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Dassault Aviation has awarded GKN Aerospace

Dassault Aviation has awarded GKN Aerospace a life-of-program contract to design and build the wing movable surfaces for its next-generation, super mid-sized (SMS) business jet. It is one of the first major system supplier selections to be announced for the long-anticipated program. The work likely will be done at GKN’s Filton operation in the UK, which to date has focused mainly on wing production for Airbus.

“This contract opens an important and promising new relationship between our company and Dassault Aviation, one of the premier aircraft design and manufacturing businesses in the world today,” said Phil Swash, GKN’s president and CEO for the Aerostructures-Europe division. “It is a clear indication of the global competitiveness and depth of expertise of the GKN Aerospace team and, specifically, of our growing Filton-based wing-structures activity.”