Azad Engineering has begun setting up its third manufacturing facility in Medchal Malkajgiri district near Hyderabad, investing over Rs 500 crore over three years to make critical components for aviation and power generation. The foundation stone was laid on November 22, 2021, and about 1,000 jobs are expected.
PTI Technologies was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation for Anti-Ice Starting Bleed Valves used on GE T700 engines in UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters. The contract runs for five years.
Autonomous military and aerospace solutions provider Gen3 Defense & Aerospace will expand into a larger facility in Kent County, Michigan, with an $8.69 million capital investment and 269 new jobs, supported by a $1 million state grant.
Hanwha Cimarron will invest $130 million in a new factory in Opelika, Alabama, making carbon fiber-wrapped hydrogen storage tanks and pressure vessels. The project will create 261 jobs.
Parker-Hannifin agreed to buy all of Meggitt PLC, the Coventry-based aerospace and defense motion and control company, for about GBP 6.3 billion in cash. The deal remains subject to regulatory clearances and Meggitt shareholder approval.
Gen3 Defense and Aerospace is moving into a larger facility in Kent County, Michigan, with a $8.7 million capital investment expected to create up to 269 high-wage jobs. Michigan was chosen over a site in Florida.
Marotta Controls, a New Jersey aerospace and defense supplier, announced it has integrated additive manufacturing into its services and validated it with a patented selective laser sintering method for a manifold valve.
Triumph Group's Actuation Products & Services unit will provide hydraulic utility actuation valves engineering and material support to Lockheed Martin for F-35 sustainment at MCAS Cherry Point over five years, from its Clemmons, North Carolina facility. Announced June 17, 2021.
EPCOR, an AFI KLM E&M subsidiary's licensed Honeywell APU maintenance provider, won an exclusive contract to maintain and repair the APUs of Flair Airlines' expanding Boeing 737 fleet.
Eaton announced completion of its acquisition of Cobham Mission Systems, a manufacturer of air-to-air refueling, environmental and actuation systems for defense markets with about 2,000 employees.
TAT Technologies plans to move its heat exchanger thermal components manufacturing from Israel to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and expand Limco Airepair there. It also plans a new global R&D center on its Tulsa campus.
Cobham Mission Systems received a follow-on contract from Thales Alenia Space Italia to supply regulators and latch valves for NASA Orion European Service Modules ESM 4 through 6, with annual deliveries scheduled for 2026-2027.
Cobham Mission Systems received a follow-on contract from Thales Alenia Space Italia to supply regulators and latch valves for NASA's Orion European Service Modules, covering ESM 4 through 6 with launches planned for 2026-2027. The announcement is dated 18 May 2021.
Woodward is expanding its aerospace manufacturing in Zeeland, Michigan by industrializing 15,000 square feet of a newly purchased building for metal additive manufacturing. The company bought the 26,000-square-foot space and applied for a tax abatement.
Shannon-based Atlantic Aviation Group acquired a former Flybe maintenance operation from UK administrators for an undisclosed sum. The UK business employs 112 people and provides maintenance, repair and overhaul services.
Frontier Airlines selected Pratt & Whitney GTF engines to power 134 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, with first deliveries scheduled for 2022. Pratt & Whitney will also provide long-term EngineWise maintenance under the deal.
The US Navy awarded General Electric a $219.9 million contract modification for 48 F414-GE-400 engines and engine devices supporting F/A-18 Super Hornet production. Work will be performed in Lynn, Massachusetts, Hooksett, New Hampshire, Rutland, Vermont and Madisonville, Kentucky, through August 2023.
The Australian Department of Defence awarded Sonartech Atlas Pty Limited a contract to supply valves, valued at AUD 24,832.50, on 15 December 2020 for a six-month term in New South Wales.
EUROJET Turbo GmbH signed a contract with the NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency to supply 56 new EJ200 engines for the German Air Force's Tranche 4 Typhoon order. Final assembly will take place at MTU Aero Engines, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2023.
Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies, plans to invest approximately $650 million through 2027 in a new manufacturing facility in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The operation is intended to create 800 new positions.
Héroux-Devtek's Spanish subsidiary CESA was awarded a major multi-year contract by Boeing to manufacture actuation components for several commercial aircraft platforms, including the 787, 777, 777X, 767 and 747.
Williams International will expand its Ogden, Utah plant, adding 300 jobs and moving production from a shuttered Guaymas, Mexico facility. The $60 million project received a $6.8 million state tax credit approved in September 2020.
Westfield Fluid Controls, an affiliate of Westfield Hydraulics, will invest $5.1 million to relocate a manufacturing operation from San Fernando, California to a 30,000-square-foot facility in Lafayette, Louisiana, creating 67 direct jobs.
The Acutronic Group, a maker of aerospace components and motion simulators, is expanding into a 26,000-square-foot facility at 1100 E. Howard Ln. in Austin, Texas, as part of a multi-million dollar investment announced August 5, 2020.
Meggitt signed a $15 million contract with Chemring Australia for a second order of flare countermeasure assemblies for the F-35 fighter jet. The article reports the deal as recent, so the date is approximate.
