Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. picked PartsBase’s search engine services to streamline procurement processes for post-production aircraft parts and repair services. PartsBase’s software features function sets designed to assist locating, pricing and bidding aircraft parts and services.
Lockheed Martin added the Turkish Air Force (THK) 2nd Air Supply and Maintenance Center in Kayseri, Turkey, to its global network of authorized C-130 service facilities on April 17.
The Obama administration in May unveiled a $16 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2010 that focuses on the Next Generation (NextGen) air traffic control system and controller staffing issues. The fiscal 2010 budget sidesteps the funding issue, but only for a year. The administration expects to renew its push for dramatic changes in aviation funding beginning in 2011, the administration budget documents say.
Mubadala Development Co. acquired a controlling share of SR Technics on April 21, buying out Istithmar’s 30% share, for total ownership of 70%. Dubai Aerospace Enterprise continues to hold a 30% share in the company. Facilities
Imperium signed an agreement with Air Dynamics that allows Air Dynamics to resell Imperium’s Acoustocam to its growing base of U.S., U.K. and Canadian customers for inspection and maintenance purposes.
Qantas finished deploying Mxi’s Maintenix software for its first three A380 aircraft . Its A380 Fast Track implementation is phase one of Project Marlin, which will implement Mxi’s Maintenix software across the Qantas fleet. Qantas operates more than 130 Boeing and Airbus aircraft, and it has 17 more A380s on order.
A US Airways V2500 engine set a new time on wing record, completing 30,520 flying hours on its first run. This is the third time a US Airways engine has surpassed 30,000 hours before being removed for its first scheduled overhaul, and breaks the previous IAE time on wing record, also held by a US Airways engine.
AeroMech, amended STC to install Innovative Solutions and Support air data display units on various Hawker Beechcraft 125 model aircraft, STC ST01623SE
Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems, reissued STC to install the JanAero Devices Division Cycle air conditioning system on various Cessna 310 model aircraft, STC SA775CE
MORE Co., reissued STCs for Instructions for Continued Airworthiness for various Pratt & Whitney PT6A engine models that define specific maintenance tasks and their associated maintenance schedules, used as a supplement to the applicable Pratt & Whitney Canada manuals, STCs SE00011EN, SE00010EN, SE00006EN, SE00004EN, SE00003EN and SE00002EN
Tunisair Technics selected Messier Services to maintain and overhaul landing gear on 10 of its Airbus A319/A320 aircraft. Messier Services’ U.K. facility is completing the work that will last until 2014. Engines
Goodrich’s Alabama Service Center received Boeing approval to provide overheat service bulletin inspections and modifications for Boeing 737NG aircraft. The service bulletin, SB1079, mandates inspection of the aircraft’s GE CFM56-7 engine thrust reverser inner walls and insulation blankets as well as checking for signs of heat damaged and correcting possible heat-related issues.
Dallas Airmotive signed a five-year engine service agreement with Avantair to repair, maintain, overhaul and provide field service on PT6A-66 engines that power the operator’s Piaggio Avanti turboprop aircraft. Dallas Airmotive has been a PT6 OEM-authorized distributor and designated overhaul facility since 1967.
Nayak Aircraft Service will offer several support options for the Sukhoi Superjet, according to Sales Manager Friedrich-Wilhelm Wilms. These will include both line maintenance and base maintenance, with structural repair in authorized service centers and technical training once the program is in operation.
The Commemorative Air Force brought James C. “Woody” Woodford on board as director of maintenance for its headquarters in Midland, Texas. Woodford, a 27-year CAF member, will report to Bob Stenevik, VP of operations and maintenance.
ONE sky Aviation, amended STC to install a fixed mounted Forward.Vision Model 100 enhanced vision system to include an under-wing conformal fairing with sensor, a Detached Electrical Box and a glareshield mounted dedicated display monitor on Cirrus SR20 and SR22 model aircraft, STC SA02329AK
Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Center Europe appointed Aero-Dienst of Nuremberg, Germany, and Altenrhein Aviation at St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland, recognized maintenance facilities for PT6A, JT15D and PW300 series engines.
CAE received FAA Inspection Authorization approval for six of its e-Learning maintenance training courses, which cover Boeing 737NG engine ground operations, advanced digital principles, human factors, maintenance diagnostic systems and reduced vertical separation minimums. It signed a technical training agreement with Canada’s Jazz Air, under which Jazz maintenance training programs will be licensed to CAE.
Just as MROs tout high quality, safety and turnaround time as imperative elements to successful maintenance, Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings is positioning its full-fledged entry as a commercial aviation paint supplier in a similar fashion. Its Jet Glo Express coating systems, which consists of a pre-treatment, corrosion protective primer and topcoat, is designed to be applied within a few days, last a long time and maintain a vivid appearance, while delivering green benefits.
MUMBAI—Trouble between union and management at Indian MRO company AirWorks Engineering is said to be behind the sabotage of industrialist Anil Ambani’s Bell 412 helicopter in Mumbai. The Kafkaesque plot unfolded in April at AirWorks’ Mumbai international airport hangar, when pebbles were found in the fuel tank of the helicopter. Following this discovery, Bharat Borge, the man who spotted the pebbles in the fuel tank, was found dead on a railway track in a Mumbai suburb with a suicide note in his pocket.
