MRO & Production

The Boeing Company awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract with a value of up to $1.4 billion to support the C-17 aircraft fleet. This F117 engine maintenance agreement includes a one year contract and the option to extend for two additional years through 2011. This F117 contract covers fleet management support, configuration control, thrust reversers […]

SR Technics has concluded a ten-year contract for an Integrated Airline Solutions (IAS) support package with Eastar Jet, the new low-cost carrier based in South Korea. The agreement, which was signed at the MRO Asia Exhibition & Conference in Singapore is effective from October 15, 2008. Under the new ten-year IAS agreement, SR Technics will

The Turkish Engine Center, a Pratt & Whitney and Turkish Airlines Technic joint venture, will support an existing 10-year engine maintenance agreement between Turkish Airlines and Turkish Technic when it opens in mid-2009. The work is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion to the Turkish Engine Center and will extend through 2016. The

Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services has received its U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Repair Station Certification. The certification allows Boeing Shanghai to conduct operations in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations Part 145. Boeing Shanghai initially is conducting heavy maintenance on Boeing Next-Generation 737 airplanes. There are more than 235 Next-Generation 737s flying in the East

Gulfstream has selected Hamilton Sundstrand’s Kidde Aerospace & Defense unit to provide the engine fire detection system for Gulfstream’s new G650 business jet. The engine and nacelle-mounted fire detectors and control unit are designed and manufactured by Kidde Graviner in Colnbrook, England. Kidde Graviner currently supplies Gulfstream the engine fire detection system for its G350,

Goodrich Corporation has entered into a data license with Boeing allowing the use of detail engineering design to obtain Parts Manufacturing Authority (PMA) for replacement landing gear spare parts. The license will permit Goodrich to manufacture licensed PMA parts under Goodrich’s FAA approved quality system and distribute directly to operators. Goodrich landing gear is used

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has been selected by Embraer to supply four systems on the Legacy 450 mid-light and Legacy 500 mid-size business jets. The packages include the nose wheel steering system, landing gear control and indication system, landing gear extension and retraction system, and the hydraulic system control module. The total package represents

Aveos Fleet Performance, formerly ACTS, has signed four agreements with Honeywell, which include a general terms agreement, as well as repair, material and license agreements valued at over $345 million. The 5-year exclusive repair agreement for non in-house repaired items will enable Aveos to offer clients cost effective and efficient repair solutions. In addition, a

A year ago, GE Aviation established the Business Jet Operations Center at its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. The center provides rapid and single-contact support to operators of business jets powered by thousands of GE’s CF34, CF700, and CJ610 engines, as well as CFM International’s CFM56 engines. This past summer, GE Aviation acquired certain assets of

GE Honda Aero Engines has begun releasing hardware designs and receiving manufactured hardware for its first HF120 development engine, in preparation for formal certification testing. While the first HF120 development engine will begin assembly later this year, the program has experienced one of the most extensive engine test programs prior to the official start of