Triumph Group business awarded helicopter contract

MD Helicopters recently awarded a long-term agreement to Radnor-based Triumph Group’s Geared Solutions business to manufacture and assemble main rotor gearbox transmissions for the MD500 platforms.

This is a contract extension to supply helicopter transmissions and transmission spare parts.

The company has produced more than 400 gearboxes for MD Helicopters for more than two decades.

“TRIUMPH Geared Solutions is pleased to be extending our long-standing relationship with MD Helicopters, supplying main rotor transmissions and spare transmission parts in support of their fleet of 1,700 MD500-series helicopters,” Pete Gibson, TRIUMPH Geared Solutions president, said. “The growing demand for helicopter orders is evidence of the leadership and operational performance at MD Helicopters, and we are proud to be partner with them as they increase production rates up to 30 per year.”

“We are pleased to continue our partnership with Triumph and focus on a longstanding and sustainable relationship for our organizations and customers,” Harvey Ticlo, MD Helicopters COO, said.

Michigan-based TRIUMPH Geared Solutions is a aerospace gear and gear box provider. It supplies complex geared solutions including designing, developing, testing, manufacturing and supporting transmission and gearbox assemblies, and complex gears and housing.

TRIUMPH designs, develops, manufactures, repairs, and overhauls a portfolio of aerospace and defense systems and components for the global aviation industry.