Textron Aviation has chosen Triumph Group to provide aluminium machined parts for its new Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize aircraft programme.

Comprising aluminium spars and wing skins, components will be manufactured at Triumph Precision Components’ Complex High Speed Centre of Excellence in Wichita, Kansas, US.

“Our focus on performance, coupled with our investment in new technology, provided us with this opportunity to further demonstrate our capability in high-speed, complex monolithic machining.”

Last August, Triumph commissioned a new Makino A6 5-axis horizontal machining centre, which is capable of producing complex aluminium monolithic parts of up to 6m in length at its Kansas facility.

The new machine will be used to produce aluminium components for the Longitude programme.

Triumph Precision Components executive vice-president Rick Rosenjack said: “Our focus on performance, coupled with our investment in new technology, provided us with this opportunity to further demonstrate our capability in high-speed, complex monolithic machining.”

Triumph currently provides various structural components and systems, including stringers, bulkheads, frames and spar caps, for Textron Aviation.

In addition, Triumph Group has been contracted by Rolls Royce to supply thrust links for the latter’s Trent XWB engine programme for eight years.

Delivery of the first components of the $52m deal is scheduled by 2019.

Triumph Group is currently involved in the designing, engineering, manufacturing, repairing and overhauling of different portfolio of aircraft structures, components, accessories, subassemblies and systems.

Image: A Citation Longitude 7 aircraft from Textron Aviation. Photo: courtesy of Textron Aviation.