MOSCOW. Aug 8 (Interfax-AVN) - Tekhpribor, a St. Petersburg- based aircraft instrumentation producer, has developed the SUIT334, a new fuel indication and control system for the TU-334 medium-range airliner, Oleg Petrov, the company's CEO, told Interfax-Military News Agency Friday.
"The SUIT334 is a new-generation system employing detector sensors and electric-thermal fuel level sensors. The flight safety of the TU-334 depends on how reliable this system is," he said.
He said that the first TU-334 equipped with the SUIT334 had been taken out of the assembly facilities at the Aviant plant in Kyiv, Ukraine, earlier in August.
According to Petrov, the systems developed by Tekhpribor provide optimal fuel mass distribution in flight to facilitate maneuvering. In addition, the systems control land fuelling, monitor the navigation fuel amount and check the operability of the elements of the fuel system.
In addition to the SUIT334, the firm has developed the SUIT- 148 for the AN-148 medium-range airliner.
Tekhpribor is developing a SUIT fuel control and indication system for the RRJ, TU-414, and AS-211 future aircraft, Petrov said.