Richmond, BC – Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America (Vector) www.vectoraerospace.com,an independent provider of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services and subsidiary of Vector Aerospace  Corporation,is exhibiting at CANSEC 2011 on June 1st and 2nd in Ottawa, Ontario (Booth # 2522).

Vector has a well-established history of providing industry leading aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul services to the defence and security sector; with a customer-base that includes the Canadian Department of Defence, the US Army, the US Navy and the UK Ministry of Defence. As well, Vector offers its diverse mix of helicopter and fixed-wing MRO services to various Foreign Military Sales (FMS) operators and international defense organizations, as well as a diverse commercial operator customer base.

John MacDougall, senior vice-president of sales and marketing for Vector illustrates his company’s dedication to military and defence operations by referencing decades-long programs for the Canadian, United Strates (US) and United Kingdom (UK) SeaKing fleets, as well as for the UK’s Chinook and Lynx helicopter platforms. In recent years, Vector established and currently maintains programs for the US Army and US Navy TH-67 and TH-57 fleets, and in 2011, it introduced the Vector Aerospace UH-1H Upgrade Program; a platform refurbishment program that offers UH-1H operators a variety of scalable upgrade and performance enhancement packages, tailored to accommodate practically any operator’s specific mission and budgetary considerations.

“Dependable delivery of customer-focused, value-driven services is vital to defense and security operators, and Vector has gone through appreciable efforts and investment to ensure our ongoing ability to support them. At Vector Aerospace, we continually work to enhance and expand our helicopter and fixed-wing repair and overhaul capabilities while also targeting turn-time reductions and enhancing customer value through initiatives such as the implementation of Lean Manufacturing and Pulse Line processes throughout all our facilities in North America and the United Kingdom” explains MacDougall.

At CANSEC 2011, Vector’s experienced and knowledgeable team of helicopter customer support professionals will be on hand to discuss unique customer requirements, and how Vector’s value-driven repair and overhaul solutions are available to address these requirements. Vector Aerospace’s comprehensive helicopter service portfolio includes:

• Engines: (General Electric T58 / CT58 and T700 / CT-7A, Rolls-Royce M250, Pratt & Whitney PT6T, Arriel 1 / Arriel 2) * full repair, overhaul and test capability
• Dynamic components (various Bell, Sikorsky, Eurocopter Boeing and AgustaWestland models)
• Airframes and major inspections (various Sikorsky, Bell, Eurocopter, Boeing and AgustaWestland models)
• Full-service avionics; including glass cockpit engineering, development and integration complete aircraft rewires, etc.

-A complete overview of Vector’s capabilities can be viewed at www.vectoraerospace.com

Visit Vector Aerospace at CANSEC 2011 (booth #2522)