Tue, Dec 20, 2005
Finnish Company To Design, Deliver Structures For Military
Transport
Development work
continues on Airbus's A400M military transport plane, with Airbus's
announcement that Patria Aerostructures Business Unit has been
selected to design and deliver the A400M vertical tail plane tip
fairing to the European aerospace consortium. Peak production rate
will be some 30 aircraft per year -- with deliveries scheduled
between 2006-2021.
Patria, an international Aerospace and Defence Group with
significant positions in the Baltic region, is owned by the Finnish
government and EADS -- parent company of Airbus.
The Airbus A400M is the first large European military transport
aircraft to be built as a multi-national project. The launch
nations have ordered a total of 180 aircraft and Airbus expects to
sell at least another 200 aircraft to other export customers.
The fact that Patria was granted this important order goes well
in line with Patria's business philosophy: to deliver
internationally competitive solutions to global markets based on
own specialist know-how and partnerships. Patria was chosen to
deliver the wing spoilers to the world's largest passenger airplane
Airbus A380 already in 2001, contract value totalling EUR 425
million", says Mr Jorma Wiitakorpi, Patria's CEO and President.
"The now granted work package is a perfect match with our goal
to design and build advanced composite structures and follows our
strategy laid in 2001. The amount of composite structures will play
a more and more important role in new aircraft types", says Mr
Seppo Sepp�l�, Executive Vice President.
Patria's Aerostructures Business Unit designs and delivers
advanced composite structures for aircraft and satellites and is
actively involved in composite technology development programs.
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