Military & Defense

Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney will join forces to provide comprehensive technical support at Royal Air Force Marham to support F135 engines and the LiftSystems on the UK’s F-35B Lightning II aircraft. The two industry-leading engine companies will institute a Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) approach to sustainment for the propulsion systems. A PBL contracting structure incentivises

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has delivered its 400th production auxiliary fuel tank in support of Boeing’s P-8 maritime patrol aircraft program, has confirmed orders for more tanks through to mid-2018 and is set to increase its production rate. The P-8 maritime patrol aircraft is a military derivative of Boeing’s 737-800 platform and the auxiliary

The United States Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), based at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, awarded GE Aviation a US$1bn contract to continue maturing its three-stream adaptive cycle engine via the Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP). AETP is scheduled to run through 2021 with extensive component, rig and engine testing. AETP technology has undergone

Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) has selected Safran Helicopter Engines as engine supplier for its Light Civil Helicopter (LCH). It will be powered with the existing Arriel 2C2 engine. On the Light Armed Helicopter (LAH), Safran has been selected by Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), KAI and Hanwha Techwin. The LAH will feature a new engine

FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has successfully completed a cooperation project launched together with the United States Armed Forces. Under the project, FL Technics provided support services as well as secured appropriate conditions for the maintenance of heavy-lift helicopters CH-47 Chinook conducted by the U.S. Army 160th

Avcorp Industries has been awarded a contract extension with Lockheed Martin. The agreement extends into 2020 the current composite fabrication work scope, at Avcorp’s Gardena California facility, for F-35 wing skin panels, nacelle panels and body access panels. This follow-on contract complements Avcorp’s assembly of the F-35 Carrier Variant (“CV”) Outboard Wing (“OBW”) structure which

Boeing said it will continue maintaining and supporting the U.S. Air Force’s C-32A and C-40BC executive aircraft through a new seven-year, US$319m contract awarded in March. The Air Force uses the C-32A and C-40BC, which are based on the Boeing 757 and 737 passenger planes, to transport the vice president, cabinet members and military commanders

With a successful first flight on April 25th, Boeing has added the fourth and final flight test aircraft to the KC-46 Pegasus fleet, a 767-2C. During the 1 hour, 40 minute flight, test pilots performed operational engine checks, flight controls and environmental systems checks and took the 767-2C to a maximum altitude of 39,000 feet

FL Technics, a global provider of tailor-made aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services, has won the tender organized by the Ethiopian Air Force for the supply of spare parts and components for training, transport and multi-purpose aircraft. FL Technics and the Ethiopian Air Force have signed a component supply agreement according to which the company’s

Avcorp Industries released that further to the contract award from Lockheed Martin announced on October 15th, 2015 for the expanded scope on the F-35 Carrier Variant Outboard Wing (“CV OBW”), Avcorp has received a firm order for the remaining units in the next two production phases, referred to as Low Rate Initial Production (“LRIP”) nine