HR Smith Group : Case Study : OEM (for ELT / PLB)

Case Study : OEM (for ELT / PLB)

Ejection seatThe HR Smith Group supplies equipment to a wide range of OEMs including aircraft and aviation equipment manufacturers.

The Group places great emphasis on meeting customer-specific needs, where necessary by modifying existing products or developing new equipment and capabilities where theses best suit the customer’s requirements. Many of these developments take place in response to urgent requirements to which the Group's ethos of adaptability and timeliness play an important role in ensuring that customers needs in terms of product performance, cost and delivery timescales are met to their complete satisfaction.

In supplying emergency beacons to a major ejection seat manufacturer, Techtest Ltd is developing a new and innovative system to facilitate beacon activation automatically as part of the ejection sequence. Designing such solutions involves close co-operation, initially on an informal basis, but later under contract, to deliver properly integrated and effective solutions, suitable qualified for extreme aviation environments.