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TurbineAero, a leading independent aerospace component maintenance

and overhaul service provider headquar-tered in Chandler, Arizona, USA an-nounced the groundbreaking ceremony for a new building in the Free Zone of the AMATA CITY Industrial Estate, Chonburi, Thailand, outside of Bangkok; and Robert Wilson as the new Chief Executive Officer.

The 80,000 square foot new facility will house up to 250 employees and will handle high technological testing, main-tenance, repair and overhaul activities for aircraft components and systems for worldwide customers, including APU MRO, LRUs and APU part repair.

“We are delighted to start the construc-

tion of TurbineAero’s new APU MRO facil-ities in Asia. This new building highlights the growth TurbineAero has witnessed over the last two years and confirms the development of the aerospace industry in Thailand which we are happy to be part of. This new facility will include three brand new full digital auxiliary power unit test cells as well as the most modern Non-Destructive Testing, inspection, repair and overhaul equipment. The new state of the art equipment, and work floor lay-out will enable us to further improve on turn-times, efficiency and perfor-mance,” said Peter Gille, Vice President and General Manager of TurbineAero Repair-Asia. “The construction of a facility

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of this kind is complex and expensive and it proves the trust that our Board of Direc-tors has in the Kingdom of Thailand and in the countries’ efforts on strengthening its position as innovation and service-based economy in South-East Asia.”

Along with the new building, Robert Wilson was named as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for TurbineAero, Inc. Prior to becoming CEO of TurbineAe-ro, Robert founded Aerospace Advisory Group, LLC in 2014, and served leading aerospace companies in consulting and board roles. Rob served 27 years in leadership roles at Honeywell, and predecessor companies, supporting com-mercial airlines, military and business aviation customers. He served the last 9 years of his 27-year Honeywell career as the President of the Business & General Aviation business.

“I am honored and excited to be leading TurbineAero’s global team of APU special-ists, as we enter an exciting phase of our continued growth. We are pleased to take this key step in building a world class facility for our experienced TurbineAero Thailand team to provide superior APU MRO services to current and future cus-tomers in the region,” said Robert Wilson.

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GMF, AFI KLM E&M sign strategic partnership deal

Interflight Technical Services selects Commsoft’s OASES

PT Garuda Maintenance Facility Aero Asia Tbk (GMF), the largest aircraft

maintenance operator in Indonesia and Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) have signed a strategic partnership agree-ment. President & CEO of GMF, Iwan Joeniarto and Executive Vice President AIR FRANCE KLM Engineering & Mainte-nance, Anne Brachet signed the agree-

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ment witnessed directly by the Presi-dent of Republic Indonesia, Joko Widodo, government officials of Republic Indonesia and the ambassadors. These two world-class Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) companies have agreed to collaborate to strengthen their posi-tion in the highly competitive aircraft maintenance industry. This collabora-tion is designed to develop & enhance

quality systems and GMF capabilities and to strengthen the footprint of AFI KLM E&M in Asia.

“AFI KLM E&M’s brand who already well-known worldwide is expected to be able to attract a bigger market to GMF. We are trying to deliver tailored solu-tions, ultimate facility, and excellence quality with reasonable manhour rate to our customers. With this partnership we believe we could leverage our new brand image as a total solutions MRO provider,” said Iwan Joeniarto.

Anne Brachet said,” The combination of our strengths and footprints is an asset for our existing and future customers. It will grant us an even better position in the Asia Pacific MRO market where the needs are booming”.

Gery Mortreux, EVP Air France Indus-tries commented, “We are delighted with this promising partnership and the large opportunities it will bring to all parties”.

Previously, in 2017, GMF & AFI KLM E&M signed a Strategic Partnership Letter of Intent. The scope of cooperation between the two parties covers the improvement of GMF’s upgraded quality system, capability development in the Airframe, Engine & Aircraft Component sectors.

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Tech Mahindra, Israel Aerospace Industries partner to provide next generation cyber solutions and services to state and enterprise customers in India and globally

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transforma-tion, consulting and business re-engineering services

and solutions and ELTA Systems Ltd., a group and subsid-iary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), have partnered to combine IAI‘s national-grade cybersecurity technologies and Tech Mahindra’s domain expertise across industries and verticals, to provide cutting edge cyber solutions and services to government and enterprise customers in India and worldwide.

