Pacific Scientific Aerospace is to provide the engine and auxiliary power unit (APU) fire-suppression systems on the Airbus A350 XWB and for the first time will not use halon as the firefighting agent ...

Current halon-based fire suppression systems only are designed for use in cargo compartments because the chemical is harmful to humans. To increase passenger safety, Life Mist Technologies and Pacific ...

Until aircraft can be retrofitted with newer, non-halon-based fire-suppression systems, ARSA argues that MROs need to take care to recycle fire protection articles properly. Credit: Yasin ...

Diehl Aerosystems' division AOA is demonstrating its FIREX water-mist fire-suppression system for aircraft cargo compartments, which it says is the only halon replacement system to have passed all US ...

Ok, so we're working in our server room today and get to thinking - Hey, we still have a sprinkler system in here. Not Good.<BR><BR>It's not that I haven't thought about this before, but with the ...

NEW YORK Tyco Fire & Security has introduced its Halon replacement Ansul Sapphire Fire Suppression System. The technology uses a new chemical agent that fights fires without damaging electronics, ...

The fire suppression system aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard was inoperable Sunday when flames engulfed the ship in San Diego, according to a top Navy official on Monday. The Halon gas system “was not ...

SAN DIEGO — A fire suppression system was inoperable when a blaze erupted aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego, so sailors fought the blaze with water, a top Navy official said Monday. Rear ...