Alcoa (AA) has signed a multi-year supply agreement with Airbus valued at approximately $110m for value-add titanium and aluminum aerospace forgings. Alcoa will produce the parts using its recently modernized 50,000-ton press in Cleveland, Ohio. This press uses state-of-the-art controls to meet stringent aerospace specifications and is uniquely capable of producing the world’s largest and
Boeing will begin construction in the second half of 2014 on a new paint facility on its main campus in North Charleston, S.C. The company expects to begin painting fully assembled 787 Dreamliners in South Carolina in mid-2016. The approximately 230,000 ft² (21,368 m²) facility will be used to apply customer liveries to Boeing South
Chorus Aviation and GA Telesis announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) to form a joint venture to provide supply chain solutions, including component and spare parts support, to Bombardier Q400, DHC Dash 8, and CRJ aircraft operators and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) providers. The joint venture will leverage the considerable
Exelis has been selected by Boeing to produce composite airframe substructures for the 787 Dreamliner. Work will begin immediately at the Exelis composite design and manufacturing center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Exelis is a long-standing trusted supplier to Boeing providing composite storage tanks for the 737, 747, 767 and 777 models.
Direct Maintenance, an independent wide body dedicated line maintenance provider from The Netherlands, has started providing line maintenance support to the B787. The Dreamliner is the most sophisticated Boeing aircraft ever produced and the first commercial wide body jet with its primary structure made predominantly out of composite materials. The first support event took place
PPG Industries has expanded its aerospace business operations in Japan with the relocation of its application support center to a site in Miyoshi that supports increased production capacity, adds warehouse space and affords new service capabilities. The new site in Miyoshi Kurozasa Industrial Park includes a 1,994 m² manufacturing facility and office as well as
ATC Aerospace and Airline Services Components (ASC) announced a partnership designed to meet and support customers’ APU lease requirements. ATC Aerospace will consign a variety of Auxiliary Power Units to the UK parts specialist. This agreement will allow both parties to widen their customer base and develop closer ties for future collaboration. ASC will take
Avia Solutions Group, a WSE listed global provider of one-stop-shop aviation business solutions, has recently signed a partnership agreement with Air Livery, a European aircraft repainting, interior repair and refurbishment service provider. Under the agreement, Avia Solutions Group will operate as an exclusive sales representative of Air Livery in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, the Baltic States
AAR has signed a five-year contract to become the sole supplier of approximately 25,000 consumable and expendable line-item parts for a major commercial airline customer. The contract is valued at approximately $42m in annual revenue. AAR will act as an aggregator, procuring and managing the parts and providing them to the customer’s main warehouse facility
The Nexcelle joint venture of Aircelle (Safran) and GE Aviation’s Middle River Aircraft Systems – which is building engine nacelles for the next generation of integrated propulsion systems – has marked a key program milestone by shipping its initial major production component: the no. 1 inlet for GE Aviation’s Passport business jet engine. This represents
