MRO & Production

Goodrich to provide integrated landing gear system for Cessna Citation Columbus

Goodrich Corporation is providing an advanced fully integrated landing gear system for the Cessna Model 850 Citation Columbus large cabin intercontinental business jet. The weight-efficient system includes main and nose landing gear, wheels and carbon brakes, and electronic control and steering systems. The selection of Goodrich represents an important strategic partnership and new approach for

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BOC Aviation selects Thales flight managament systems

BOC Aviation has selected Thales to provide a comprehensive package of flight management systems for up to 47 new Airbus A320 family aircraft. Deliveries of these aircraft will commence in the fourth quarter of 2008. Under the terms of the agreement Thales baseline flight management systems package for the Airbus A320 family aircraft includes: Flight

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Flow International to begin work on the Airbus contract

Flow International Corporation has received purchase orders for four systems under the recently awarded contract to exclusively supply Airbus with Composite Machining Center (CMC) abrasive waterjet and routing machine tool systems to support the production of its upcoming A-350XWB. The purchase orders were for a CMC to machine the keel beam section in Nantes, France,

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StandardAero breaks ground on turbine-engine-overhaul facility expansion

Due to growth in turbine-engine-overhaul contracts, StandardAero, a DAE Engineering company, reported the official ground breaking of an 80,000 square foot expansion to their Winnipeg facilities to accommodate the expected engine throughputs. The expansion is timed with several large contract wins and the large volume of engine maintenance associated with those contracts. After securing agreements

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