British multinational, GKN Aerospace’s will display its fuel systems and emergency flotation systems at the next month Aero India airshow in...
The company display its flexible fuel cell for military rotorcraft alongside a scaled model of the B212 helicopter fitted with a GKN Aerospace emergency flotation system.
Manufacturing fuel systems at facilities in the US and UK, GKN supplies full turnkey packages from fuel storage to engine feed, as well as flexible fuel bladders, crashworthy and self-sealing systems, rotationally moulded tanks and range extender tanks. Products incorporate the company’s patented market-leading explosive suppressant and anti-slosh technology and recent process and materials developments mean even stronger, lighter fuel systems can exploit much more of the available space on the platform - maximising fuel load and airframe endurance and minimising weight.
For the military market, GKN’s fuel system technology offers the most rapid self-sealing on the market, providing 7.62mm to 20mm round protection to all types of fuel containment systems. This ballistically tolerant technology is typically integrated at the design phase of a vehicle but can also be retro-fitted or externally fitted to ensure fuel supply is maintained throughout front line operations - and has been proved effective in service.
GKN has a technology transfer arrangement with state owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), covering the fuel systems technology on display.
Last year, GKN has established a new engineering team in Bangalore.
