Fri, May 26, 2006
On Friday, Aurora Flight Sciences announced it has received a
new contract from the Navy Aviation Department in Jacksonville, FL
to fabricate panels for the Navy's EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare
aircraft. The contract is similar to refurbishment work Aurora
performed for the now-retired F-14 Tomcat, and represents an
opportunity for the company to expand its metals and composite work
for the Navy.
"For more than 40 years, the EA-6B Prowler has suppressed enemy
air defenses and protected the lives of countless naval aviators,"
said Ron Richman, Aurora Flight Sciences of West Virginia's General
Manager. "Aurora is proud to apply our tooling and metal
fabrication experience to keep these workhorses of the fleet
flying."
Under the contract, Aurora will develop new tooling from
components and drawings supplied by the Navy. The company will then
fabricate a test article that will be the tooling from a scrapped
part and drawings supplied from the Navy.
Once the tooling is
complete, Aurora will build one test article. After successful
testing of the first article and certification as an approved
supplier for the panel, Aurora will fabricate an additional six
units. Once this process is complete, Aurora hopes to perform
additional work for the EA- 6B.
Aurora Flight Sciences is a leader in unmanned aerial vehicle
technology for research, defense and homeland security
organizations. For more than 17 years, Aurora Flight Sciences has
expanded the limits of unmanned flight through the design and
manufacture of innovative aircraft.
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