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Bell Helicopter Teams With Army To Advance CBM Technology

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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

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Bell Helicopter Textron [TXT] and the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) are teaming to advance the state-of-the-art for Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) Technologies. Bell will begin testing various elements of this system later this year with the program targeted to complete in 2010. The Bell team includes risk-sharing partners Honeywell [HON] and Goodrich [GR], in addition to a variety of internationally recognized universities, small businesses, and consultants. The goal of the advanced technology program is to demonstrate an integrated…

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