Industry’s first glass windshields to be bent, armored and night-vision
compatible
Company Website:
http://www.ppg.com
SYLMAR, Calif. -- (Business Wire)
PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies group is designing
windshields for the KC-390 military transport aircraft that will be the
largest glass windshields PPG has produced and the industry’s first to
have a compound bent shape affording ballistics resistance and
night-vision capabilities.
PPG is under contract with Embraer Defense and Security to design and
manufacture production and spare windshields, side cockpit windows and
fuselage windows for the KC-390 aircraft.
According to Connie Poulsen, PPG global director for military
transparencies, the windshields will be about 11 square feet to provide
pilots with expansive viewing. The No. 2 and No. 3 side cockpit windows
also will be glass and meet requirements for ballistics resistance and
night-vision compatibility.
“PPG has a history of delivering complex technical solutions on time to
Embraer, and that history was instrumental in Embraer’s decision-making
process for the KC-390,” Poulsen said. “Our technical design
capabilities and glass-bending expertise are critical to achieving the
vision Embraer has for the KC-390 aircraft.”
PPG is designing and will produce the heated glass windshields and side
cockpit windows at its Huntsville, Alabama, facility, while the fuselage
windows are being designed of stretched acrylic and will be manufactured
at its Sylmar, California, location. PPG has delivered first articles.
Embraer expects the aircraft to enter service in 2016.
In addition to the KC-390, PPG produces transparencies for nearly every
Embraer aircraft in production today, such as the 314 ALX Super Tucano,
ERJ 135/145, EMB 170/190, Phenom 100/300, Embraer Legacy 450 and Lineage
1000 aircraft.
PPG Aerospace is the aerospace products and services business of PPG
Industries. PPG Aerospace – Transparencies is the world’s largest
supplier of aircraft windshields, windows and canopies. PPG Aerospace –
PRC-DeSoto is the leading global producer and distributor of aerospace
coatings, sealants, and packaging and application systems. For more
information, visit www.ppgaerospace.com.
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company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and
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Contacts:
PPG Aerospace
Audrey Fujimoto, +1-818-741-1685
audrey.fujimoto@ppg.com
or
JV
Communications
Jean Verlich, +1-575-763-3997
jverlich@jvcommunications.com
Source: PPG Industries
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