23 July 2008

GKN Aerospace has won a lifetime contract expected to be worth over USD750m with Honeywell Engines for nacelle systems for the HTF7000 series business jet turbofan engine.

21 July 2008

At a breakfast reception at Farnborough International on Wednesday 16th July ‘08, GKN Aerospace recognised the achievements of its top 40 suppliers from its global supplier base, gave four awards for particular achievement and presented AMI Metals with the award for ‘Overall Supplier of the Year’.

15 July 2008

Negotiations between Airbus and GKN for the sale of the Filton Operations continue to make good progress. Associated A350XWB package negotiations also continue to make good progress.

15 July 2008

GKN Aerospace has now delivered Blended Winglets for the certification flight tests to Aviation Partners Boeing, in support of their launch customer American Airlines’ fleet of 767-300ER aircraft. This 767-300ER/F contract with Aviation Partners Boeing has involved the design and development of an 11 ft tall winglet and will include manufacture of some 450 ship sets, with forecast peak production of up to 16 ship sets per month.

15 July 2008

Philip Grainger, the Senior Technical Director and Chief Technologist at GKN Aerospace has been elected as a Fellow of the UK’s highly prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering, an organisation which brings together the country’s most eminent engineers from all disciplines to promote excellence in the science, art and practice of engineering.