The partnership will enable the companies to design and deliver bespoke Security Operation Centres(C-SOCs), Com-puter Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and Forensic Laboratories, leveraging on state of the art automation and orchestration tools, AI and Machine learning analytics and best of breed technology. The partnership will also offer con-sultation, training and managed security services, based on national grade methodologies and procedures, and develop new future ready technologies that meet the evolving chal-lenges of the cyber domain.

Tech Mahindra’s Security Operations Center (SOC) capabili-ties along with IAI’s broad suite of cyber intelligence and defence products, proven methodology and constant innova-tion will synergise to innovate and establish new services in areas of cyber intelligence, protection, monitoring, identifica-tion and integrated cyber resilience. The solutions will help governments, organizations and critical infrastructure to keep pace with emerging cyber threats.

Esti Peshin, VP and General Manager of IAI’s Cyber Divi-sion, said, “We are excited to collaborate with our strategic partner,Tech Mahindra, a company present in 90+ countries. We are confident that Mahindra’s experienced cyber security professionals will equip IAI with a sustainable competitive advantage, improving our ability to scale rapidly and prevent cyber-attacks with cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions.”

The partnership will endeavour to provide a holistic end-to-end approach that serves defence forces, governments, critical infrastructures and large enterprises with state-of-the art cyber security & monitoring capabilities.

Rajiv Singh, Sr. Vice President & Global Head of Cybersecu-rity unit of Tech Mahindra said, “IAI’s practical experience of protecting governments around the world from cyber-attacks, as well as hands-on and operational experience in cyber threat intelligence solutions, training, digital forensics, communication security and cyber security will compli-ment Tech Mahindra’s established cyber security practice. Together we will create elite Cyber Warriors and AI based defence capabilities to combat advanced cyber threats and cyber-crime faced by Government entities and Police forces”

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Triumph Group receives five year component MRO contract

Rolls-Royce welcomes Delta TechOps into expanded service network as Trent 1000 engine work commences

Triumph Group, Inc., an international supplier of aerospace services, struc-

tures, systems and support has secured a

Rolls-Royce has welcomed Delta Te-chOps, the MRO division of Delta Air

Lines into its expanded service network as it begins work on its first Trent engine.

Delta TechOps began operations as a Trent Authorised Maintenance Centre, with the induction of a Trent 1000 engine module. The 127,000 sq ft state-of-the-art facility will also perform services on the Trent 7000 and Trent XWB.

The addition of Delta TechOps supports the growth of maintenance capacity and also supports Rolls-Royce’s wider services strategy to develop an increasingly capa-ble, competitive and flexible CareNetwork.

Don Mitacek, Senior Vice President, Del-ta TechOps, said, “We are incredibly proud of our new facility and proud to be part of the Rolls-Royce CareNetwork. We look forward to supporting Rolls-Royce across three significant engine programmes starting with the Trent 1000, alongside our existing BR715 line.”

five-year contract for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) work on CFM56-7B nacelle components for the Boeing 737NG

aircraft operated by a US airline opera-tor. Under the contract Triumph Product Support will service thrust reversers, fan cowls and inlet cowls on the CFM56-7B engines on the carrier’s 737NG fleet.

“We are proud of our long history sup-porting the global airlines’ nacelle compo-nent MRO requirements and extremely pleased to solidify our leading position in the industry with this five-year agree-ment,” said Bill Kircher, executive vice president for Triumph Product Support.

For more than a decade Triumph’s Prod-uct Support business unit has provided airline carriers with superior customer service, on-site rotable assets and implemented cost reduction measures to the benefit of their customers. Triumph Product Support provides full life cycle solutions for commercial, regional and military aircraft for OEMs and operators. Its full suite of post-delivery value chain services simplifies the MRO supply chain and provides customers with global, inte-grated planeside repair solutions.

Tom Palmer, Rolls-Royce, Director of Services, Civil Aerospace, said, “It’s great to have Delta TechOps up and running and working alongside us. They have an impor-tant role to play both in helping us address our immediate Trent 1000 issue, and in the longer term as part of our network growth to service our expanding Trent fleet.”

The new facility, in Atlanta, Georgia, has been created by converting several large

hangar bays. The workshop consists of ar-eas for engine assembly and disassembly; kitting parts; engines work in progress; shop materials and supplies, life limited parts and repair and support. A new test cell will open later this year capable of testing engines to 150,000lb thrust.

