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                                  EXHIBIT 10.2
                              SEPARATION AGREEMENT

         THIS SEPARATION AGREEMENT is made and entered into this __________
day of May, 1999, by and between IFR Systems, Inc. and IFR Americas, Inc.,
Delaware corporations (hereinafter "Employer"), and Friedel E. Arnold
(hereinafter "Executive").

         WHEREAS, Executive has made a major contribution to the profitability,
growth and financial strength of Employer; and

         WHEREAS, Executive wishes to retire from Employer as an Executive
Vice-President effective May 31, 1999; and

         WHEREAS, Employer wishes to ease Executive's transition and provide
Executive a severance package reflecting earlier promises to Executive along
with additional severance pay and benefits that Executive would otherwise not
be entitled to pursuant to any of Employer's policies, plans and practices,
or pursuant to any purported agreement between the parties, either express or
implied.

         IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and mutual promises herein
contained, the parties agree and acknowledge as follows:

1. Executive's retirement date and last date of employment will be May 31, 1999,
subject to Executive's agreement to the remaining conditions of this Separation
Agreement.

2. Conditioned upon Executive's accepting and not revoking this Separation
Agreement, Executive will become eligible for the following payments and
benefits:

         A.    Executive will receive eleven (11) months of severance pay at
               a monthly gross pay rate of _________ in the total amount of
               ______________________________________________ (less taxes and
               lawful deductions). Such amount will be paid by salary
               continuation commencing June 1, 1999, and ending April 30,
               2000.

         B.    Upon the effective date of this Agreement, Executive will
               receive a severance allowance in the lump sum amount
               ______________________________________ (less taxes and lawful
               deductions). The parties specifically agree that this
               allowance is provided in part, and is good and sufficient
               consideration for, cancellation of Executive's stock options
               as set forth under Section 6 of this Agreement.

         C.    On or before May 7, 1999, Executive will return to Employer
               his Employer-provided vehicle. Upon the effective date of this
               Agreement, Executive will receive a vehicle allowance in the
               lump sum amount of

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               _______________________________(less taxes and lawful
               deductions).

         D.    Upon the effective date of this Agreement, Executive will
               receive a benefit allowance in the lump sum amount of
               ______________________________ (less taxes and lawful
               deductions). Executive's 401(k) contributions and accrual of
               pension benefits will cease as of May 31, 1999. In addition,
               Employer-sponsored life, accidental death and dismemberment
               insurance, short and long-term disability benefits and all
               other insurance benefits will cease as of May 31, 1999, unless
               otherwise continued individually by Executive in accordance
               with the terms of any insurance policy or policies.

         E.    Upon the effective date of this Agreement, Executive will
               receive a health insurance allowance in the lump sum amount
               of __________________________________________ (less taxes
               and lawful deductions). Executive may elect continued
               coverage through April 30, 2000, for himself and his
               eligible dependents under the IFR Systems, Inc. Group
               Medical and Dental Plan ("Medical Plan"). Such coverage will
               be provided pursuant to the same terms and conditions,
               including cost, under which the Medical Plan is offered to
               active IFR Americas, Inc. management employees, as may be
               amended from time to time. Such coverage will NOT be
               credited against Executive's continuation rights under the
               Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
               ("COBRA"). After April 30, 2000, if Executive and/or his
               dependants were covered by the Medical Plan as of that date,
               continued coverage will be available at Executive's own
               expense and will be provided subject to and in accordance
               with the terms of the Medical Plan and applicable law.

Payments of either cash or benefits will not be made under this Separation
Agreement until the expiration of the seven (7) day period in which Executive
may revoke this Agreement. In addition, payments under this Agreement shall not
be eligible for deferral under the IFR Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
or IFR Systems, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan.

