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Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has announced the selection of Queensland-based Asia Pacific Aerospace to join the company’s Black Hawk global supply chain.
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As part of the process, Sikorsky’s decision to choose Asia Pacific Aerospace to supply advanced repair services for the Black Hawks entailed a rigorous qualification process, focusing on their significant maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) experience, competitive pricing, customer focus and reduced lead times.
Asia Pacific Aerospace has been recognised as one of Australia’s leading gas turbine engine MRO companies, providing a critical sovereign industrial capability.
Across 2024–26, Asia Pacific Aerospace will perform a series of overhaul repairs on Black Hawk T700 engines flown by various international users at their regional maintenance facility in Pinkenba, Queensland.
Lockheed Martin Australia’s Black Hawk program manager, Rodahn Gibbon, said, “This collaboration demonstrates Lockheed Martin’s enduring commitment to sustaining the ‘Hawk’ family of aircraft with excellence in Australia and across the globe. This opportunity allows Asia Pacific Aerospace to maintain T700 skill sets and capabilities before the new Australian-based engines enter the supply chain.”
Asia Pacific Aerospace’s general manager, Tony Cotroneo, said, “Having Lockheed Martin (Sikorsky) as a new and major customer to Asia Pacific Aerospace, in supporting their customer’s T700 engine MRO requirements is beneficial for all parties involved.”
Further Cotroneo reflected, “It provides the Black Hawk pilots peace of mind knowing they are fully supported by the aircraft original equipment manufacturer and as GE Aerospace’s sole authorised T700 MRO provider across the Asia-Pacific. We deliver on our promise of ‘safety, skill and service’, every time.”
The contracts were brokered under Lockheed Martin’s Global Supply Chain Program agreement with the Commonwealth of Australia.
Headquartered in Canberra, Lockheed Martin Australia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation. The company employs more than 1,600 people in Australia working on a wide range of major programs spanning the aerospace, defence and civil sectors.
