GKN Sharpens Its Technology Edge To Drive Aerostructures Leadership

Last month’s breakthrough in winning a contract to supply Boeing with complex machined titanium and aluminum parts and assemblies for the horizontal stabilizer of the new 787-9 Dreamliner widebody is the prime example of GKN Aerospace’s recent success in keeping its backlog buoyant. The UK-based group has also sought to maintain a healthy balance between civil and military work, as evidenced by its commencing manufacture of titanium structures for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fighter at its main factory at Filton near Bristol in May.