ARINC Opens a Second Hangar for Aircraft Modifications at Oklahoma City

Annapolis—ARINC Engineering Services, LLC today formally opened a new 60,000 square foot commercial aircraft hangar at its Aircraft Modification and Operations Center in Oklahoma City, OK.

A midday opening ceremony at Will Rogers World Airport was attended by Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce Dave Lopez representing Governor Mary Fallin, and by representatives of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce.

ARINC Chairman and CEO John M. Belcher said “We have chosen to expand our facility now to keep pace with the increasing volume of military aircraft modification and integration work available today in OKC. The mission of our new hangar is to expand ARINC’s capacity to deliver outstanding modification, integration, and maintenance work for a greater variety of customers.”

The new hangar eclipses the original 50,000 sq. ft. hangar at ARINC’s facility which was previously the largest commercial aircraft hangar in the area. At 300 x 200 feet, the new hangar more than doubles available workspace and can accommodate three Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft under roof.

Mike Young, ARINC Engineering Services Vice President, said the company has already strengthened its workforce. “We began advertising for skilled aircraft workers in June, and we have had a good response,” he said. “We feel prepared to handle the amount of work we can now foresee at Hangar 2. The expansion not only doubles our capacity, but will make more efficient use of our existing 20,000 square feet of shops, engineering and administrative offices.”

ARINC has already started work inside the new hangar on the avionics systems of several military aircraft, under contracts recently received. Additional aircraft were parked on the tarmac outside the new hangar during the midday opening ceremony Thursday.

“We have a number of customer aircraft awaiting avionics upgrades,” Young added.

Also among attendees at today’s opening were representatives of Rockwell Collins, ARINC’s customer and partner for many years, and Roy Williams, President of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, who served as master of ceremonies. The hangar addition was developed by the Gardner Tanenbaum Group. The Gardner Tanenbaum Group develops, owns, and leases industrial, office, and multi-family properties throughout the state of Oklahoma, and has developed and built each of ARINC’s Oklahoma City office and hangar facilities.

ARINC’s world-class Aircraft Modification and Operations (AMOC) facility offers heavy aircraft modifications and upgrades, avionics, electrical, and systems modification, professional project and program management, aircraft maintenance, end-to-end special-mission aircraft services, certification and installation services, logistics, staff training support, and many other services.

ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial, defense and government customers worldwide. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland with regional headquarters in London and Singapore, ARINC is ISO 9001:2008 certified. For more information, visit the web site at www.arinc.com.

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ARINC OPENS NEW HANGAR FOR AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS—On August 11, ARINC Engineering Services, LLC opened a new 60,000 sq ft hangar at its Aircraft Modification and Operations Center in Oklahoma City, OK. In attendance were representatives of Oklahoma state government, the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce.

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