MRO & Production

Shinwa Industry and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries jointly established Matsusaka Aircraft Parts Manufacturing Corporation (Matsusaka APM) in Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture, to perform surface treatment and painting of commercial aircraft parts. The new entity is to become a member of the Aircraft Parts Manufacturing Cooperative, an industrial cluster based in Matsusaka. Plans call for Matsusaka APM

Dassault Systèmes reported that Airbus Group, after a two-year comprehensive benchmarking process, is extending its use of Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to its additive manufacturing programs integrating design, simulation and production. Airbus Group will deploy Dassault Systèmes’ collaborative design and simulation applications as part of the “Co-Design to Target” industry solution experience, for the additive

Airbus has selected PPG enhanced-design sliding cockpit windows for installation in an A320neo airplane. After the aircraft is delivered, PPG will work with Airbus and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to gain Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) to sell windows directly to airlines as replacements in the aftermarket in place of the current design. “PPG worked

Horizon Air and Turbo Resources, a privately held and operated provider of high quality, certified aeronautical parts, have signed a three year exclusive consignment agreement to sell Horizon Air’s excess Q400 material. Since 1984, Turbo Resources has served airlines, MROs, OEMs, lessors and brokers with an inventory of over 500,000 individual line items.

Pemco World Air Services reported the redelivery of the first heavy maintenance check performed on a foreign-registered VIP aircraft. The jet had an outward appearance of a typical commercial airliner, but the MD-87 aircraft’s interior was nothing but first-class from nose to tail. With decades of heavy maintenance experience under their belt, the PEMCO team

Vector Aerospace has received FAA supplemental type certificate approval for a new ADS-B solution which is applicable for installation on the Airbus Helicopters AS332, Leonardo-Finmeccanica AW139 and Sikorsky S-76 series of helicopters. The new ADB-S In/Out retrofit upgrade (FAA STC # SR02473AK) features an intuitive, panel-mounted touchscreen transponder which replaces the aircraft’s existing transponder. Should

Jet Aviation Basel was appointed by Airbus Corporate Jets to design and render a VIP cabin interior for an Airbus ACJ350, the new generation composite aircraft by Airbus, that visited Geneva during EBACE 2016. Airbus brought to Geneva during EBACE 2016 a flight-test A350 to show selected visitors, and presented a gallery of cabin interior

STS Component Solutions has been named as an exclusive distributor for Aerospace Accessory Service, an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of emergency medical equipment for the aerospace industry. Aerospace Accessory Service is a certified Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 145 repair station that has been serving the commercial aviation industry for more than 30 years. The

Vector Aerospace, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, has completed a 7,500 hour major inspection (“G-check”) and 12-year major inspection for an Airbus Helicopter AS332 L1 Super Puma helicopter operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). The Super Puma was successfully delivered back to the LASD from

Embraer Executive Jets began the production of its Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 in Melbourne, Florida, holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 2nd, at its recently expanded facility, where the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 are already in production. The expansion adds 236,000 ft² to its existing 213,000 ft² campus at Orlando-Melbourne International Airport and