Military & Defense

AAR expands support of Boeing’s U.S. Army CH-47 Helicopter Recapitalization Program

AAR has won a contract that expands its component repair support of Boeing’s Helicopter Recapitalization Program for the U.S. Army. Under a five-year general terms agreement on Multi Year II, AAR will overhaul multiple components on the CH-47 Chinook helicopter. This is a significant increase over AAR’s portion of Boeing’s initial Multi Year I program.

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EMBRAER opens final assembly hangar for the KC-390, in Gaviao Peixoto, SP, Brazil

EMBRAER held the opening ceremony of the final assembly line of the KC-390 military transport on May 20th. The event occurred at Embraer’s plant in Gaviao Peixoto, Sao Paulo. Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force signed the series production contract of the KC-390, thus marking the beginning of a new phase of the project, which

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BAE Systems completes 150th aircraft set for F35 fighter programme

BAE Systems completed the manufacture of the 150th F-35 rear fuselage and tail set at its military aircraft factory in Samlesbury, Lancashire. The 150th aircraft set, known as AF070, is a Conventional Take Off and Landing variant destined for the US Air Force. AF070 will be married up with the rest of the aircraft at

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Triumph Group to provide overhaul services for Boeing Globemaster III

Triumph Group has signed a three year contract with Boeing to provide overhaul and maintenance services for the auxiliary power units, fan thrust reversers, pitch trim actuators, landing gear manifold and ramp actuators for the United States Air Force fleet of Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The work will be performed at several of the

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Merex Group acquires Kellstrom Defense Aerospace

The Merex Group has completed the acquisition of Florida based Kellstrom Defense Aerospace. The acquisition of Kellstrom Defense creates a combined business with an expanded bundle of capabilities for legacy aircraft sustainment and unmatched channel access to serve the needs of global defense customers. Kellstrom Defense is a leader in providing distribution, life extension, maintenance

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Fully configured MC-27J multi-mission tactical transport aircraft completes first flight

Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, in partnership with ATK, announced that the demonstrator of a fully configured MC-27J multi-mission tactical transport aircraft completed its first flight from the company’s Turin Test Flight Centre. The demonstrator aircraft was modified with an L-3 Wescam MX-15Di Electro-Optical and Infrared Turret that was mounted under the nose of the

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ETC's Aircrew Training Systems awarded contract to supply United States Air Force with spatial disorientation flight trainers

Aircrew Training Systems (“ATS”), a division of Environmental Tectonics Corporation, has signed a contract with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (“AFLCMC”) to provide up to four spatial disorientation flight simulators following a competitive bidding process. The AFLCMC selected ETC’s GYRO IPT II (Integrated Physiological Trainer) to fulfill the requirements of their new Spatial

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