The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (S.O.A.R.) approached Spectrum with the idea of converting the breakaway fuel valves at the root of the aerial refueling probe for the MH-60K helicopter to frangible quick disconnects. This would allow rapid removal of the refuel probe without fuel leakage or pressure loss.
Within a twelve month period, Spectrum designed a "drop-in" upgrade of the 2 fuel valves to manually operated frangible quick disconnect assemblies.
This reduced the removal process of the probe, from 4 hours to thirty minutes, significantly enhancing mission readiness of the aircraft.
Spectrum can adapt virtually any existing breakaway fuel valve installation to a frangible quick disconnect assembly.
