Aerojet,
SACRAMENTO: Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced today that it has been selected by The Boeing Company to provide additional forward boom ship sets, worth $62M over a three-year period, for the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor program.
Aerojet is under contract with The Boeing Company to build the welded titanium forward boom for Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor. The forward boom is a structural component providing wing, engine and horizontal tail attach points to carry much of the F-22 aft fuselage load. Aerojet uses a unique, complex electron beam (EB) welding process that fuses together titanium pieces to precise dimensional tolerances, leading to dimensional stability, high quality and manufacturing consistency. The EB welding process allows the airframe design to incorporate complex features into a single component. This significantly reduces the need for fasteners, reduces weight, simplifies assembly and lowers cost.
Aerojet has been under contract to The Boeing Company on the F-22 Raptor air dominance fighter program since 1993, and has delivered a significant number of booms to date. The company also was recognized by The Boeing Company as its 'Supplier of the Year' in 2006. “Aerojet is a long-standing supplier to The Boeing Company and we are pleased to be contributing to the success of the F-22 program,” said Aerojet President Scott Neish. “The multi-year commitment through 2010 will provide savings to Boeing and the Air Force over annual production buys.” All work will be performed at Aerojet's Sacramento, CA facility and will be completed in 2010.
Aerojet is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader principally serving the missile and space propulsion, defense and armaments markets. GenCorp is a leading technology-based manufacturer of aerospace and defense products and systems with a real estate segment that includes activities related to the entitlement, sale, and leasing of the company's excess real estate assets.
