L-3 Communications will provide depot-level upgrade, repair and overhaul services for photonics masts on Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines under a three-year, $44.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract also covers engineering and technical support and the replacement, inspection and evaluation of the photonics mast and photonics mast …
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Pratt & Whitney and the Netherlands’ defense ministry have signed a contract to establish a depot that will host work to maintain, repair, overhaul and upgrade engines used in F-35 fighter jets. The United Technologies Corp. subsidiary announced the contract Monday, nine months after the U.S. Defense Department selected the Netherlands in December 2014 as …
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The worldwide market for commercial and military aircraft maintenance, repair and ovehaul services is projected to grow at an annual average rate of 3.36 percent through 2019, according to a new Research and Markets report. Research and Markets said Monday it also forecasts that wearables and three-dimensional printers will drive …
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Global spending on maintenance, repair and overhaul services for military ground vehicles is projected to show steady growth over the next 10 years, according to a new Visiongain report. Visiongain said Monday it forecasts that investments in military land vehicle MRO programs worldwide would reach $7.4 billion this year. The …
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A Lockheed Martin division will provide European Aviation with jet engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services both on-site and at facilities in Canada and the U.S. under a four-year exclusive contract. Lockheed Martin Commercial Engine Solutions will perform work on 60 CFM56-3 turbofan engines at a European Aviation facility and LMCES sites in Montreal and San Antonio, the company …
Read More » Aircraft operators are moving toward a new business model that requires maintenance work on items such as engines to be done under tighter turn times as opposed to a complete overhaul, a Kelly Aviation Center vice president has told Avionics Intelligence. “We’re seeing record numbers of backlogs in terms of Airbus …
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Lockheed Martin has completed overhaul work on a plane the U.S. Customs and Border Protection deploys for drug surveillance and national security missions The company delivered the P-3 Orion to CBP more than two months earlier than scheduled and this plane is one out of 14 scheduled to be updated …
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