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AAR Granted AS9100 Certification for Manufacturing
By: David A. Lombardo
Caption: The approval covers airframe composites and metal parts, coatings and container assembly.
Word Count: 141
AAR Aircraft Services has been granted AS9100 certification of its quality-management system for manufacturing at the company’s aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility near Indianapolis International Airport.

The certification covers the manufacture of airframe composites and metal aircraft parts; applications for finish coatings; and assembly of cargo containers. AAR sought the certification to meet the requirements of a customer—power management company Eaton—to manufacture and assemble fuel and hydraulic hoses in the back shop of the MRO. AAR is the exclusive supplier of Eaton’s fluid-distribution, oil debris-monitoring technology, engine seals and other products.

“With this certification, AAR has become a contender for the numerous requests for bids the marketplace receives for composite materials used in airframe component assembly and repair,” said Rick Uber, general manager of AAR Aircraft Services.