Meggitt Aerospace Components won development contracts to provide ozone converters for Cessna Citation X and Raytheon Hawker Horizon bizjets. In addition, Meggitt subsidiary Vibro-Meter will provide vibration sensors and processing modules for the U.S. Army's UH-60A and UH-60B Blackhawk helicopter.

Meggitt's ozone converter incorporates a lightweight, stainless steel converter core to minimize corrosion. The ozone converter is positioned upstream from the pre-cooler pack of an aircraft's environmental control system and uses catalysis to convert ozone into breathable oxygen.

The unit's success on the Cessna Citation Excel helped Meggitt win the Citation X contract, according to the company.

The Hawker contract actually was awarded by AlliedSignal, which supplies the environmental control system for the super-midsize jet.

Vibro-Meter's sensors and modules will be part of BFGoodrich Aircraft Integrated Systems' IMD HUMS system, which will monitor aircraft component systems in-flight. Data from the system will be transferred to ground-based computer systems for automated maintenance action identification.