S3 AeroDefense wins Army repair contract

Photo credit: S3 AeroDefense

The U.S. Army has awarded S3 AeroDefense a five-year contract as the sole service partner for overhaul and repair of Moog auxiliary power unit (APU) hydraulic accumulators across the Army’s UH-60 Black Hawk fleet. The work will be performed in S3’s repair shop at its Milwaukee, Wisconsin headquarters.

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Antavia to provide landing gear MRO services

Babcock Canada – part of Babcock Int’l., providers of aerial firefighting services across Europe and Canada, operating more than 100 aircraft – has chosen Antavia Ametek MRO for its Viking CL215/415 landing gear maintenance services.

Antavia has nearly 20 years of experience supporting Viking’s Canadair CL-215, CL-215T, and CL-415 waterbombers and is the main supplier of landing gear maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for the fleet.

VSE Aviation to distribute Triumph landing gear parts

An exclusive agreement allows VSE Aviation to distribute more than 1,600 original equipment spare parts for various Boeing and Airbus commercial platforms from Triumph Group’s Systems & Support business. VSE will supply the hydraulic landing gear components through distribution centers in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Triumph and VSE have worked together to distribute flight-critical parts including air drive units, rotorcraft engine accessories, and fuel controls since 2013.