Delta TechOps already carries out service support for Rolls-Royce BR715 regional jet engines.


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H225M surpasses the 100,000 flight hour milestone

The H225M, with 88 aircraft currently in service in six countries world-

wide soars past the 100,000 flight hour milestone, following its first delivery to the French Air Force in 2006. The aircraft was rapidly deployed by the French Air Force in Lebanon in 2006 where the H225M, also known as the Caracal, suc-cessfully evacuated around 300 people. Since then the 11-metric-tonne H225M has proven its reliability and durability in combat conditions and crisis areas such as Afghanistan, Chad, the Ivory Coast, the Central African Republic, and Mali, while also supporting NATO-led operations in Libya.

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corners of the globe and in some of the harshest theatres of operation. Its state-of-the art avionics and world renowned four axis autopilot, its exceptional range and payload capacities, combined with a large cabin designed to carry 28 troops and powerful air-toground and air-to-surface armament and electronic warfare system allow the H225M opera-tors to carry out the most demanding missions,” said Michel Macia, Head of Super Puma programme at Airbus Helicopters.

Operating both from ships and from land, even in icing conditions, this helicopter has an allweather capability supported by night vision goggle com-patibility. The helicopter’s exceptional 1,296 km range can be extended with

air-to-air refueling capabilities, allow-ing for flight times of up to 10 hours, as demonstrated recently by the French Air Force in operational conditions.

The H225M, a member of the Super Puma family, is relied upon as a force multiplier by France, Brazil, Mexico, Ma-laysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. The Roy-al Thai Air Force has recently renewed its trust in the aircraft with a follow-on order of four aircraft for combat search and rescue and troop transport missions. Other recent customers for the H225M include Kuwait who signed a contract in 2016 for 30 aircraft and Singapore. The H225M continues to attract interest from governments worldwide as a powerful multi-role aircraft capable of meeting their operational needs.

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FlightSafety, Global Simulation to provide 10 Mixed Reality Training Systems for the T-38C Talon programme

Embraer successfully performs maiden flight of KC-390 multi-mission airlift

FlightSafety International and Global Simulation Incorporated

have secured a contract to provide 10 Mixed Reality Training Systems for the T-38C programme.

The new training systems will be installed at Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT), 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, Texas early next year. The 80th Flying Training Wing hosts the world’s only internationally manned and managed pilot training

Embraer achieved another im-portant milestone with the

completion of the maiden flight of the first series production multi-mission medium airlift KC-390. As agreed with the Brazilian Air Force, the aircraft will now join the flight test campaign, in which more than 1,900 flight hours have already been logged. Civil certification of the basic aircraft will be granted by Brazilian aviation authority ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil) and is ex-pected to be achieved very soon.

“We celebrate another important milestone into the production of the KC-390”, said Jackson Schneider, Pres-ident and CEO of Embraer Defence

programme. Training is expected to start in March. The systems will sup-port ENJJPT and Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF) offering Air Educa-tion and Training Command (AETC) its first mixed reality flight training system.

“FlightSafety’s Mixed Reality Flight systems provide an immersive training experience that enhances and acceler-ates pilot and crewmember training in a variety of learning environments,”

& Security. “This aircraft combines outstanding flexibility with superior performance and productivity”.

Embraer´s KC-390 is a tactical transport aircraft designed to set new standards in its category while

said Ray Johns, Executive Vice Presi-dent.

The mixed reality experience is delivered through a headset that is integrated with FlightSafety’s VITAL 1100 Visual System, offering the same high fidelity virtual environment utilised in the Air Force’s existing T-38C Talon and T-6 Texan II as well as numerous other United States Air Force flight training devices. This new advanced technology system enables the user to see and interact with a virtual cockpit, checklists, and notes within a specific flight environment. It offers customised flight controls for fixed-wing aircraft as well as rotary wing aircraft.

The system is comprised of Com-mercial-off-the-shelf components and utilises the latest advances in tech-nology. It includes a high resolution pass-thru camera that enables pilots to interact with a real world environ-ment. The FlightSafety VITAL 1100 image generator can present a broad variety of existing visual databases or those provided by the operator. The system is easily transportable and can be operated without an internet connection.

presenting the lowest life-cycle cost of the market. It can carry out a variety of missions such as cargo and troop transport, troop and cargo air delivery, aerial refueling, search and rescue and forest fire fighting.


