EX-10.23 7 a06-7058_1ex10d23.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS

Exhibit 10.23

 

 

 

554 Briscoe Blvd., Lawrenceville, Georgia 30045
PH: (866) 843-1348 FX: 505-212-0296

 

Letter of Intent to Lease a Fleet of
FF-1080-300 Freight Feeder Aircraft

 

As per previous communications between Furia Organization Inc. and Fronthaul Intermodal. LLC (Fronthaul Intermodal) located at 2233 Ridge Road, Suite 102, Rockwall, TX 75087, and Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc., (UTILICRAFT) located at Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque, NM, USA, it is the intention of Fronthaul Intermodal to lease 10 (ten) FF-1080-300 Freight Feeder-Commercial Freight Aircraft (the Aircraft), with an option to lease an additional 10 (ten) Aircraft. Fronthaul Intermodal intends to operate the Aircraft under contract with a U.S. licensed freight aircraft operator. UTILICRAFT will assist in providing such an operator to Fronthaul Intermodal. Fronthaul Intermodal may also, contract air operations outside of the U.S for overseas operations.

 

3.0          FF-1080-300 ER Specifications

 

3.1           As part of the terms and conditions of the Aircraft lease contemplated by this LOI, and in-order to facilitate the range/payload requirements of Fronthaul Intermodal’s region of operation, UTILICRAFT agrees to build and certify the Extended Range (ER) version of the FF-1080-300 Aircraft, which will provide an operating range payload of 20,000 lb / 2,000 nm, plus IFR reserves. The attached Aircraft Specification attached to this LOI is for the standard -300 version of the Aircraft, which describes the basic Aircraft. The FF-1080-300 ER meets the same Specifications as the standard design, with an increase to 80,000 lb Gross Weight, to accommodate the additional fuel required to meet the ER’s 20,000 lb / 2,000 nm range payload requirement.

 

4.0          Lessor Purchase Price

 

4.1           The long-term lease terms and conditions will be negotiated by Fronthaul Intermodal and the Lessor of its choosing. UTILICRAFT will sell the Aircraft to the Lessor (once selected by Fronthaul Intermodal) for a purchase price of $13,500,000 USD, FOB per Aircraft for 10 Aircraft totaling $130,500,000 plus tax, shipping and transportation costs, and all other costs associated with U.S. and international law and requirements. The purchase price may be adjusted downward, in the event that Fronthaul Intermodal, or the Lessor, makes direct lease agreements with suppliers of certain components of the Aircraft, including engines and avionics, by UTILICRAFT’s cost for such components.

 

5.0          Payment

 

5.1           UTILICRAFT will be paid by the Lessor, by making progress payments on each aircraft being produced as per the to-be-negotiated Aircraft Purchase Agreement between UTILICRAFT and the Lessor.

 

5.2          UTILICRAFT will pay a 10% commission to an aircraft brokerage company, of UTILICRAFT’s choosing, totaling $13,500,000 if such a broker is required to acquire a suitable aircraft Lessor for Fronthaul Intermodal. Payment will be made to the aircraft broker, by UTILICRAFT, simultaneously with the delivery of each Aircraft.

 

5.3           Actual Delivery Dates of specific Aircraft by date and serial number are to-be-negotiated by UTILICRAFT and the Lessor, according to the UTILICRAFT Aircraft Purchase Agreement.

 



 

5.4           The anticipated delivery dates and serial numbers of the 10 Aircraft (and 10 option Aircraft) will be determined in the TBN Aircraft Purchase Agreement.

 

5.5          Fronthaul Intermodal understands that pricing and final delivery schedules will be subject to increases and decreases specifically in regards to the bulleted items presented below, and that all pricing and delivery scheduling is subject to final written negotiations between the to-be-selected Lessor and UTILICRAFT.

 

      Subassembly subcontractor fully burdened labor rates and subassembly delivery schedules;

      Costs of materials and purchased parts as per invoice and availability schedules;

      FAA Certification delays;

      Costs of living increases (if any); and,

      UTILICRAFT overhead cost.

 

5.6           Fronthaul Intermodal understands that UTILICRAFT intends to pass on all savings and increases (if any) on current projected rates and costs to the Lessor, once final negotiations have taken place with all suppliers and subcontractors.

