The prime function of the TRIUMPH AFU is to provide torque signal conditioning and automatic propeller feathering during the takeoff of the aircraft.
Triumph Group, Inc., (TRIUMPH) has announced that the company’s TRIUMPH Systems, Electronics and Controls business in West Hartford, Connecticut has been awarded a production contract from a major engine Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). According to the contract, Triumph Group will provide its first Auto Feather Unit (AFU) to be used on the ATR72 family of aircraft. The AFU’s prime function is to provide torque signal conditioning and automatic propeller feathering during the takeoff of the aircraft.
TRIUMPH Systems, Electronics and Controls have its specialties in the design, development, certification, manufacture and repair of fuel pumps, fuel metering units, fuel controls and electronic engine control systems for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft servicing military, commercial, regional, and business jet market sectors. The company has locations in Windsor and West Hartford, Connecticut and Forest, Ohio, U.S. The order includes four hundred AFUs over the next two years, with the company expecting future orders of three hundred AFUs per year along with a retrofit upgrade of approximately 2,000 fielded aircraft.
“TRIUMPH has provided over 25,000 Electronic Control Units to engine OEMs over the last decade. Our core electronics technology and intellectual property have enabled us to offer our customer base an upgraded, new state of the art AFU,” said Justin Wolfanger, President, TRIUMPH Systems, Electronics and Controls.
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TRIUMPH has its headquarters in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, U.S. and the company designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs, and overhauls a broad portfolio of aerospace and defense systems and components. The company serves the global aviation industry, including original equipment manufacturers and the full spectrum of military and commercial aircraft operators.
