GKN Aerospace operates from technology, engineering and production facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Its mission is to supply engineering design services, high performance composite and metallic airframe and engine structures as well as specialist products such as engine nacelles, de-icing systems and canopies.
Its customers include civil and military aircraft prime contractors such as Airbus, AgustaWestland, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Sikorsky and jet engine manufacturers such as General Electric, Honeywell, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney.
In many of the important new US and European civil and military aircraft currently under development such as the Boeing 787, Airbus A400M and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, GKN technology is making an important contribution to the achievement of their ultimate performance goals.