 

6.0          Deposit

 

6.1           In order to maintain the Aircraft delivery positions of Aircraft associated with this Letter of Intent, Fronthaul Intermodal will provide to UTILICRAFT a “good faith” deposit of $10,000 USD. Additionally, upon entering into a Lease arrangement with a Lessor of its choosing, Fronthaul Intermodal shall deposit an additional $90,000 (an aggregate of $100,000 USD) , which will be kept in escrow by Godwin Pappas, LLC, in Dallas TX, USA, until the Aircraft are being produced as such time the deposit will be applied to the purchase price as per the terms and conditions of the Aircraft Purchase Agreement Anything to the contrary hereincontained notwithstanding, it is understood and agreed that all or any part of the deposit herein before referred may be made by delivery of a Letter of Credit drawn on an American Bank in good standing.

 

6.2           The above mentioned Deposit is fully refundable to Fronthaul Intermodal if UTILICRAFT or Fronthaul Intermodal fails, or is unable, to fulfill their respective intentions contemplated by this LOI, or if Fronthaul Intermodal does not enter into a lease arrangement with a Lessor of its choosing, or does not contract with an aircraft operator to operate the Aircraft.

 

7.0          Aircraft Development and Delivery Timelines (see attached schedules)

 

7.1           UTILICRAFT has conducted over 15 years of research and development on the FF-1080 Aircraft. Extensive and detailed CAD engineering has been completed on the Aircraft, which will allow UTILICRAFT to bring the Aircraft into production in 2006. The Prototype test aircraft is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in 3rd quarter 2006.

 

7.2           First deliveries of the Aircraft can be as early as fourth-quarter 2007, depending on customer requirements and expedited financing for their Aircraft.

 

8.0          Current Management

 

8.1           Fronthaul Intermodal requires, as a condition for this Letter of Intent and the Aircraft Purchase Agreement contemplated by this Letter of Intent to remain valid and in effect, that Mr. John J. Dupont (President and CEO), and his management team, remain in majority ownership or control of Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc., its successors and assigns.

 

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ONCE ACCEPTED AND APPROVED BY UTILICRAFT AND FRONTHAUL INTERMODAL, THIS LETTER OF INTENT SERVES TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT DELIVERY POSITIONS IDENTIFIED IN THIS LETTER OF INTENT.

 

For Furia Organization and Fronthaul Intermodal, LLC

 

Accepted and Approved

 

 

2-16-06

 

Michael Alexander - President

Date

 

 

For Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc.,

 

Accepted and Approved

 

 

 

 

 

John J. Dupont-President, CEO

Date February 15, 2006

 

 

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Attachments Follow on Pages 4 thru 11

 

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Utilicraft FF-1080 Development Program
Current Status as of January 2006

 

 

 

INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

 

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Utilicraft Aerospace Industries, Inc.

(Minimum Production Rate)
FF-1080 PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE

 

Production Serial Nos.

 

001 To

 

13

 

37

 

61

 

121

 

217

 

337

 

 

 

12

 

36

 

60

 

120

 

216

 

336

 

528

 

 

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

 

Months

 

Rate/Month

 

Rate/Month

 

Rate/Month

 

Rate/Month

 

Rate/Month

 

Rate/Month

 

Rate/Month

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

3

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

4

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

5

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

6

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

7

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

8

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

9

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

10

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

11

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

12

 

2

 

2

 

2

 

5

 

8

 

10

 

16

 

Weekly Production Rate

 

0.25

 

0.50

 

0.50

 

1.25

 

2.00

 

2.50

 

4.00

 

Annual Production Rate

 

12

 

24

 

24

 

60

 

96

 

120

 

192

 

Total Aircraft Produced

 

12

 

36

 

60

 

120

 

216

 

336

 

528

 

Production Lot Number

 

Lot No. 1A

 

Lot No. 1

 

Lot No. 2

 

Lot No. 3

 

Lot No. 4

 

Lot No. 5

 

Lot No. 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial 36 Aircraft Deliveries
Upon completion of FAA

 

Confidential and Proprietary

 

 

INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

 

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FF-1080-300 Basic Specification
(Confidential and Proprietary to UTILICRAFT)

 

PROGRAMED STARTED AUGUST 1990 TO DESIGN AND PRODUCE FREIGHT FEEDER CARGO TRANSPORT. HEADQUARTERS AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AT GWINNETT COUNTY AIRPORT, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA.

 

Type: Twin-turboprop freighter.

 

Program: Design started 1990; patents filed 1991; original capacity for four LD3 containers increased to ten in 2001. Two flying prototypes planned. Mockup completed end 1999. Construction of preproduction prototype underway; Designed under FAA Part 25 Certification. First flight scheduled June 2006, with FAA certification completed 4th quarter 2007.

