UTC Aerospace Systems Selects Ontic for Military and Commercial Products

From Farnborough Hall 1 / B13, Ontic, the aerospace industry’s leading provider of ‘Extended Life Solutions’ for OEM legacy products and systems, has been selected by UTC Aerospace Systems to provide military and commercial aerospace products.

The products include fuel quantity indicators and electric motor driven jack screw actuators used on the F-15 fighter jet, Challenger business jets, and CRJ 700/900 regional jets.

The products will be transitioned via Ontic’s proven adoption process from UTC Aerospace Systems’ Vergennes, Vermont facility into Ontic’s Cheltenham UK and Chatsworth, California facilities. Ontic will provide the customers with complete support including production and aftermarket manufacturing and MRO services.

Gareth Hall, President of Ontic, stated that “Ontic has provided Extended Life Solutions to UTC Aerospace Systems for 40 years and we are pleased to add these new products to our license portfolio with this significant OEM partner. The proactive life cycle support planning that UTC Aerospace Systems has undertaken with Ontic provides assurance to the customers that these products are available for as long as the market requires them.”

Ontic’s global legacy focus is supported from manufacturing and MRO facilities in Chatsworth, California; Houston, Texas; Singapore; and Cheltenham in the United Kingdom.

Ontic is a wholly owned subsidiary of BBA Aviation plc, with over 50 years of aerospace product manufacturing and aftermarket support experience. Ontic has been licensed worldwide manufacturing rights from Honeywell, Hamilton Sundstrand/UTC Aerospace Systems, Safran, Moog, Parker, Eaton and a number of other aerospace original equipment manufacturers.

BBA Aviation plc is a leading global aviation services and aftermarket support provider. BBA Aviation’s Flight Support businesses (Signature Flight Support and ASIG) provide specialist on-airport support services, including refuelling and ground handling, to the owners and operators of private, business, military and commercial aircraft. BBA Aviation’s Aftermarket Services businesses (Dallas Airmotive, Premier Turbines, H+S Aviation, International Turbine Service, W. H. Barrett Turbine Engine Company, International Governor Services and Ontic) are focused on the repair and overhaul of gas turbine engines and the manufacture and service of aerospace components, sub-systems and systems. BBA Aviation group companies operate from more than 200 individual locations on five continents. For more information, please visit www.bbaaviation.com.

For more information, contact Robert Sadler at +1 818 725 2100 or via http://www.ontic.com.