El Segundo, CA - February 25, 2010 - Teledyne Controls, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY), announced today that Southwest Airlines has ordered Teledyne Controls' LoadStar® Server Enterprise (LSE) software and PMAT 2000® Portable Maintenance Access Terminal to support data distribution and loading across their entire fleet. The leading American low-cost airline will use the LSE software along with 30 PMAT 2000 systems to configure, distribute and load Loadable Software Parts (LSPs) onto their Boeing 737 aircraft at 26 maintenance locations. The deployment of this integrated data loading solution was completed in January 2010.
"This is an exciting opportunity for Teledyne to support Southwest Airlines' data distribution and loading operation," said Marshall Dormire, Technical Sales Director for Teledyne Controls' Data Loading Solutions. "Teledyne's enterprise level distribution and loading solution meets Southwest Airlines' data loading initiatives. We're pleased to support these requirements and look forward to providing more avionics solutions to support their expanding requirements in the future."
With more than 25 years developing data loading equipment, Teledyne Controls is the industry leader in providing reliable end-to-end data loading solutions to meet demanding industry and customer standards.
Teledyne's LSE software manages electronic LSP distribution and data collection to and from data loaders and airborne servers through airline networks, WiFi and Cellular links. When used with PMAT 2000 systems, LSE distributes the LSPs to the PMAT 2000 data loader, which loads them into the LRUs, while collecting other aircraft data that LSE automatically returns to centralized servers for engineering review and analysis. With LSE, airlines can transition from manual LSP distribution, based on floppy disks, CDs and paper-based methods, to a paperless and automatic distribution process that maintains the entire fleet's library files. This speeds-up information delivery, reduces costs and improves process management for all software part types and most aircraft generated data. Furthermore, LSE's architecture is highly compatible with an airline's modern IT infrastructure and supports existing and next generation avionics loading requirements, allowing the airline to adopt a unified process across legacy and future fleets.
The PMAT 2000 system, which combines data loading with a digital maintenance access terminal, allows airlines to easily manage and configure their LSPs and load them from servers to aircraft avionics. The PMAT 2000 system accepts software parts from various types of media and is compatible with Teledyne's LSE software. This complete hardware and software data loading solution eliminates the need for removable media, automates the data loading process and quickly uploads software libraries to the aircraft and across an entire fleet.
About Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines began as a small Texas airline with three Boeing 737 aircraft and has grown into one of the largest airlines in America with over 500 aircraft. The airline operates more than 3,300 flights a day coast-to-coast and flies over 100 million passengers a year to 67 cities across the country. Southwest is the United States' most successful
low-fare, high frequency carrier, making it the largest airline in the nation based on domestic departures. For more information about Southwest Airlines, please visit
http://www.southwest.com/.
About Teledyne Controls
Headquartered in El Segundo, California, Teledyne Controls is a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated. Teledyne Controls is a leading manufacturer and innovator of a wide range of aircraft data and information management solutions for commercial air transport, business and commuter aircraft, as well as helicopter and military applications. Teledyne Controls supports its many customers with extensive product-support bases and worldwide facilities. More information about Teledyne Controls can be found at http://www.teledynecontrols.com.
About Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated electronics, instruments and communication products, systems engineering solutions aerospace engines and components and on-site gas and power generation systems. Teledyne Technologies has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Canada. For more information, visit Teledyne Technologies' website at http://www.teledyne.com.
Teledyne Controls Contacts:
Marshall Dormire
Technical Sales Director
Data Loading Solutions
Phone: +1 805-373-4331
Email: mdormire@teledyne.com
Scott Chambers
Manager, Sales & Service, US Air Transport
Phone: +1 303-470-1525
Email: schambers@teledyne.com
