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Local Manufacturing Company Produces Gear Boxes for Navy Gun System

October 31st, 2008 at 02:13pm Bob Trojan

Excel Gear, Inc. announces its transition from the prototype to the production stage on the first order of its 36:1 ratio gear boxes, specifically designed to assist positioning of the 78-ton gun turrets utilized in the Advanced Gun System (AGS) program.

BAE Systems, the Excel customer for this project, recently approved the prototypes on these 36:1 ratio gear boxes. BAE Systems is the primary contractor on the AGS, designed for use on the DDG 1000 destroyers used to support U.S. Navy and Marine Corps expeditionary and joint operation in the littorals and deep inland.

Check it out:  http://www.pddnet.com/scripts/ShowPR.asp?RID=23586&CommonCount=0

Congratulations, Excel Gear!!

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