Dowty Aerospace has won two contracts, worth an estimated $25 million, to supply engine rings and rigid tube on three leading aero engine programmes - the CFM56, the GE CF6 and the P&W JT8D. In another contract Dowty Aerospace's Reynolds Rings business has been awarded a four-year contract to supply engine rings to Norsk Jetmotor on the CFM56 -5B and -7B engines.
Source: Flight Daily News
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