Another successful Weight & Balance Training Class!!

December 10, 2023

To Whom It May Concern

My name is ABDULLAH MASRUR, Principal Engineer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, responsible to perform the Weighing and to ensure the Weight and Balance Solution for all types of aircraft of the fleet. I wanted to take the time to provide a reference letter for General Electrodynamics Corporation and to express my appreciation for understanding our challenge(s) faced with weight and balance of our aircraft.

By using the weighing scales of General Electrodynamics Corporation, Biman has presented a Weight and Balance solution for it’s aircraft exactly as was required by regulation. Biman had a growing obstacle with regard to weight and balance with fleet of B777-300ER, B787-8/9 Dreamliner, B737-800/900 and CHC8-Q400 aircraft. We weigh approximately eight (8) aircraft per year and increasing every month. Biman has very tight parameters of acceptance when weighing aircraft. So, repeatability and accuracy was a definite concern.

However, each weighing performed using our GEC scale system, both ‘Platform‘ and ‘On the Top of Jack’ type has been highly repeatable and extremely accurate; thus passing our acceptance criteria. GEC’s unique offering utilizing the AN60z wireless tablet auto-populates weight readings from each scale and scale position into our weighing record. This drastically reduces our weighing time and eliminates any human error while providing valid data to present to our regulatory and quality department who verifies each weigh. Biman Bangladesh Airlines is highly pleased to be a customer of GEC and know we have their full support if we need anything in the future.

ABDULLAH MASRUR         .

Principal Engineer, Maintenance Support

Biman Bangladesh Airlines

After 6 months of comprehensive analyses by the US Army, the Army Contracting Command in Huntsville, AL makes contract award to General Electrodynamics Corporation for IDIQ, (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity) M&O Firm Fixed Price contract.  The requirements contract authorizes GEC to perform repair, overhaul and testing on the UH-64 Apache Searchlight. The required Product Verification Audit and other CDRL requirements will commence on or about 1 December 2022.  Following PVA, the contract authorizes a maximum of 1,500 units, including FMS assets for return to service that could reach a contract value of $1.8M. The FFP contract will run through August 2027.

PT Aero Technic, Batam Indonesia, purchases a second system from General Electrodynamics Corporation for GEC’s AN60z Wireless Aircraft Weighing System.  PT Batam’s Director of Maintenance states, “GEC’s aircraft weighing technology has proven to the best in the industry”. “We have owned GEC’s weighing equipment and other competitor’s equipment”. “For the last 12 years, we have found GEC’s aircraft scales using their piezo-sensors technology, is still giving us repeatable results of +/- .1% with each weighing”.  “GEC’s scales are very stable and extremely accurate, something we value in aircraft weight and CG verification”.  Very seldom do we have re-weighs as we experienced with shear guage technologies.  PT Batam is an MRO Subsidiary of the Lion Air Group.  The company provides heavy aircraft maintenance, including C and D checks at it’s hub Batam Hang Nadim Airport. Batam Aero Technic conducts MRO work on aircraft from the Lion Group and Lion Group’s overseas affiliates was well as work from third party customers.  See more information on GEC’s line of aircraft scales at www.gecscales.com or call GEC at 1800-551-6038.

NorthState Aviation, an MRO Holdings Company, and North Carolina industry staple, provides a broad range of heavy maintenance, components and customized aviation services.   NorthState’s major US airline customer mandated their 737-NG and 757-200’s & 300’s be weighed using platform scales, following the interior upgrades.  With heavy aircraft such the B757’s, entry and exit of the scale using competitor’s shear sense technology, can cause loadcell overload/fatigue and premature failures leading to frequent re-weighs and shortened scale calibration cycles.  GEC’s piezo-sensor technology offers 4 times the milli-volt output resolution and 10x MTBF than shear-beam loadcells.

NorthState’s customer field tested GEC’s AN60’s over a 14-month period.  The mass properties engineering team performed detail weight comparisons across their fleet using GEC’s highly accurate AN60’s with piezo-sensor technology.  With scale readings in 1 pound graduations from 0 -70,000 lbs., they concluded GEC  AN60’s repeatability R(t) and accuracy exceeded all previous standards for aircraft weight and balance.   After 67 years, GEC’s brand and mark are continually recognized around the world as an industry leader of portable aircraft and ground vehicle scales.  For more information, email us at info@gecscales.com or call 1-800-551-6038.

The US Navy, Naval Weapon Systems Support Division, Mechanicsburg, PA negotiated a sole source procurement with GEC for ETSU’s.  The ETSU is an advanced, portable, test set, housed in a pelican style case, used to check, verify and diagnose various electrical characteristics of hand-held power devices. The test sets are used aboard Naval Aircraft carriers where a floating ground is present. The Navy’s procurement team evaluated multiple offerors before awarding the six-figure, sole source contract to GEC.  The Naval Supply Systems Command is expected to take delivery of all 19 test sets on or about 31 December 2022.  The units will go multiple locations throughout the world. For more information email GEC at info@gecscales.com

Aeroman, is an MRO Holdings Company and industry leader provides airframe heavy maintenance, modification and paint to some of the world’s top aircraft owners and operators.  It has one of the largest aviation maintenance campuses in the world with capacity to service over 35 aircraft simultaneously inside six hangars of up to 40 production lines for any narrow and wide-body aircraft.

Aeroman’s recent purchase of General Electrodynamics Corporation (GEC’s) high-capacity AN60z aircraft weighing system was underscored by adding to their two previous large purchases for GEC’s weighing systems.  Aeroman communicated their purchase decision was solely based on GEC’s excellent customer service and the superior reliability experienced with their current GEC scales. GEC’s calibration and re-certification falls under it’s Quality Management System (QMS) AS9100D, specifically applicable to Design, Manufacture, Test and Certification of Ground Support Equipment for Military, Commercial and Business Aerospace Markets.  GEC’s QMS is currently audited by Dekra annually for compliance and validity through April 2024.  GEC’s manufacturing and corporate offices are located in Arlington, Texas.  You can find more about General Electrodynamics Corporation’s line of highly accurate aircraft scales and it QMS certification @ www.gecscales.com  or by email to info@gecscales.com