Released on = August 14, 2007, 6:31 am

Press Release Author = Brian C. Murphy/Lambda Technologies

Industry = Aerospace

Press Release Summary = Cincinnati, Ohio - August 14, 2007, - Surface Enhancement
Technologies (SET), a division of Lambda Technologies, has been awarded a Phase II
SBIR contract from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), to improve the fatigue
life of select, dynamic rotorcraft components found on the V-22 Osprey by
implementing their patented Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) process.

Press Release Body = Cincinnati, Ohio - August 14, 2007, - Surface Enhancement
Technologies (SET), a division of Lambda Technologies, has been awarded a Phase II
SBIR contract from the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), to improve the fatigue
life of select, dynamic rotorcraft components found on the V-22 Osprey by
implementing their patented Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) process.

Working in partnership with subcontractor, Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., SET will
showcase it's surface treatment prowess by developing a program to enhance the
V-22's fatigue critical components while surpassing conventional and limited surface
treatments, such as shot peening. SET's scope of services range from the testing of
the metal component's base material to conducting the cost-benefit analysis
necessary to smoothly transition the LPB processing of the components into
production.

Entering active service in 2000, the V-22 Osprey is deployed by all four branches of
the U.S. armed services as a medium lift, multi-mission, vertical/short takeoff and
landing (V/STOL) aircraft. The V-22's tilt-rotor allows it to take off and land
like a helicopter, but once airborne, its' engine nacelles rotate 90 degrees forward
converting the Osprey into a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed, high-altitude
flight.

The V-22's dynamic rotorcraft components are manufactured from alloys chosen for
their high strength, high fracture toughness, and resistance to stress corrosion
cracking (SCC). SET's program will focus on improving the fatigue life of these
components by implementing their patented LPB surface treatment process.

LPB is being viewed by many in the engineering and military arenas as the distinct
solution to improving fatigue life and damage tolerance of aircraft structural
components by imparting a deep layer of high magnitude compressive residual stress
(RS) to mitigate degradation processes in the fatigue prone areas of expensive and
critical aircraft components such as landing gear, propeller hubs, and turbine
engine blades.

To discover how implementing LPB into your process will improve component
performance, or to download any of Lambda's LPB Application Notes, visit
www.lambdatechs.com and navigate to the "Discover LPB" web page.

Lambda Technologies is an innovative company incorporating a premier materials
research laboratory with a world-class engineering and production enterprise
dedicated to the development and optimization of surface treatments to improve
component performance. For additional information on Lambda Technologies or
licensing the LPB process, contact Brian C. Murphy at (513) 561-0883 or visit
www.lambdatechs.com.

Web Site =
http://www.lambdatechs.com/html/documents/LT_Press_Release_V-22_Phase_2_SBIR_Contract_August_2007.pdf


Contact Details = Contact: Brian C. Murphy
Lambda Technologies Corporate Headquarters
3929 Virginia Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45227-3411
Tel: (513) 561-0883
Toll-Free: (800) 883-0851
Fax: (513) 561-0886
E-mail: bmurphy@lambdatechs.com