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The General Aviation
Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has announced that at its recent
summer strategic planning meeting, the GAMA Executive Committee
approved membership of three companies to the global manufacturing
and MRO association: Unitech Aerospace, Empirical Systems Aerospace,
Inc. and Piasecki Aircraft.
“We are excited to have Unitech
Aerospace as a new member and welcome back CEO Wayne Exton, a former
GAMA board member,” said GAMA President and CEO
Pete Bunce.
“We’re also excited to welcome two new hybrid and electric
technology companies to our associate membership, a category we
created in 2015 to represent this rapidly growing sector of general
aviation, which will benefit tremendously from the implementation of
small airplane design rewrites that took effect last month in the
U.S. and Europe.”
Unitech
Aerospace provides the
aerospace, marine, medical, defense, nuclear and rail industries
with composite and metallic structures and components that meet
demanding and complex requirements. The company’s growing global
footprint is comprised of strategically located sites providing
local and immediate support to customers. Capabilities include
composite manufacturing, metal fabrication, tooling design and
production and design engineering. Integrated solutions range from
early stage design, rate production, to full-term sustainment making
Unitech Aerospace the industry’s trusted lifecycle partner.
Since 2003,
Empirical Systems
Aerospace, Inc. (ESAero),
an aerospace engineering design and manufacturing company, has
served the needs of the engineering industry through its work on
military and commercial conceptual air vehicle designs, electric and
hybrid propulsion system development, aircraft modifications,
sub-scale technology demonstrators, rapid system prototyping, design
for manufacturing, low-rate initial production, manufacturing, and
niche engineering support. An “Advanced Design Group to Advanced
Design Groups,” ESAero is the Prime Contractor and Integrator of the
NASA X-57 “Maxwell” all-electric airplane. ESAero customers include
multiple NASA Centers, AFRL, AMRDEC, Lockheed Martin, General
Atomics, Electricore and AeroVironment. With a 32,000-square foot
design and manufacturing facility located in San Luis Obispo,
Calif., and an 8,000-square foot integration and test location at
the Oceano County Airport (L52), ESAero has expanded operations and
takes full advantage of available airport space for system testing
and product development. ESAero will continue to provide the
aviation and aerospace industries with cutting-edge systems
solutions and optimized manufacturing practices.
Piasecki
Aircraft Corporation (PiAC)
is a leading aerospace research and development company founded in
1955 by rotorcraft pioneer Frank Piasecki. PiAC specializes in rapid
prototyping and flight demonstration of advanced rotorcraft and
unmanned platforms and technologies for both the U.S. military and
civil markets. Efforts include design, fabrication, qualification
and flight research in advanced compound helicopters, adaptive and
autonomous flight control, modular and reconfigurable VTOL UAS, air
launched and expendable UAS, and electric, also known as eVTOL,
platform technologies. Recognition of Piasecki’s contributions to
aviation’s advancement include the National Medal of Technology
(1986), Smithsonian Air & Space Achievement Award (2005), and DoD’s
Tibbett’s Award for Small Business Innovation (2010). PiAC maintains
AS9100 RevD certification. |
