Firetrace Aerospace was formed in 2003 to respond to military requests for technology produced by Firetrace International and FIRE Panel. Since that time, Firetrace Aerospace has built a team of fire suppression and survivability experts to work actively with the Army and other US military branches to provide unique vehicle fire suppression solutions for areas such as fuel tanks, engine compartments and wheel wells, as well as fire protection solutions for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, protecting wings, dry bays, fuel cells and other compartments.
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| Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona |
What makes all Firetrace Aerospace fire suppression systems so unique are that the systems require no power to activate and the systems are completely failsafe; therefore there is no need for the additional cost or weight of redundant systems. Firetrace Aerospace systems are commercial off the shelf (COTS) technology available to the military with the support of engineers trained to understand the unique challenges of fires and survivability as relates to military applications. Firetrace Aerospace features two distinct product lines, FIRE Panel and Firetrace Aerospace engineered systems featuring Firetrace Aerospace Detection Tubing.
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| HET: FIRE Panel Installed on a US Army Vehicle |
The patented FIRE Panel, a passive fuel tank fire suppression system, is essentially a polymer shell with hollow channels that are filled with fire suppression powder. The FIRE Panel can be designed to fit virtually any fuel tank. When impacted, the shell shatters and releases the high performance, patented fire suppression powder directly into the impending fire event. The initial design of FIRE Panel was and is used to protect a popular model of police cruiser which has a history of fires resulting from high-energy impacts. There are now over 20,000 FIRE Panels in service today on police cruisers throughout the United States. In recent months the FIRE Panel product has been fielded on several military vehicle platforms to protect fuel tanks against secondary fires and explosions resulting from RPG and IED attacks. The adoption of the technology follows more than a year of successful live fire tests conducted at the Army Proving Grounds at Aberdeen on a variety of vehicles and facing a variety of threats.
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| Firetrace Aerospace’s family of systems features multiple sizes and agents to protect enclosures. |
Firetrace Aerospace is also a provider of automatic fire suppression systems for vehicles and aircraft. Firetrace engineered systems feature the proprietary Firetrace Aerospace Detection Tubing (FADT) for detection of fires and are pneumatically operated, requiring no power to operate. The FADT is failsafe; the engineered systems will only activate in the event of a fire or when the FADT is compromised by a threat – a likely source of fire. The FADT can be routed through any area where protection is desired. The FADT is currently being used for wing leading edge protection on the Navy P-8 produced by Boeing. Other rotary and fixed-wing aircraft manufacturers are looking at additional areas where the FADT would be an ideal detection and delivery medium for fire protection. Additional military branches and vehicle manufacturers are looking at FADT to protect engine compartments, wheel wells, and other areas.
The Firetrace Aerospace team is very proud to be serving and helping to protect the brave men and women of the United States Army.
Contact Information:
15690 N. 83rd Way
Suite B
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Tel: (480) 607-2709
Fax: (480) 315-1316
E-Mail: info@ftaero.com
http://www.ftaero.com/