Eaton Wins U.S. Air Force Power Reliability Contract
14 Aprile 2010 - 3:51PM
Business Wire
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN)
today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide the
U.S. Air Force’s Air Logistics Center (ALC), at the Hill Air Force
Base, Utah, power reliability products and complete turnkey
services including engineering, project management, system
integration, installation, training and onsite maintenance
services. The win could be worth as much as $568.7 million and will
be divided among two suppliers over the life of the five-year
contract with one single two-year option period. Eaton’s Electrical
Service & Systems Division’s Federal Systems Business Unit will
manage the work for the contract.
“For more than 20 years, we have provided vital power solutions
for the U.S. Air Force’s complex applications,” said Thomas S.
Gross, vice chairman and chief operating officer –Eaton’s
Electrical Sector. “This contract further substantiates our
uncompromising commitment to providing world-class power solutions,
and superb customer focus and service.”
Products include commercially available, on-line, double
conversion, single or three-phase Static Uninterruptible Power
Supplies (SUPS) ranging in size from 3kVA to 1000kVA, associated
equipment, ancillary electrical equipment, and spare parts.
Designed and engineered to deliver the highest level of system
reliability and availability, the total power solution supports the
Air Force’s applications around the world.
The Air Force awarded the contract to Eaton after competitively
evaluating technical, past performance and price criteria. This
contract represents the fourth such award by the U.S. Air Force to
Eaton for uninterruptible power system (UPS) equipment and system
integration. The previous contracts were awarded in 1988, 1996, and
2001 to Powerware Corporation, which was acquired by Eaton in
2004.
Based on existing contract awards, Eaton is one of the largest
UPS suppliers to the U.S. Government and has been recognized for
providing the highest quality products and services to some of its
most critical and classified operations in the world.
Eaton’s electrical business is a global leader in power
distribution, power quality, control and industrial automation
products and services. Eaton’s global electrical product lines,
including Cutler-Hammer®, Moeller®, Powerware®, Holec®, MEM®,
Santak®, and MGE Office Protection Systems™ provide customer-driven
PowerChain Management® solutions to serve the power system needs of
the data center, industrial, institutional, government, utility,
commercial, residential, and OEM markets worldwide.
Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company with
2009 sales of $11.9 billion. Eaton is a global technology leader in
electrical components and systems for power quality, distribution
and control; hydraulics components, systems and services for
industrial and mobile equipment; aerospace fuel, hydraulics and
pneumatic systems for commercial and military use; and truck and
automotive drivetrain and powertrain systems for performance, fuel
economy and safety. Eaton has approximately 70,000 employees and
sells products to customers in more than 150 countries. For more
information, visit www.eaton.com.
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