Heike Tamm

Permali Gloucester contracted to protect Commando Merlin Mk4 helicopters

Permali Gloucester has been contracted by Leonardo Helicopters to supply a comprehensive ballistic protection solution for the Royal Navy’s new Commando Merlin Mk4 helicopters. The requirement, valued at over £2 million (US$2.6 million), will create and sustain skilled composite manufacturing jobs at Permali’s factory in Gloucester, U.K. The Commando Merlin is an advanced battlefield helicopter

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GKN Aerospace officially opens wiring facility in India

GKN Aerospace will officially open its all-new facility for Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) in Pune, India, on Wednesday, December 4. The site will focus on the assembly of wiring systems for commercial aircraft and aero-engines like the Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737, 777X and Boeing 787. The Pune facility will operate alongside the existing joint

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GA Telesis purchases five A320 aircraft on lease with United Airlines

GA Telesis (GAT) has closed the purchase of five Airbus A320 aircraft subject to lease with United Airlines (United). “United Airlines has been an outstanding airline partner for GA Telesis and we are very pleased to increase our exposure to such a premiere operator,” commented Marc Cho, President of GA Telesis’ Leasing Investment Financing &

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Lufthansa to realign Executive Board

Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s Supervisory Board has decided to realign the Executive Board of Lufthansa Group in terms of structure and staffing effective January 1, 2020. The Executive Board will be expanded to include the board-level position “Customer & Corporate Responsibility”. Christina Foerster, CEO Brussels Airlines, has been appointed to the board for this task; her

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16 Airbus staff fired over alleged industrial espionage

It has been revealed that Airbus has dismissed 16 of its staff, without notice, after a comprehensive investigation into what has been described as involvement in industrial espionage concerning military contracts for the German Armed forces (the Bundeswehr). The European aerospace giant is a major supplier of the Bundeswehr through the regular awarding of contracts

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C&L Aerospace partners with Electromech Technologies

C&L Aerospace has partnered with Electromech Technologies, to serve as a provider for the company’s product offerings including blowers, motors, valves, and actuators for many aircraft types including Beechjet, King Air, Hawker, Premier, Learjet, Beech1900, Pilatus, and Cessna. This partnership, which includes over 70 different line items, will bring significant cost savings to operators via

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