Meggitt received a three-year continuation contract from Northrop Grumman to supply fuel bladders for the F/A-18 Super Hornet, valued at around $20 million, with deliveries starting in August 2020.
ITP Aero has installed a 1400 bar Quintus Technologies Flexform high pressure sheet hydroform press at its recently completed plant in Bilbao, Spain, with the press installed in December 2019. ITP Aero also enrolled in a long-term Quintus Care Program.
Pratt & Whitney will invest $12.5 million in its North Berwick, Maine facility to add maintenance, repair and overhaul work on high pressure turbine and compressor modules for the PW1100G-JM engine.
Triumph Systems & Support has been awarded a four-year long-term agreement by Lockheed Martin for hydraulic utility actuation valves on the F-35 program, making Triumph the sole source provider for the statement of work.
Safran and the Telangana government announced a new plant in Hyderabad's GMR Special Economic Zone to make parts for the CFM International LEAP turbofan engine. The €36 million plant is set to employ 300 workers.
FACT (Fluid Actuation & Control Toulouse), which makes electro-hydraulic and electro-pneumatic equipment for aeronautics, defense and space, acquired TVI Nortier on May 15, 2020, and it became Nortier.
General Electric received a $707.27 million contract award exercising four options for F110-GE-129 engine production, covering FMS deals for Bulgaria, Qatar, Slovakia and Taiwan. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio, through 31 December 2026.
SAPA Placencia signed a contract to supply its BP-065 Auxiliary Power Units for installation in various versions of a European combat vehicle, with deliveries from 2020 to 2033. The article is dated 20 April 2020.
Meggitt has extended its contract to supply GE Aviation with valves, sensors and heat exchangers for engines over the next five years. The deal value was described only as multimillion-dollar.
Meggitt has been awarded a $73 million (GBP 56.8 million) five-year contract by Texas-based Bell Textron to supply ice protection components for the V-22 Osprey aircraft, including composite de-icing propeller rotor blankets, heated spinners, fairings and pendulums.
AAR signed a multiyear agreement to be the exclusive global stocking and selling distributor of AeroControlex auxiliary power unit lube pumps and related piece-part components.
Ontic signed its fifth license agreement with Meggitt, taking over continuing Part 21 new-build manufacturing and Part 145 repair and spares support for military aircraft parts, to be transitioned into its US and UK facilities.
GEFCO signed an agreement with Airbus to run reusable, foldable packaging for transporting components from European suppliers to Airbus assembly plants, gradually replacing disposable packaging. The project started in January 2019 and may extend to all European Airbus sites.
Hanwha Aerospace signed a supply contract with GE for aircraft engine parts worth about $300 million (350 billion won), produced at its Changwon and Vietnam plants.
Hanwha Aerospace will supply Trent engine turbine seal segments to Rolls-Royce under a contract worth $1 billion (about 1.2 trillion won), running from 2021 to 2045 with possible extension.
Hanwha Aerospace disclosed a supply contract worth KRW 1,152.5 billion with Rolls-Royce for turbine parts for Trent engines, running until 31 December 2045. The value equals 25.9% of Hanwha Aerospace's 2018 consolidated revenue.
Aerospace manufacturer Flexial Corporation broke ground on a 10,000-square-foot expansion of its Cookeville facility, adding production capacity and an engineering environmental test lab, and plans to hire 25-30 employees within two to three years.
Kaman Corporation agreed to acquire Bal Seal Engineering, a maker of precision springs, seals and contacts, for $330 million in cash. Bal Seal expects about $95 million in revenue for 2019.
Rolls-Royce has selected Liebherr-Aerospace to supply a pneumatic valve for its Trent 7000 engine, according to the company's press release.
Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse has been selected by Rolls-Royce to supply the pneumatic component package, including valves and actuation devices, for the Pearl 700 business jet engine that powers the Gulfstream G700.
Honeywell has named Mike Madsen, a long-time Aerospace executive, President and CEO of Honeywell Aerospace, effective immediately, succeeding Tim Mahoney, who moves to Senior Vice President, Enterprise Transformation.
Addev Materials, a supplier to the aerospace, space and defence market, has agreed to acquire ANDPAK, a custom chemical packaging provider, and Zip-Chem, a surface preparation products maker. Investors reinvested EUR 33 million into Addev to finance the deal.
Vernet Group, a portfolio company of Stirling Square Capital Partners, acquired Rostra Vernatherm, a portfolio company of Nikel Holdings and Valencia Capital, for an undisclosed amount. Rostra makes thermal control products for aerospace and defense, automotive and general industrial markets and will be renamed Vernatherm by Vernet.
LDC supported a secondary buyout of ELE Advanced Technologies, a Lancashire maker of aerospace and gas turbine components, in October 2019 to fund organic growth and capacity investment. The company later moved to a larger facility in Nelson, Lancashire, adding 40% production capacity.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines received an order from All Nippon Airways to retrofit intermediate pressure compressor modules on Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines for its Boeing 787 fleet, with first shipment completed September 11, 2019.