Bankstown. Largest parts manufacturer

Quickstep Technologies, at Bankstown Airport, is negotiating its third long-term agreement with aerospace giants Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to supply F-35 Lighting 11 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) components. This 20-year agreement to make parts of the fifth generation of strike fighters will help make Quickstep the largest aircraft parts manufacturer outside Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 in the world, according to The Australian Financial Review. Quickstep started life as a R&D entity in Western Australia

Bankstown. First purchase order

Carbon composites manufacturer, Quickstep, based at Bankstown Airport, has received the first purchase order relating to its contract with Lockheed Martin to supply composite wing flaps for the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. The recent grant of an export licence paves the way to finalising the long term agreement with Lockheed Martin. The agreement is estimated to generate revenues of $75 million to $100 million over five years. Production is expected to commence in 2014. Quickstep’s MD, Philippe Odouard, said that the company’s success in winning competitive international tenders from companies such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman demonstrated Quickstep’s world-class manufacturing capabilities.

Bankstown. Quickstep gets new contract

Quickstep Holdings, based at Bankstown Airport, has secured its second long term agreement with Northrop Grumman to manufacture parts for the international F-35 Lightening Strike Fighter program, allowing the company to manufacture more complex parts for the aircraft. The company said the Bankstown site is the most advanced independent composites manufacturing facility in the southern hemisphere. It will begin production of advanced carbon fibre composites for the F-35 and C130 Hercules in the fourth quarter of this year.

Bankstown. Quickstep wins contract

Advanced manufacturer, Quickstep, has a contract valued between $75 million and $100 million to make carbon fibre wing flaps for C130J Hercules military transport aircraft. Quickstep is currently relocating its operations from Western Australia and establishing a state-o- the-art carbon fibre manufacturing facility at Bankstown Airport.

“This is a major win against manufacturers from around the world to become the sole supplier of carbon fibre wing flaps for C130J Hercules military transport aircraft,” NSW Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Stoner, said. The Hercules contract will be Quickstep's second major aerospace win for its new Bankstown facility.