GKN Aerospace

• 6.3m sq. ft of manufacturing facilities
• Over 8,000 employees

• 25 Autoclaves (up to 45ft usable length e.g. Munich)
• Leader in RFI and RTM technology

Machining

• 200 machine tools (124 NC)
• 12 advanced high speed machines
• World's largest long bed gantry 456 ft

Advanced metallic forming

• Super-plastic forming
• Diffusion bonding
• Advanced Chemical Milling
• Electron Beam Welding (largest EB gantry in North America)
• Electro chemical machining (ECM)

Transparencies

• Aircraft Transparencies
  • Speciality Coatings for UV protection, stealth requirements, moisture barriers, abrasion resistance
  • Glass, Acrylic and Polycarbonate
  • Wide Range of Applications in Commercial & Military Transports, Military Fighter, Business and Regional Jets, and Helicopters
  • Canopies, Windshields, Wing Tip Lens
• Bullet Resistant Glazing (BRG)
  • Flat and curved glass laminates 18mm-75mm thickness
  • Civil and Military Customers
  • Glass with polycarbonate inner ply
• Locomotive Windscreens
  

Repair and overhaul

• Structures
• Fan Blade Repair
• Nozzle Systems
• Transparencies
• Flexible Structures

Test and evaluation

• Structural
• Environmental
• Hydrodynamic

Engineering

• 1000 design engineers
• FAR/JAR approvals