USAF Orders Cubic Test Set for KC-135 Stratotanker Power Supply

(San Diego, CA., February 1, 2010) -- Cubic Defense Applications, Inc., the defense systems business unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB), will supply equipment for testing the power units that quick-start the engines of KC-135 Stratotanker refueling planes under a new contract with the U.S. Air Force.

Cubic's San Diego manufacturing facility will produce 30 new KC-135 APU Testers for Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The compact, toolbox-sized test sets will be used for testing and troubleshooting the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) located in the tail of the aircraft. The APU generates the electricity that fires up the KC-135's engines. The test sets will be used on APUs on USAF aircraft in the U.S. and abroad.


Delivery is scheduled for mid 2010.

Source : Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB)