Meeting Notices - South Bay

Tour & Strategic Discussion at Triumph Aerostructures

South Bay (CA) Chapter August 13 meeting

Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division – Hawthorne has been a major innovator of both military and commercial airframe structures since the 1930s. This experience has enabled them to become a world-class supplier of skin panels.

The Hawthorne plant has produced Boeing 747 fuselage panels since the aircraft program began in 1966. Since that time, they have delivered more than 1,400 fuselage ship sets, including those for Air Force One. This fuselage section is 172 feet long. Each shipset has 21 major side and door panels delivered to Boeing in six custom, oversized railcars. In addition, Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division builds five upper and three lower “bonnet” panels for each 747 fuselage, along with 90 to 130 floor beams per ship set.

At the main assembly plant, subassemblies are assembled, such as access doors, stringer assemblies, and skin panel assemblies. To help ensure first-time quality, the site uses Determinate Assembly (D/A), an advanced digital manufacturing process that minimizes product variability and allows “snap-together” final assembly of large structures.

Please join us in Hawthorne, CA, on Thursday, August 13, 2015, 7:30am – 10:00am PDT (networking at 7:00am), when Marty Jones, President – Hawthorne, will host a presentation, tour, and strategic discussion at Triumph Aerostructures.

Attendance is limited to the #1 or #2 operating executives of A&D companies or plants, i.e., organizations that have a direct role in production, e.g., engineering, fabrication, coating, and testing. Likewise, to promote exchange, each meeting is limited to 20 attendees.

The meeting is free for A&D Forum members and $40 for non-members ($30 Early Bird until August 5). Advanced registration is required. or more information and to register to attend the meeting or for the waitlist, go to http://adfsbaug15.eventbrite.com.

Click here for more information about and to join The Aerospace & Defense Forum.

The South Bay Chapter of The Aerospace & Defense Forum is sponsored by Moss Adams, Aerospace Engineering Corp., Community Bank, and California Manufacturing Technology Consulting, and led by the presidents of Aerospace Manufacturing & Engineering. Alloy Processing, Triumph Aerostructures-Hawthorne, Dasco Engineering Corporation, Brek Manufacturing, and Frontier Associates. Breakfast at this meeting is sponsored by Morgan Stanley.

Special Tour of Edwards Air Force Base

South Bay (CA) Chapter June 10 tour

The 412th Test Wing, the host wing for Edwards Air Force Base, plans, conducts, analyzes, and reports on all flight and ground testing of aircraft, weapons systems, software and components, as well as modeling and simulation, for the U.S. Air Force.

Please join us in Edwards, CA, on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 10:00am – 4:00pm PDT for an up close and personal visit to aircraft and operations that is not available to the general public. We will visit the Air Force Flight Test Museum (including a number of legacy aircraft, including a SR-71 Blackbird and a B-52). A flightline tour will be next, including planeside visits to an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and an F-22 Raptor. Lunch will be at the NASA Armstrong cafeteria followed by an extensive visit to the Maintenance Facility, where the aircraft are maintained, modified, and reviewed after tests.

Attendance is limited to 15 natural born US citizens who are the #1 or #2 operating executives of A&D companies or plants, i.e., organizations that have a direct role in production, e.g., engineering, fabrication, coating, and testing. Likewise, to promote exchange, each meeting is limited to 20 attendees.

The tour is free for A&D Forum members and $40 for non-members. Advanced registration is required by June 3. For more information and to register to attend the meeting or for the waitlist, go to http://adfsbjun15.eventbrite.com.

Click here for more information about and to join The Aerospace & Defense Forum.

The South Bay Chapter of The Aerospace & Defense Forum is sponsored by Moss Adams, Aerospace Engineering Corp., Community Bank, and California Manufacturing Technology Consulting, and led by the presidents of AMG Torrance. Alloy Processing, Triumph Aerostructures-Hawthorne, Dasco Engineering Corporation, Brek Manufacturing, and Frontier Associates.

“How to Avoid Being a Casualty of a Raw Materials Shortage”
South Bay (CA) Chapter April 8 meeting

As Commercial Airplane build rates continue to increase and the backlogs for certain aircraft approach six to nine years, the sustained availability of Raw Materials becomes more and more critical to the long term success of any supplier. Anyone running an Aerospace/Defense related manufacturing operation needs to have a clear understanding of the risks and market forces that can impact their Raw Material supply chain.

Please join us in Torrance, CA, on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 7:30am – 9:00am PDT (networking at 7:00am), when Bill Leavelle, Director of Business Development, Castle Metals Aerospace, will describe the current operating environment in the major Aerospace Raw Materials of Alloy Steels, Aluminum, Titanium and Nickel Products, along with suggestions on how to best secure your supply chain. There will be a review of market fundamentals, and of past and future “Pinch Points”. Finally, Bill will provide his opinion of the market in the next 1-3 years, along with supply and demand through the “Mega Cycle”.

This presentation will be thought provoking and enlightening; a chance to view the Raw Materials industry from the eyes of an ‘insider’.

Attendance is limited to the #1 or #2 operating executives of A&D companies or plants, i.e., organizations that have a direct role in production, e.g., engineering, fabrication, coating, and testing. Likewise, to promote exchange, each meeting is limited to 20 attendees.

The meeting is free for A&D Forum members and $40 for non-members ($30 Early Bird until April 1). Advanced registration is required. For more information and to register to attend the meeting or for the waitlist, go to http://adfsbapr15.eventbrite.com.

Click here for more information about and to join The Aerospace & Defense Forum.

The South Bay Chapter of The Aerospace & Defense Forum is sponsored by Moss Adams, Aerospace Engineering Corp., Community Bank, and California Manufacturing Technology Consulting, and led by the presidents of AMG Torrance. Alloy Processing, Triumph Aerostructures-Hawthorne, Dasco Engineering Corporation, Brek Manufacturing, and Frontier Associates.