Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.

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Airwolf Aerospace’s Bell UH-1 series TT straps have received U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) source approval. Airwolf already has sold thousands of TT straps for Bell UH-1, 204, 205, 210, and 212 helicopters under FAA STC approval and EASA validation.
With DLA approval, Airwolf’s cage code has been added to the Approved Manufacturing Parts Listing (AMPL), allowing Airwolf to participate in U.S. DLA solicitations for direct foreign military sales on an equal footing with OEMs. This covers&nbsp;Bell TT straps, also known as a Rigid Link, approved by the DLA as a source of supply for NSN: 3040-01- 299-8100 for UH-1 helicopters. According to Airwolf, this will facilitate competition and lower prices. The company said it has more TT straps and elastomeric components pending DLA, FAA, and other civil approvals.
Airwolf TT straps have been in service since March 2011. In November 2012, it increased the TT strap calendar life limit by 50 percent to three years, and the company is now selling four-year Bell 206 TT straps with FAA approval with validation from EASA, Transport Canada, and ANAC in Brazil.
Airwolf was the first company to gain STC approval for TT straps on medium Bell helicopters. Airwolf TT Straps for Bell UH-1, 204, 205, 210, and 212 were certified by the FAA at the end of 2015.

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Airwolf Medium Bell TT Straps Gain DLA Source Approval

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Airwolf Aerospace’s Bell UH-1 series TT straps have received U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) source approval.

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