Sikorsky Aerospace Services wins coveted 2012 Military MRO of the Year award
Source: Sikorsky, 22-Jun-12
Aviation Week’s Overhaul & Maintenance Magazine has presented its prestigious 2012 MRO of the Year Award for military center of excellence to Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS). SAS, which received the award at the recent MRO Americas Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, Texas, is the worldwide aftermarket division of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United [...]
US Army returns first Wartime Replacement Aircraft OH-58D
Source: US Army, 08-Jun-12
The Army delivered the first OH-58D Kiowa Warrior upgraded under the Wartime Replacement Aircraft (WRA) Program to the Warfighter at a roll-out ceremony at Corpus Christi Army Depot on June 7, 2012. CCAD Commander, Col. Christopher B. Carlile handed over the aircraft’s log books to Lt. Col Paul A. Cravey, Squadron Commander for the Air [...]
US Army delivers first WRA program OH-58D Kiowa Warrior
Source: US Army, 05-Jun-12
The Army will deliver the first OH-58D Kiowa Warrior to be upgraded under the Wartime Replacement Aircraft (WRA) Program in a roll-out ceremony at Corpus Christi Army Depot on Thursday, June 7, 2012, at 10:00 am in Hangar 44. This is the first OH-58D aircraft that will replenish the fleet. CCAD Commander, Col. Christopher B. [...]
Sikorsky awarded for Corpus Christi Army Depot work
Source: McGraw-Hill, 09-Apr-12
Aviation Week today presented its 2012 MRO of the Year Awards on 3rd April for outstanding achievement and innovation in aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) to four industry leaders: US Airways, Sikorsky Aerospace Services, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co., and Leading Edge Aviation Services. These prestigious annual industry awards, presented by Overhaul & Maintenance, [...]
CCAD returns third OH-58D to the fight
Source: US Army, 22-Nov-11
A needed OH-58D Kiowa Warrior was returned to the fight when Corpus Christi Army Depot Commander, Col. Christopher B. Carlile handed the newly repaired KW’s log books to 1st Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade Commander, Col. John M. Morgan during a transfer ceremony held during the Luther Jones Professional Aviation Forum at the American Bank [...]
Bell and CCAD deliver first A2D Kiowa Warrior to US Army
Source: Bell, 01-Nov-11
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, in partnership with Corpus Christi Army Depot and the Armed Scout Helicopter Project Management Office, delivered the first OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Wartime Replacement Aircraft to the United States Army at a special ceremony. The aircraft was the first of a contracted 19 in the Army’s Wartime Replacement [...]
Sikorsky partnership helps CCAD reach 48th Black Hawk
Source: US Army, 21-Oct-11
Black Hawk production reached unprecedented levels this year at the Corpus Christi Army Depot due to an integral partnership with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. Two years ago, the depot rolled out its initial A- L Recapitalized (Recap) Black Hawk conversion, last year CCAD produced 38 and this year the depot completed 48 Black Hawks that are [...]
Sikorsky owe US Army $11M, says Inspector General
Source: HeliHub.com, 09-Sep-11
The US Defense Department’s Inspector General has released a report this week after evaluating the Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) material purchases from Sikorsky. The items concerned related to a contract where Sikorsky supports the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD), where the oganisation was checking whether the partnership agreement effectively minimized [...]
Federal Program Integrators awarded $15M contract for flexible test modules
Source: US DoD, 25-Jul-11
Federal Program Integrators, Indian Island, Maine, was awarded a $15,300,000 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the procurement of two flexible test modules for the transmission test systems to test transmissions and gearboxes on AH-1, AH-64, CH-47, OH-58, UH-1N and UH-60 aircraft. Work will be performed in Indian Island, Maine, and Corpus Christi, Texas, [...]
US Army Chief of Staff tours Corpus Christi Army Depot
Source: US Army, 16-Jan-11
Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the chief of staff of the Army, made his first visit to tour Corpus Christi Army Depot, and to thank the workforce. Casey wanted to get a first-hand look at the rotary wing production capabilities, review new facilities under construction and meet the employees. Casey packed in hundreds of handshakes [...]
Sikorsky awarded $170M contracts to support Corpus Christi Army Depot
Source: US DoD, 13-Dec-10
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, Stratford, Conn., was awarded on December 7, 2010 a $102,757,241 firm-fixed-price contract for providing integrated services and supplies to include technical, engineering, and logistical services and 100 percent material to support Corpus Christi Army Depot and U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command in the overhaul, repair and recapitalization of the H-60 weapon [...]
CCAD returns first OH-58 Armed Scout to Afghanistan
Source: US Army, 02-Nov-10
orpus Christ Army Depot sent its first OH-58D Kiowa Warrior back to the fight during a roll-out ceremony held in the depot’s Hangar 44, Oct. 14, 2010. The unprecedented OH-58D crash battle damage repair is the first step to increasing the number of Kiowa Warriors at a time when cost-effective measures are critical to support [...]
