Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. recently signed a contract with Leica Geosystems to buy six laser tracking systems for its manufacturing operations in Dallas.

Vought reports it will extend the contract over a span of four years to replace its existing measurement systems with approximately 24 Leica LTD800s and LTD600 laser tracking systems. The contract value could total $4 million.

Under the sales agreement, Leica Geosystems will help Vought maximize its use of the high-tech portable coordinate measuring machines through extensive training services, technical support and maintenance. Vought Aircraft will use the laser trackers for the precision inspection of all its tooling operations in Texas as well as other Vought facilities in the United States. The industrial measurement instruments Vought plans to buy will be used for quality control in high profile military and commercial aircraft programs, although the devices can also be used in a wide variety of mobile precision measurements for the construction, assembly and mating of aerospace parts.

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