Aircraft
Daher Breaks Ground on TBM/Kodiak Final-assembly Line
New facility is co-located with company's aerostructures manufacturing plant in Stuart
Daher at Oshkosh
Daher announced groundbreaking and beginning of site preparation for its third final-assembly line in Stuart, Florida, at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. © AIN/Matt Thurber

Daher Aircraft CEO Nicolas Chabbert said last week at EAA AirVenture that construction of the company’s third final-assembly line is underway, following the recent groundbreaking for the Stuart, Florida facility and the start of site preparation. 

The other two final-assembly lines are located at Daher’s Tarbes, France headquarters, where TBM turboprops are manufactured, and the Kodiak utility turboprop manufacturing facility in Sandpoint, Idaho. Plans call for the Stuart location to begin operations in the second quarter of 2027. “This satellite final assembly line will be capable of assembling aircraft for both programs, first the TBM, but as soon as possible, the Kodiak as well,” Chabbert said.

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