Airbus selects NORDAM to develop, supply engine build-up system

Airbus A320neo equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines. (Airbus photo)

NORDAM CEO Meredith Siegfried Madden announced an agreement with Airbus to supply the engine build-up system for A320neos equipped with the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine. It is potentially NORDAM’s largest contract to date and could be worth more than $1 billion during its lifetime.

NORDAM will use its engineering and supply chain teams to provide Airbus with engine build-up system design and related component procurement. Although the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based aerospace firm’s Nacelle & Thrust Reverser Systems Division has delivered integrated power-plant design for various business-jet customers, this is its first engine build-up system for a commercial aircraft.

“Not only is this a very large program on one of the world’s bestselling aircraft, but one that is highly strategic for NORDAM,” Madden said. “This win aligns perfectly with our strategic goals of growing our commercial manufacturing business and diversifying NORDAM.”

The engine build-up system integrates the engine to the aircraft by a series of electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, fire-detection, and bleed-air systems. NORDAM will design, integrate and deliver the specified combination of wires, ducts, brackets, anti-ice valve, tubing, and more for delivery to Airbus final-assembly lines in Toulouse, France; Hamburg, Germany; Tianjin, China; and Mobile, Alabama.