MRO & Production

Moog was selected by Airbus to supply flight control actuation for the A350 XWB (extra wide-body) high lift system. The A350 XWB family is Airbus’ response to widespread market demand for a series of highly efficient, medium-capacity, long-range, wide-body aircraft. Moog will supply the trailing edge actuation system including the power control unit, inboard and […]

Pratt & Whitney and Volvo Aero Norge signed an agreement to manufacture a critical engine component for the F135 propulsion system powering the F35 Lightning II. This agreement, combined with previous agreements signed with the company, have a potential value of more than $700 million in production over the life of the program. Pratt &

Sikorsky Aerospace Services reported that Falcon Aviation Services will establish a Customer Support Center in Abu Dhabi for S-76 helicopters. The facility will be the first S-76 helicopter Customer Support Center in the Middle East. Last June, Falcon Aviation Services (FAS), a provider of helicopter charter and maintenance services based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab

Air New Zealand and Boeing announced Dec. 3rd as the date for the airline’s sustainable biofuels flight from Auckland using a 747-400 jetliner. Conducted in partnership with Rolls-Royce and UOP, a Honeywell company, one of the airplane’s four Rolls-Royce RB211 engines will be powered in part using advanced generation biofuels derived from jatropha. As part

Boeing has selected Asian Composite Manufacturing (ACM) to provide the elevator and rudder-machined honeycomb core for Boeing’s 777 airplane. The contract was awarded based on ACM’s capacity and capability to complete the work on schedule and its reliability as a supplier and cost effective producer. Hawker de Havilland (HdH), a Boeing subsidiary, headquartered in Port

Hamilton Sundstrand signed a Working Together Team agreement with All Nippon Airways (ANA) to provide a total supply chain maintenance solution for its systems on the airline’s fleet of 50 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Under the 10-year agreement, Hamilton Sundstrand will provide inventory support services, repair services, logistics and technical cooperation with ANA engineering on

TACA has awarded Barfield, a Sabena technics company, a 10-year contract to provide full component support for their Embraer 190 fleet. The scope of this contract includes test, repair & overhaul of all rotable components including hydraulic, air conditioned, instrument, avionics and IFE.

Lufthansa Technik and Norwegian Air Shuttle have signed an agreement for overhaul services on more than 100 engines. According to the new contract, Lufthansa Technik will take care of the CFM56-7B engines for all 53 aircraft of Norwegian

Cascade Aerospace has been awarded a 12 year contract effective October 2008 to provide operational line support and heavy maintenance services to the Government of France’s civil protection agency, Department de la Direction de la SecuritCivile (DDSC), for their Q400-MR Multi-Role Airtankers based at Marignane, France. Cascade Aerospace built and delivered two Q400-MR Multi-Role Airtankers

Avcom Technik took delivery of ATEC 6 Series avionics test bench from EADS Test & Services to expand its capabilities for A320 Family; it also added automatic test platforms to include EFIS/IFCS/EICAS and electronic accessories for A320 Family. Avcom Technik is based in Florida.