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ROB MCCLENDON: WELL LAST YEAR OKLAHOMA AVIATION COMPANIES ACCOUNTED FOR
NEARLY FOUR AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN EXPORTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT ONE OKLAHOMA COMPANY IS WORKING ON A PROJECT WHERE THE FINAL
DESTINATION IS ACTUALLY OUT OF THIS WORLD.
JOINING ME NOW IS OUR ANDY BARTH.
ANDY BARTH: ROB, THE FOLKS AT FRONTIER ELECTRONICS UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS
TO SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS.
THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH BOEING IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST IN THE BUSINESS,
INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND AFTER A CELEBRATION WHERE FRONTIER RECEIVED SEVERAL HONORS, THAT
RELATIONSHIP GREW EVEN STRONGER.
ANDY: AT FRONITER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS THEY'RE REACHING FOR THE SKIES,
SETTING RECORDS AND EXPANDING A REPUTATION.
BRENDA ROLLS: WE PRODUCED AND ARE PREPARED TO DELIVER THE ONE THOUSANDTH
ENGINE FUEL DISPLAY THAT WE BUILD FOR THE BOEING F18 SUPER HORNET.
ANDY: BRENDA ROLLS IS THE PRESIDENT OF FRONTIER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND
SAYS THE SUCCESS OF THE ENGINE FUEL DISPLAY ISN'T THE ONLY THING WORTH
CELEBRATING.
ROLLS: WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING THE SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM
BOEING AND THIS IS REALLY QUITE AN AMAZING AWARD.
ANDY: AN AWARD THAT NOT ANY COMPANY WINS.
OUT OF BOEING'S ROUGHLY 28,000 SUPPLIERS FRONTIER IS ONE OF TWELVE TO
RECEIVE THIS AWARD, AND FOR THEM IT'S FOR THE FOURTH TIME.
ANDY: AND BECAUSE OF THEIR PAST PERFORMANCE, FRONTIER RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT,
EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT.
ROLLS: THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WAS BUILT WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS
CURRENT AT THE TIME IT WAS DESIGNED.
AND AS THE YEARS HAVE TICKED BY AND THE DECADES HAVE TICKED BY, SOME OF
THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.
THE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE COLLABORATING WITH BOEING HOUSTON ON
CONTROLS THE SOLAR PANELS ON THE SPACE STATION AND THEY ARE GOING TO REALLY
REBUILD THE UNITS THAT CONTROL THE SOLAR PANELS.
AND THEY ARE COMING TO FRONTIER AS A SINGLE SOURCE SUPPLIER OPTION TO
BUILD THE BOXES THAT WILL HELP CONTROL THE SOLAR PANELS.
ANDY: AND BOEING'S F18 PROGRAMS VICE PRESIDENT MIKE GIBBONS SAYS THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOEING AND FRONTIER IS VERY IMPORTANT.
MIKE GIBBONS: FRONTIER IS A CRITICAL PARTNER FOR US.
THEY BUILD THE ENGINE FUEL DISPLAY WHICH IS A VITAL COMPONENT IN THE COCKPIT
IN THE AIR VEHICLE CREW INTERFACE OF THE SUPER HORNET GROWLER FOR
CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENGINE'S STATE, ABOUT THE FUEL'S STATE.
AND WE PARTNER WITH FRONTIER BECAUSE THEY BRING TWO PRIMARY THINGS
THAT MATCH PERFECTLY WITH THE WHOLE VALUE PROPOSITION OF THE SUPER
HORNET GROWLER.
THAT IS CAPABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY.
CAPABILITY BECAUSE THE ENGINE FUEL DISPLAY THAT THEY PROVIDE NOT ONLY
PROVIDES INFORMATION IN THE STATE THAT IS NEEDED, BUT FRONTIER HELPED
DEVELOP THAT, AND THEY'VE HELPED EVOLVE THAT OVER TIME AND THEY'RE
CONTINUING TO HELP EVOLVE THAT WITH THE ADVANCED CREW STATION THAT WE'RE
CURRENTLY WORKING.
AFFORDABILITY, BECAUSE FRONTIER HAS WORKED TO DECREASE THE COST OF THAT
COMPONENT TO BOEING AND THEREFORE THE UNITED STATES NAVY CUSTOMER
OVERTIME BY OVER 65% SINCE ITS INCEPTION.
ANDY: AND THESE AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS MEAN GOOD THINGS FOR THE STATE.
ROLLS: THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA HAS DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST AND A
COMMITMENT IN DEVELOPING AND RETAINING TECHNOLOGY JOBS.
AND I APPLAUD THE STATE FOR THAT KIND OF INITIATIVE AND FOR WANTING
TO DEVELOP THOSE KINDS OF POSITIONS.
A COMPANY LIKE FRONTIER AND THE AWARDS THAT WE RECEIVE TO DATE HELP BRING
BUSINESS INTO OUR STATE ECONOMY.
AND ONE OF THINGS ABOUT A COMPANY LIKE FRONTIER IN OKLAHOMA IS MOST OF OUR
CUSTOMERS ARE NOT LOCAL.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IN REVENUE DOLLARS FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE.
ANDY: PARTNERING WITH SMALL TOWN AMERICA TO HELP PROTECT OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN THE AIR.
NOW FRONTIER EXPECTS TO SIGN PAPERWORK ON THE SPACE STATION CONTRACT
TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, AND WILL START WORK ON THE PROJECT SOON
AFTER.
ROB: NOW I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE FUEL ENGINE DISPLAYS.
THEY SEEM TO BE PRETTY IMPORTANT.
ANDY: THEY ARE ROB.
THEY LET THE PILOT KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL THE PLANE HAS AND, IF THEY HAVE TO
ENGAGE IN COMBAT, THE PILOT KNOWS THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION SO HE CAN
COMPENSATE FOR SPEED AND AGILITY.
ROB: ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH ANDY.
ANDY: YOU'RE WELCOME ROB.