Texas-based King Aerospace Companies has announced it has partnered with Pennsylvania-based The Thurmond Group to enable both companies to grow their support for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) specifically and aircraft modifications in general, the company said.
King Aerospace said this positioning affords King Aerospace greater exposure within its existing government customer base while expanding ISR-specific capabilities. Combining joint resources provides a total aircraft maintenance and modifications solution, resulting in lower overhead, reduced turnaround time and overall program cost savings. This will help us pursue more work in government and corporate aircraft avionics and special mission systems modifications.
The Thurmond Group has built strong relationships with both ISR-focused government and private industry by providing integration services for that include but are not limited to sensors, networking, operation systems and the Federal Risk Management Framework (RMF). Both it and King Aerospace are known for their ISR quick reaction capability (QRC). Maintenance, engineering and FAA-certified modifications will be handled at King Aerospace´s facility in Ardmore, OK, just 90 miles north of Dallas.
The AS9110-certified operation accommodates the most common turboprop and jet aircraft for commercial and military/government commercial-derivative applications. This includes Dash 8, King Air, Boeing 737, Citation, Gulfstream and Challenger aircraft. The King Aerospace facility includes a 9,000-foot runway and encompasses four hangars with more than 200,000 square feet of space.
