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GDC Technics Wins USAF Contract for Advanced Wingtip
The USAF Lifecycle Management Center will try GDC Technics’s Advanced Wingtip Solution, now in flight tests, on the C-130J and C-5.

U.S. completion and MRO specialist GDC Technics (Stands 1130, 1756; Pavilion 12) announced at the Dubai Airshow winning a demonstration contract from the U.S. Air Force Lifecycle Management Center (AFLMC) for an advanced wingtip technology solution for the C130J and C-5. The award stems from a GDC presentation made in partnership with the Aircraft Performance Company (APC) at the AFLCMC Pitch Day in Dayton, Ohio in the U.S. earlier this month.