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Moog Chooses Curtiss-Wright For Flight-Control Solenoids

Oct. 7, 2010

Curtiss-Wright Corp. has received a contract with a total potential value of $20 million from Moog Aircraft Group to provide solenoids for use on the fl ight control system of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Curtiss-Wright will manufacture the solenoids at its Motion Control facilities in Tempe, AZ and Nogales, Mexico. Production will begin immediately and continue through 2035. Martin R. Benante, Chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright Corp., exclaims that "Curtiss- Wright is pleased to announce our selection by Moog as the supplier of solenoids for use on the Boeing 787. We are very excited to increase our participation and support for this important new aircraft."

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.