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AAI is one of a limited number of companies engaged in the design and full-rate production of a successfully fielded, operational unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the DoD. AAI first began development work on the unmanned systems product line in 1985, winning a competitive fly-off with its Pioneer Remotely Piloted Vehicle.
Aircraft Spruce was housed in Fullerton, California, from 1965 until 1997 in a historic Fullerton former citrus packing house. It then moved to a 62,000-square-foot (5,800 m 2) facility in Corona, California. Aircraft Spruce East moved to a new 52,000 sq ft (4,800 m 2) facility in Peachtree City, Georgia, in 2004.
The company's first major product was an oil cooler for military aircraft. Garrett designed and produced oil coolers for the Douglas DB-7. [9] Boeing's B-17 bombers, credited with substantially tipping the air war in America's and Great Britain's favor over Europe and the Pacific, were outfitted with Garrett intercoolers, as was the B-25. [12]
The company was originally part of Lucas Industries, responsible for producing fuel systems for aircraft. From 1938 the company produced fueling systems for World War II aircraft. [ 2 ] In August 1996 the company was merged, along with the rest of Lucas Industries, with the North American Varity Corporation to form LucasVarity . [ 3 ]
MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) company specializing in the maintenance and overhaul of regional aircraft AvCraft Technical Services was a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina U.S. , based company that supplied maintenance and technical support services for owners/operators of Bombardier Dash 8 , ATR 42 , ATR 72 and Fairchild Dornier 328 ...
The Hughes Model 269 was known to the U.S. Army as the TH-55 Osage. In 1947, Howard Hughes redirected the Hughes Aircraft Company's efforts from airplanes to helicopters. . The effort began in earnest in 1948, when helicopter manufacturer Kellett Autogiro Corporation sold their latest design to Hughes for product
Rohr subway cars manufactured for the Washington Metro. Rohr, Inc. is an aerospace manufacturing company based in Chula Vista, California, south of San Diego.It is a wholly owned unit of the Collins Aerospace division of RTX Corporation; [1] [2] it was founded in 1940 by Frederick H. Rohr as Rohr Aircraft.
HEICO Corporation is an American aerospace and electronics company, which manufactures products found in aircraft, spacecraft, defense equipment, medical equipment, and telecommunications systems. Since the mid-1990s, HEICO has been organized into two divisions to address these different markets: Flight Support Group and Electronic Technologies ...