3. In the event of Executive's death prior to April 30, 2000, any and all
remaining payments under Section 2 of this Agreement will be made to Executive's
spouse, if surviving. If Executive does not leave a surviving spouse, or in the
case of the simultaneous death of Executive and his spouse, any and all
remaining payments under the Separation Agreement shall be made in equal parts
to Executive's three sons, if surviving. If Executive does not leave a surviving
son, any and all remaining payments under the Separation Agreement shall be made
to Executive's estate.

4. It is understood and agreed by both parties hereto that Executive will not be
serving in the capacity of a director of Employer or any Employer parent,
subsidiary or affiliate. In accord with that understanding, Executive shall
formally resign from any and all such positions effective May 31, 1999, the date
of his retirement.

5. By signing this Agreement, Executive releases and discharges Employer, its
owners,

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successors, parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, agents, attorneys,
officers and directors, (hereinafter referred to as "Releasees") from all
claims, liabilities, demands, and causes of action, known or unknown, fixed or
contingent, which Executive may have or claim to have against the Releasees
arising out of Executive's employment or employment termination. This includes,
but is not limited to, claims of wrongful discharge, or those arising under any
purported contract, written or oral, express or implied, under the Fair Labor
Standards Act, the State Overtime or Wage Payment Law, or under federal, state
and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination on account of age, race,
sex, creed, national origin, or mental or physical disability, including, but
not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act (ADEA), the Rehabilitation Act, the American with Disabilities
Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Kansas Act Against
Discrimination (KAAD), all as may be amended from time to time.

6. In making this Agreement, the parties recognize that certain stock options
were granted Executive under the IFR Systems, Inc. 1988 Incentive Stock Option
Plan, the IFR Systems, Inc. 1992 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan and the IFR
Systems, Inc. 1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan. By entering into this Agreement,
the parties hereby agree that any and all stock options granted Executive by
such Plans (and any and all subsequent amendments or additions to such Plans) to
the extent not exercised by May 1, 1999, are hereby canceled and made null and
void and Executive shall have no further rights of exercise whatsoever in regard
to such options.

7. The parties agree and acknowledge that this Separation Agreement cancels and
supercedes in full any and all prior agreements entered into between the parties
relating to Executive's employment or employment termination. This includes, but
is not limited to, the Termination Agreement between the parties entered into
effective August 28, 1996. In regard to such Termination Agreement, Executive
specifically agrees that a "Change of Control" as defined in the Termination
Agreement has not occurred as of the date of Executive's entering into this
Separation Agreement and that such Termination Agreement is hereby canceled and
made null and void and Executive shall have no further rights whatsoever in
regard to such Termination Agreement.

8. Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the payment of the consideration
herein specified shall constitute, nor be construed or represented as, an
admission by Releasees, or any of them, of any breach of contract, breach of the
duty of good faith and fair dealing, retaliatory discharge, or the commission of
or any breach of a statutory or common law right or tort.

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9. Executive recognizes and acknowledges that Employer's costs, future plans,
methods of operation, product specifications, management and marketing
techniques, administrative procedures, marketing plans, financial condition,
methods of determination of prices, profits, sales and net income, confidential
matters, and all other information as to the business affairs of Employer not
generally known to the public, as the same may exist from time to time, are
confidential information and are valuable, special and unique assets of
Employer. Executive, therefore, agrees that Executive will not disclose such
confidential information (or any part thereof), or any other information as to
the business affairs of Employer to any person or other entity for any reason or
purpose whatsoever. Executive agrees that Employer shall be entitled to
injunctive or other equitable relief in joining and restraining any actual or
threatened breaches of the provisions of this Section. Nothing herein, however,
shall be construed as prohibiting Employer from pursuing any other remedies
available to Employer for such breach or threatened breach, including but not
limited to the recovery of damages (both actual and punitive) from Executive.

10. Executive agrees not to disclose, or permit those acting on Executive's
behalf to disclose, the terms of this Separation Agreement to any other person,
firm, organization or entity of any character or nature, unless divulged: (i) to
an agency of the federal or state government, (ii) pursuant to a court order,
(iii) pursuant to a requirement of law, or (iv) with the prior written consent
of Employer.

