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May 3 , 2009
Brazil’s minister of defence visits IAC GEM upgrade in São Paulo
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| Nelson Jobim, Minister of Defence (nearest the operator). Also in attendance: Brigadier Saito, Minister of Aviation; Almirante Garrone, Brazilian Navy - Commander of the Naval Air Force; Commandant Trindate, Brazilian Navy - Commander of Frigates. |
Bronx, NY (May 3)--The Minister for Defence of the Government of Brazil, Nelson Jobim, has headed a high level visit to the GEM facility upgraded by IAC Aviation, to see an engine under test and to understand the full benefits of the system to the armed forces.
The facility, based in São Paulo, will be used for testing the Brazilian Navy’s Rolls-Royce GEM engines.
 The Minister was accompanied by other high ranking officers from the forces. The group was particularly impressed by the ease of operation and simple user interface of IAC’s latest LabVIEW based Data Acquisition System and facility control system, a key part of the upgrade, which will substantially improve the operational efficiency by reducing the engine testing and data processing time. It offers Rolls-Royce Brazil enormous benefits in supportability, being based upon commercially available hardware and software.
IAC Aviation – a world leader in aero-engine testing - is the UK Ministry of Defence’s approved Design Authority (DA) for Rolls-Royce GEM engine test facilities.
 Graham Lavis, IAC Aviation’s Solutions Project Manager, based in the UK, said: “We have extensive experience of delivering such key projects all around the world – but to have such a high ranking visit to São Paulo was an honour and fitting conclusion to a first class, on-time, on budget project.”
For more information on IAC Aviation’s global products and services visit www.iacaviation.com or contact Nick Smith on + 44 (0)1962 873204 nicks@iacl.co.uk
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