AFI KLM E&M names Johann Panier as Senior Vice President of Business Development

AJW Group welcomes Youssef Bahsoun as Technical Services Manager

Barfield welcomes Hervé Page as new Chief Executive Officer

AFI KLM E&M has appointed Johann Panier as Senior Vice President of Busi-ness Development. Since 2014 he has been CEO of Barfield Inc., an AFI KLM

E&M Group subsidiary headquartered in Miami.An alumnus of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, and holder of

an MBA from Paris business school HEC, Johann Panier held a variety of senior positions at Air France Industries from 2004 to 2014, in particular as head of Busi-ness Development. In July 2014, he took over running Barfield before his 2015 ap-pointment as CEO of Aero Maintenance Group, another major Group subsidiary in the US. He went on to merge the two entities, in order to build a stronger MRO component provider that delivers quality and innovative services to customers.

With Barfield teams, Johann Panier has driven AFI KLM E&M consoli-dation of its long-term presence and footprint on the Americas

MRO market.As AFI KLM E&M Senior Vice President in charge of Busi-

ness Development, Johann Panier will continue to develop the Group’s worldwide network in line with the needs and specific characteristics of each local MRO market. He said, “I am honored to be appointed SVP Business

Development at AFI KLM E&M, a strategic position for an MRO operating a global network, with affiliates on six continents. This powerful network is a key strength for AFI KLM E&M enabling it to offer top

adaptive service that combines quality and respon-siveness to its clients as close as possible to where they operate.”

AJW Group, a world-leading inde-pendent specialist in the global

management of aircraft spares, has appointed Youssef Bahsoun as Techni-cal Services Manager.

Youssef will be based at AJW Tech-nique, maintenance hub for the AJW Group in Montreal.

He will lead the key technical rela-tionship with Bombardier Business Aircraft as part of AJW’s long-term repair management contract with them, and will also manage compo-nent reliability for all of AJW’s power-by-the-hour (PBH) customers in the Americas region.

Youssef has extensive experience in the aerospace sector, especially components maintenance. During his career at Air Canada Technical Services (ACTS), he held the position of Sr. Manager Engineering Compo-nents Maintenance, and chaired an AMC Industry Working Group on the “aspects of NFF and its impact on components reliability”. Prior to Join-ing AJW Group, Youssef held senior positions at Air Canada, GAMCO / Gulf Air, ACTS / AVEOS and Emirates including the position of Chief of Of-fice of Airworthiness for the airline’s EASA Part 21 Design Organisation.

Christopher Whiteside, President and CEO, AJW Group, said of the ap-pointment, “We are extremely pleased to welcome Youssef to our growing team. His appointment forms part of our wider strategy to recruit best-in-class technical expertise across the Group. As a company we are constantly evolving to better support customers entire engineering and maintenance value chain.”

Youssef Bahsoun, Technical Services Manager, said, “I am delighted to be appointed Technical Services Man-ager, and look forward to using my ex-perience within the aerospace sector to deliver enhanced technical services to our customers.”

Barfield, part of the AFI KLM E&M network welcomes Hervé Page as

Chief Executive Officer. Hervé Page takes the helm of an en-

tity employing 500 at its Miami, Phoe-nix, Louisville, and Atlanta facilities. His priority for Barfield is to continue to consolidate cultures and standardise processes across all sites.

After graduating from the École Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace in 1986, Hervé Page began his career with Air Inter, as an aircraft maintenance engineer. He joined Air France in 1997 as head of the A300, A310 and Concorde Maintenance Department. From there, he has held several positions of leadership at AFI KLM E&M, including Vice President of Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance for the Air France since 2013.

“I am delighted to join the Barfield teams to pursue the implementation of the strategy defined by AFI KLM E&M to serve its customer airlines in the Americas,” said Hervé Page. “We aim to double our market share in the region and leverage a company where people are happy to work. Barfield, has solid foundations for that and numer-ous projects have already been launch to turn this challenging ambition into a real-ity.”

Executives In Focus

Johann Panier AFI KLM E&M

Hervé Page Barfield

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