11. In signing this Agreement, Executive understands that the terms hereof are
contractual and not merely a recital, and that Executive is not relying upon any
statement or representation made by any Releasees, but, instead, Executive is
relying solely upon Executive's own judgment and/or the advice of Executive's
attorney. Executive acknowledges that this Separation Agreement is the entire
agreement of the parties regarding this matter.

12. This Agreement is to be interpreted and enforced according to the laws of
the State of Kansas and shall be binding upon Executive's heirs, next of kin,
executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, and shall inure to the
benefit of the Releasees and all other persons and entities released herein.

13. Executive has twenty-one (21) days, or until _____________, 1999 in which to
decide to enter into this Separation Agreement, although Executive may accept at
any time prior to the expiration of such twenty-one day period.

14. Executive may revoke any acceptance of this Agreement within seven (7) days,
and this Agreement shall not become effective until such revocation period has
expired.

15. BEFORE EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT, EXECUTIVE SHOULD CONSULT HIS OWN ATTORNEY.

16. EXECUTIVE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HE HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THIS ENTIRE
AGREEMENT, THAT HE HAS SIGNED IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, AND THAT HE WAS
UNDER NO DURESS OR PRESSURE TO DO SO.

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Date___________________________              ______________________________
                                              Friedel Arnold
                                              "Employee"

Date___________________________            By ____________________________
                                              IFR Systems, Inc.
                                              "Employer"

Date___________________________            By ____________________________
                                              IFR Americas, Inc.
                                              "Employer"

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                            Exhibit 10.24

                           February 14, 2000

IFR SYSTEMS, INC.
10200 West York Street
Wichita, KS  67215
Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

Dear Sir:

     Reference is hereby made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of March 19, 1998 by and among IFR Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "BORROWER"), the lenders from time to time parties
thereto (collectively, the "LENDERS") and Bank One, NA (formerly known as The
First National Bank of Chicago), as one of the Lenders and in its capacity as
contractual representative (the "AGENT") on behalf of itself and the other
Lenders (as amended and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT").  Terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
the Credit Agreement.

     The Borrower has informed the Lenders that certain Defaults have
occurred as a result of the Company's noncompliance with (i) the Minimum
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio financial covenant set forth in Section 7.4(A) of
the Credit Agreement, and (ii) the Maximum Leverage Ratio financial covenant
set forth in Section 7.4(B) of the Credit Agreement, in each case for the
fiscal period ending on December 31, 1999 (collectively, the "Specified
Defaults"). In accordance with the provisions of SECTION 9.3 of the Credit
Agreement, the Borrower has requested that, subject to the terms hereof, the
Required Lenders waive the Specified Defaults; PROVIDED, that in any event
this waiver shall expire on [March 15, 2000] if definitive agreements
representing the amendment and restatement of the Credit Agreement on terms
satisfactory to the Required Lenders and consistent with the Amendment Term
Sheet attached hereto as Exhibit A shall not have been executed by the
Borrower on or before such date.

     Subject to the terms set forth herein, the Required Lenders hereby agree
to such waiver.

                                            Very truly yours,

                                            BANK ONE, NA (FORMERLY KNOWN AS
                                            THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
                                            CHICAGO), as Agent and as a Lender

                                            By: ____________________________
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

CONSENT LETTER DATED AS OF
FEBRUARY 14, 2000

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                                    INTRUST BANK, as a Lender

                                    By: ____________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender

                                    By: ____________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK,
                                    as a Lender

                                    By: ____________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC,
                                    as a Lender

                                    By: ____________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

                                    UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
                                    as a Lender

                                    By: ____________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

CONSENT LETTER DATED AS OF
FEBRUARY 14, 2000

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                                    LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, as a Lender

                                    By: ____________________________
                                    Name:
                                    Title:

CONSENT LETTER DATED AS OF
FEBRUARY 14, 2000

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