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Quickstep bags C-130J wing flap order from Lockheed Martin

13 Dec '14

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Quickstep Holdings Limited, Australian manufacturers of high-grade carbon fibre components, has secured a new purchase order for an additional 12 sets plus spares of C-130J Super Hercules wing flaps from American global security and aerospace company, Lockheed Martin.

The purchase order takes the total cumulative order to 67 wing flap sets, and comprises part of Quickstep’s overarching US$75 million memorandum of agreement (MoA) to manufacture wing flaps for the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. The outstanding orders are for deliveries through 2015 and 2016.

Nineteen complete wing flap sets have been delivered to Lockheed Martin so far in 2014, from Quickstep’s Bankstown Airport aerospace facility.

Quickstep’s executive chairman, Tony Quick said, “We are delighted to receive our third additional purchase order from Lockheed Martin since making our first delivery of C-130J wing flaps in February 2014. The company continues to execute on its existing contacts, demonstrating its ability to deliver on time and to specifications, and securing further contracts.”

Lockheed Martin awarded Quickstep the tender to manufacture wing flaps for its C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in March 2012, and signed the US$75 million MoA in December 2013. During the tenure of the agreement, Quickstep will supply more than 120 sets of carbon-fibre flaps till to 2018.

Quickstep Holdings is a manufacturer of advanced carbon fibre composites for the aerospace and defence and automotive industries. The company currently operates from its fully-commissioned aerospace-grade manufacturing facility located at Bankstown Airport, NSW, Australia, with equipment, expertise, and capabilities that are unrivalled by any other independent advanced composites manufacturer in Australia.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 113,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainability of advanced technology systems, products, and services. (GK)

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