We are working to make that
        Q  What is the growth potential     can be added to those aircraft that   technology export compliant, but
        on the power management             require it without the requirement to   are also looking at how do we
        system currently and to what        retrofit and impact every aircraft.  develop technologies in a country
        extent can you still improve and                                        and region and provide more of
        enhance its performance?            Q  What are the market prospects    that technology transfer into those
                                            for Honeywell Aerospace in the      countries. Essentially outside of
        So within the envelope of what we   region and for emerging aircraft    Russia and China, we’re pretty
        currently have for the PTMS, we     programmes?                         much involved in everything that is
        can get up to 60-62 kW of cool-                                         in development with the USA and
        ing capability. We can do this by   So, I will say that, you know, we   U.S. allies and we work very closely
        enhancing some of the flowthrough   are looking across the board and    on developing and engaging with
        on the cold liquid loop, add some   supporting a wide variety of aircraft   those technologies..

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