WALDENBURG, SWITZERLAND – REVUE THOMMEN AG, based in Waldenburg, Switzerland, has announced a contract award from Saab, the Swedish defense and security company. The contract is part of a major avionics upgrade program being performed by Saab for the Swedish Armed Forces on the SK60 training aircraft.

The contract calls for THOMMEN to deliver thirty-eight ship sets of instrumentation made up of Air Data Displays, Altimeters, Vertical Speed Indicators, and Mach Airspeed Indicators. Commenting on the contract, Rudolf Iten, Vice Chairman of REVUE THOMMEN AG said, “The contract specifications called for an upgrade solution that could be accomplished with commercial off-the-shelf products. Based on our previous experience as a supplier to Saab, and on the reputation of our product line for quality, precision and performance, we are uniquely capable of meeting that contract requirement.”

Delivery of the specified ship sets will begin immediately and continue through the middle of calendar year 2012 when the upgrade program is scheduled to be completed. Iten concluded by saying, “We have worked successfully with Saab on numerous programs. We are pleased to have been selected for this program and look forward to future opportunities.”

REVUE THOMMEN AG, based in Waldenburg, Switzerland with U.S. offices in Addison, Texas, is a 150-year old company that draws on years of Swiss-precision watch making to design and produce a complete line of high precision aircraft instruments. Today, THOMMEN products are original equipment on more than 100 leading types of commercial, military and business aircraft.

For complete details on THOMMEN Electronic Instruments and Aircraft Products, contact the company at CH-4437, Waldenburg, Switzerland, Phone 41 61-965-22 22, Fax 41 61-961 81 71, or see the web site at www.thommenag.ch.