MRO & Production

Héroux-Devtek, a leading international manufacturer of aerospace products, has been awarded a long-term contract by Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland to supply the landing gear for the AW609 TiltRotor aircraft. Under the terms of the agreement, Héroux-Devtek will design, develop, fabricate, assemble, test and deliver complete landing gear systems for the AW609 aircraft. This life-cycle mandate also includes the

Total Technical Care MRO organization Magnetic MRO established sales and engineering office in London, United Kingdom. The new office, located in Kensington, will be operational from October 1st, 2015, hosting Magnetic MRO sales and engineering teams in one centralized London location.

Airinmar, a leading provider of innovative aviation repair management solutions, has signed a three-year agreement with ExpressJet, a subsidiary of SkyWest, to manage component repairs for its fleet of more than 300 regional aircraft. Airinmar has supported airlines, MROs, OEMs and military operations for over 25 years through the integration of its proprietary systems, engineering

Lufthansa Technik AG is the first MRO provider in Europe to install split scimitar winglets on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ). With this modification, the aircraft is the third BBJ in the world to be equipped with these new, aerodynamically optimized winglets from Aviation Partners Boeing. The modification took place over a period of ten

Following the Gulfstream G650 Line Maintenance approval received in June 2015, HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance was now granted the approval to perform Part-145 Base Maintenance on G650. As an EASA Part-145 organization, HAITEC holds approvals from Civil Aviation Organizations of Russia, United Arab Emirates, Azerbaijan, Bermuda and the FAA for a broad range of Boeing and

Boeing announced that 747 fuselage panels will be built at its Macon, Georgia facility beginning in 2018. Boeing will take over the work from Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Triumph Group, with the Macon site providing assembled fuselage panels to Boeing’s 747 final assembly line in Everett, Washington. Boeing

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed facility expansion at the Aircraft Shop of the Yamatomachi Plant of its Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in preparation for production increase of composite wing boxes for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. MHI expanded the facility in response to Boeing’s plan to increase the 787’s production

Snecma (Safran) officially started the construction of a second open-air engine test stand at its facility located at French air force base 125 in Istres, southern France.  The new installation, comprising a test stand featuring a design that is unique in Europe and a building housing all control systems, is on a par with the

Boeing employees in Renton, Wash., have started final assembly on schedule of the first 737 MAX 8, the first member of Boeing’s new, more efficient single-aisle family. After the first fuselage arrived on Aug. 21 from Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, Kan, mechanics began installing flight systems and insulation blankets. Crews next moved the fuselage to