9 April 2020: Triumph Group has recently received a contract of USD 17.3 million from the defence Logistics Agency for enhanced digital electronic control units (EDECUs). In the five-year contract, Triumph Group has to complete the upgrade of approximately 3,100 digital electronic control units on the two fleets.
The EDECUs are used in US Army's UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache fleets. Since 2013, Triumph has provided more than 7,000 EDECUs for Apache, Black Hawk, Jayhawk and Seahawk aircraft in the US Army, US Navy and US Coast Guard fleet.
Triumph Systems & Support's Electronics & Control operating company in West Hartford, Connecticut will manufacture the units.
"As aftermarket support continues to be increasingly important to our military and defence customers, Triumph is pleased to continue upgrading the EDECUs on the critical Black Hawk and Apache fleets," said Bill Kircher, Executive Vice President of Triumph Systems & Support. "This long-term agreement has positioned us to deliver value and reliability over a multi-year period that best meets the DLA's needs, and we are committed to delivering the remaining units with the highest quality in the years ahead."
Triumph will partner with military fleet logistics providers to facilitate the upgrades of the remaining EDECUs in the field. In addition to the US Army T700 EDECU, they also provide electronic engine controls for the UH-60 Blackhawk, HH-60 Pave Hawk, MH-60 Jayhawk, SH-60 Seahawk, Apache AH-64 and Chinook CH-47.