Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul Center (Ammroc) on Sunday unveiled a model of its Al Ain facility at the Dubai Airshow. The event took place at the Edge pavilion (A14-15) in the presence of Faisal Al Bannai, CEO and managing director of Edge and chairman of Ammroc, and Tim Cahill, senior vice president of Lockheed Martin International.
Set to commence operations early next year, the facility will rank among the largest centers dedicated to military MRO in the world.
Planners positioned the one-square-kilometer facility on a plot of land directly connected to the airside at Al Ain International Airport, from where it will offer maintenance, performance-based reliability support, and full life-cycle management. Built to cater to future expansion, the center will initially feature four multi-purpose hangars, more than 30 back-shops, and a climate-controlled paint facility.
Covering 36,500 sq m of hangar space, the Al Ain complex features a dedicated Black Hawk nose-to-tail depot with LRUs that include blades and transmissions, engines, and aircraft subsystems. The facility will also feature a dynamic whirl stand to support the rotary aircraft blades and a transmission repair shop.