MRO & Production

The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team

Boeing announced an agreement with Esterline CMC Electronics to provide Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) hardware on selected airplane models for production and retrofit, starting with the Next-Generation 737. A second provider will be announced later. Boeing is developing a common application suite and ground infrastructure for use across Class 1, 2, and 3

ST Aerospace Systems (STA Systems), was recognised by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) as a Boeing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre for the CH-47 Chinook engine transmission. Through this association, ST Aerospace

General Dynamics released that, as a result of deterioration in the backlog, particularly during the month of February, and continued weak demand, Gulfstream Aerospace has found it necessary to cut large-cabin aircraft production and green-aircraft deliveries from a projected rate of 94 to 73 in 2009. Gulfstream also will reduce production of its mid-size aircraft

A J Walter Aviation will support up to fifty four A320s for the Mexican airline, Volaris. The Company has formed a strategic power-by-the-hour alliance with Aveos, the Montreal based repair and maintenance facility, to deliver an advanced integrated inventory solution that will maximise the efficiency of the Volaris fleet which is expanding from twenty one

GE Aviation announced the opening of the new systems manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China. This new expansion includes 18,600 sq meters (or 200,000 sq ft) and is immediately capable of producing state-of-the-art autoclaved composite parts, mechanical fabrications, structure assembly and civil aircraft actuation systems. Current plans are to ramp China labor in this new GE

Embraer has signed its first Phenom 100 individual owner Embraer Executive Care (EEC) contract in the United States. EEC is a fixed cost-per-hour maintenance program created in 2001 for the Legacy 600. The Phenom EEC program was launched during the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Annual Meeting and Convention, in October 2008, and offers both

Gulfstream Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, recently celebrated the fuselage joining for the first Gulfstream G250, the company

Mexicana MRO Services has joined the worldwide Airbus MRO Network. The official signing ceremony took place at the Mexicana premises in Mexico City in the presence of Manuel Borja, CEO of Mexicana, and Bruce Jones, Senior Vice President, Airbus Services and Customer Support. Mexicana MRO Services is a division of Grupo Mexicana de Aviacion S.A.

Complete Turbine Service completed the installation of CF6-6 & -50 HPT and LPT precision rotor balancing equipment which will also include the grinding of the HPT blades. As part of this expanded service CTS is refurbishing the 1st and 2nd NGV assemblies for these engines with in house grinding of the seals and shrouds scheduled