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Boeing Awards Direct Contract to Mubadala Aerospace’s Strata Facility to Produce Composite Aerostructures for 777 and 787 Dreamliner

April 17, 2012

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 17, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Mubadala Aerospace today announced a 10-year direct contract for Strata Manufacturing, Mubadala Aerospace’s advanced composite aerostructures facility in Al Ain, to produce commercial composite aerostructures for the 777 and 787 Dreamliner. In addition, the companies announced a strategic agreement that positions… More

Top UAE Students Take Center Stage At Global Aerospace Summit

April 17, 2012

ABU DHABI, UAE, 17 APRIL 2012: One hundred of the UAE’s brightest student prospects got a unique opportunity to network with the world’s most influential figures in the aviation, aerospace and space industries at the Global Aerospace Summit, which took place in Abu Dhabi at the St. Regis hotel on Monday April 16th and Tuesday April 17th 2012. Unlike other aviation and aerospace events,… More

Aerospace Industry World Leaders Touch Down In Abu Dhabi

April 15, 2012

ABU DHABI, UAE, 15 APRIL 2012: Leading global players in the fields of aerospace, aviation and space are arriving in Abu Dhabi today as the eagerly-awaited Global Aerospace Summit prepares to start at the St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort. Over 700 influential aerospace, aviation and space powerbrokers and thinkers will be here throughout the week for pioneering cross-industry thought leadership… More

Lockheed Martin becomes Shareholder of Abu Dhabi-based Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC)

January 16, 2011

Entry expands the capabilities of AMMROC with Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies and Sikorsky Aerospace Services Abu Dhabi, (16 January, 2011); Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) announced today the closing of a transaction where Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) acquired an equity stake in AMMROC,  joining shareholders Sikorsky Aerospace Services, which owns an equivalent… More

Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies to Establish World’s First GE and Engine Alliance Network Partner Shop for the GEnx and GP7200 Engines

December 14, 2010

New $150 million facility is the next phase of Mubadala Aerospace and GE’s plans to establish Abu Dhabi as a world class engine maintenance hub 14 December 2010, Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) today unveiled details for the world’s first GE and Engine Alliance network partner Overhaul Shop and Test Cell Facility for the GEnx and GP7200 models, located in the Emirate… More

STRATA Delivers First Complete Aerostructure in Less Than Six Months of Plant Opening

November 30, 2010

STRATA celebrates the release of its first product to be fully constructed in-house – one year after the groundbreaking of the Al Ain-based facility commenced Further actions to create additional career and training opportunities for UAE nationals also announced Al Ain, November 30th, 2010: STRATA, the composites aerostructures company, wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company, recently celebrated… More

International Aerospace Suppliers Visit Strata’s Al Ain Plant For Exclusive Preview Of Manufacturing Facilities

November 10, 2010

First visit of its kind takes place at STRATA’s plant in Al Ain Suppliers from around the world learn more about the company, tour its facilities and find out about its future developments Al Ain, November 10th, 2010: STRATA today hosted more than 100 key aerospace suppliers from around the world to update them on the progress being made at the composite aero-structures manufacturing facility and… More

Khalifa University and Mubadala Aerospace join forces in pioneering aerospace research initiative

September 10, 2010

Initial phase will establish a Center for Aerospace Research and Innovation, with the next phase seeing the establishment of a world-class research consortium Partnership will develop global commercial opportunities and world-class training opportunities for UAE nationals Abu Dhabi, xx September 2010: Khalifa University and Mubadala Aerospace today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish… More

SR Technics and Thomson Airways sign five year component contract

July 21, 2010

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, 21 July 2010 - SR Technics has signed an Integrated Component Solutions (ICS) contract worth £66.4 million with Thomson Airways, the UK’s third largest airline serving 72 destinations worldwide. Under the contract, which runs until 2015, SR Technics will provide component services for a total of 45 aircraft in the Thomson fleet; twenty nine Boeing 757 and sixteen… More

Thomas Cook Signs Up with Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies for B757 Five-Year Base Maintenance Contract

July 21, 2010

Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies strengthens its position as the region’s leading aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, 21 July 2010: Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT), the Middle East’s largest independent maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider, signed a five-year agreement today to conduct airframe heavy maintenance… More