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Luna Teams with GE Aviation to Monitor Corrosion of Rotorcraft Structures

ROANOKE, VA, Dec. 12, 2008 - Luna Innovations Incorporated is a subcontractor to GE Aviation on a US Army, Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) program to develop an integrated corrosion health monitoring system (I-CHMS).  Within this program the team will integrate corrosion sensing technologies with GE Aviation health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS). The total GE Aviation program contract value is $2 million, and will cover a two-year span of rotorcraft corrosion research and monitoring.

 

GE Aviation selected Luna for this project due to existing expert knowledge of aircraft corrosion and materials, and concurrent development efforts in corrosion monitoring, modeling, and prediction. For this contract, Luna will establish sensing strategies and monitoring methods while supporting development of diagnostic and prognostic algorithms. “The ultimate goals of this Army program are to improve rotorcraft safety, decrease maintenance costs, and increase rotorcraft readiness,” stated Dr. Fritz Friedersdorf, Director of Luna’s Intelligent Systems Group and subcontract Project Manager. “Through our knowledge of corrosion processes and sensing methods, we hope to establish a reliable corrosion management system that can be integrated with HUMS to support comprehensive condition based maintenance initiatives of the US Army.”

 

Work on this program is being performed by GE facilities in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Southampton, UK and by Luna’s Charlottesville, Virginia location.



About Luna Innovations:
Luna Innovations Incorporated (www.lunainnovations.com) develops and manufactures new-generation products for the healthcare, telecommunications, energy and defense markets. Our products are used to measure, monitor, protect and improve critical processes in the markets we serve. Through its disciplined commercialization business model, Luna has become a recognized leader in transitioning science to solutions. Luna is headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia.

 

About GE Aviation:    
GE Aviation (www.ge.com/aviation ), an operating unit of General Electric Company is a world-leading provider of jet engines and components as well as integrated systems and product solutions for commercial and military aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service network to support these offerings.

Forward Looking Statements:
This release includes information that constitutes “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including risks and uncertainties set forth in the company’s periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such filings are available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and at the company’s website at http://www.lunainnovations.com.  The statements made in this release are based on information available to the company as of the date of this release and Luna Innovations undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

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