 

Market: Company estimates market for 5,000 such aircraft and is comfortable with its ability to capture most of this market.

 

Design Features: High-mounted wings, tapered outboard of over-wing engine nacelles; box-section fuselage with ventral pannier; upswept rear fuselage with rear-loading door; angular tail surfaces with large dorsal fin fairing. Onboard freight management system.

 

Flight Controls: Conventional and manual.

 

Structure: All-aluminum construction. Fuselage and empennage subassemblies constructed by MetalCraft Technologies, Inc. USA. Wing assemblies M7 Aerospace, USA. Other suppliers include, Pratt and Whitney, Hamilton Standard, Rockwell Collins, Michelin Aircraft, B.F. Goodrich Aerospace, AAR Cargo Systems, Thales Aviation, Shaw Aero, HS Dynamic Controls, Securaplane Technologies, Lord Mounts, Hi-Temp Insulation Inc and General Electrodynamics Corp.

 

Landing Gear: Dunlop Aerospace - Non-retractable tricycle type; twin nose wheels and tandem pairs of main wheels.

 

Power Plant: Two Pratt & Whiney Canada PW15O turboprops, each driving a Hamilton Sundstrand six-blade propeller. FADEC fitted as standard.

 

Accommodation: Flight crew of two - IPECO crew seats. Main cargo hold accommodates up to 10 LD3 containers. Cargo roller floor from AAR Cargo Systems. Large cargo container door on port side, forward of wing; rear-loading door; crew door on port side of flight deck. Flight deck pressurized; main cargo bay un-pressurized. Additional capacity in cargo pannier and nose compartment.

 

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Main Cargo Hold: Main cargo hold accommodates Ten LD3 containers or Five 88” x 125” Main Deck containers or pallets.

 

Systems: Securaplane smoke detection system; HS Dynamic Controls anti-icing and de-icing systems; electrical system integration by Thales. Shaw Aero Devices fuel management system.

 

Avionics: Flight and engine displays and autopilot by Rockwell - Collins Pro Line 21 FMS System (similar to King Air 350 System)

 

Configuration:

 

Configuration item

 

FAA Part 25
Certification

 

Box fuselage

 

X

 

70,000 pound MTOGW; 80,000 pound structural design

 

X

 

High wing

 

X

 

Twin-engine over-wing mounted turboprop

 

X

 

Sponsors-mounted fixed dual tandem main gear, fairings optional

 

X

 

Flight deck pressurized; main cargo bay un-pressurized.

 

X

 

Freight bay accommodates up to ten LD3 containers –or-

 

X

 

Up to five A-series containers, loadable only through rear door

 

X

 

Payload 20,000 lbs in Containers (10 tons).

 

X

 

Cargo roller floor from AAR Cargo Systems.

 

X

 

Large cargo sliding door on port side, forward of wing

 

X

 

Aft-hinged rear-loading door openable in flight

 

X

 

Crew door through pressure bulkhead.

 

X

 

Belly pod for bulk freight

 

X

 

Bulk freight section in nose compartment

 

X

 

Crew protective bulkhead

 

X

 

Useful Load

 

36,147

Lbs

Ramp Weight

 

70,000

Lbs

Flight crew of two

 

X

 

Cockpit designed for single pilot operation.

 

X

 

IPECO crew seats (plus jump seat)

 

X

 

 

Dimensions:

 

EXTERNAL

 

 

 

Wing Span

 

114.7

ft.

Wing Area

 

1315

Sq Ft

Wing Loading

 

53.2

ppsf

Power Loading

 

6.9

pphp

Root Chord

 

193.32

in

Tip Chord

 

81.8

in

Average Chord

 

137.64

in

MAC

 

145.2

in

Engine CL @ BL

 

TBD

 

Length Overall

 

112.6

ft.

Side Cargo Door: Height

 

96

in.

 

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Width

 

102

in

Rear Cargo Door: Height

 

96

in

Width

 

100

in.

INTERNAL

 

 

 

Cargo Bay: Length

 

60

ft.

Max Width

 

100

in.

Max Height

 

96

in.

Volume: Cargo Bay

 

4,000

cu ft.

Belly Pod 440 x 20 x 65

 

330

cu ft.

Nose Compartment

 

I93

euft.

 

 

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Structure:

 

All-aluminum primary structure

 

X

 

Composite aileron skins

 

X

 

Composite wing tips, nose, fairings

 

X

 

Wings tapered outboard of over-wing engine nacelles

 

X

 

Box-section fuselage with ventral pannier

 

X

 

Upswept rear fuselage with rear-loading door

 

X

 

Cruciform horizontal tail surfaces

 

X

 

Large dorsal fin

 

X

 

Aerodynamically balanced manual flight controls

 

X

 

Frieze ailerons

 

X

 

Damage tolerant design

 

X

 

 

Systems:

 

Onboard freight management system

 

X

 

On-board weight and balance system

 

X

 

Engine power management system

 

X

 

 

Landing Gear fixed tricycle type

 

X

 

Dual nose wheels and dual tandem main wheels

 

X

 

Anti-skid system

 

?

 

 

Tail stand extends with rear door opening

 

X

 

Cockpit Pressurized

 

 

 

Environmental control system bleed air powered

 

X

 

Vapor-cycle cockpit air conditioning

 

Option

 

Press and temperature control available for x containers

 

Option

 

Freight bay ambient temperature range x °F to yyy °F

 

?

 

Engine anti-ice bleed air powered

 

X

 

Wing De-ice

 

X

 

Primary power 28 VDC, 600 A

 

X

 

Sponson-mounted APU optional

 

X

 

Avionics – Coillins Pro Line 21 - Integrated Cockpit Displays

 

 

 

 

EFIS

 

X

 

Autopilot

 

X

 

TAWS

 

X

 

TCAS

 

X

 

SATCOM

 

X

 

Lightning detection

 

X

 

Weather radar

 

X

 

FMS

 

X

 

 

Powerplant:

 

PW150C 5071 SHP, Free turbine, EEC, turboprop engine

 

5071

SHP

Engine Dry Weight

 

1585

Ibs

Height

 

43,5

in

Width

 

31,0

in

Length

 

95.4

in

 

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Hamilton Sundstrand NP-2000 Propeller 8 blade, 13.5 ft diameter

 

910

Ibs

Engine Accessories

 

 

 

Starter-generator

 

 

 

Propeller control Module

 

 

 

Propeller Overspeed Governor

 

 

 

Instruments and sensors

 

 

 

Fuel System Total Quantity - 2490 US Gallons

 

16,800

lb

Fuel tanks inboard of engines

 

 

 

Single point fueling – pressure and gravity

 

 

 

 

Airplane Performance:

 

Cruising Speed:

 

250

KTAS

Stalling Speed: power off, maximum gross weight

 

 

 

-No flaps

 

99

KCAS

-With flaps

 

80

KCAS

(Vme): Min. single-engine control speed

 

90

KCAS

Take-off Roll –

 

2,010

ft.

Landing Roll –

 

1,500

ft.

Max Rate of Climb at S/L:

 

3,000

ft/min.

Rate of Climb at S/L, OEI:

 

1,000

ft/min.

Service Ceiling;

 

34,000

ft.

Service Ceiling, OEI

 

16,000

ft.

Range; with max fuel

 

2,000

nm

With Max Payload (20,000 Ibs.):

 

1,500

nm

Ramp Weight:

 

70,300

Ibs.

Maximum Takeoff Gross Weight

 

70,000

Ibs.

Max Landing Weight:

 

70,000

Ibs.

Useful load: (fuel and containerized freight)

 

32,000

Ibs.

Range/Payload: 1,500 nm = 8 tons (in containers)

 

16,000

Ibs.

1,000 nm = 10 tons

 

20,000

Ibs.

 

Sample Weight Statement (pounds):

 

Basic Empty Weight

 

30,673

 

Crew (2) with Baggage and publications

 

400

 

Unusable Fuel

 

60

 

Full Oil

 

70

 

Belly Pod

 

500

 

Operating Weight Empty

 

31,703

 

10 containers, tare weight 215 pounds each

 

2,150

 

Basic Operating Weight, 10 LD-3 containers

 

33,853

 

CRPS

 

20,000

 

 

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Bulk Load

 

1,747

 

Payload

 

21,747

 

750 NM Trip Fuel, including reserves

 

8,755

 

Payload plus fuel

 

30,502

 

Takeoff Gross Weight

 

64,355

 

Max TO Gross Weight

 

70,000

 

Weight Margin

 

5,645

 

 

Center of Gravity:

 

Forward Limit

 

5

%

Aft limit

 

40

%

MLG location

 

60

%

 

 

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