The awards, hosted by the Manufacturing Technologies Association, seek to recognise the success and significance of engineering-based manufacturing in the UK. BAE Systems, in partnership with StarragHeckert, Fastems, TDM Systems and Nederman won the award in the Best Supplier Partnership category for their work in delivering a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) to support the manufacture of complex titanium parts for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
Simon Bee, head of machining for the F-35 programme and who was part of the team who collected the award on the night, said: “This award is a fantastic acknowledgement of the team's efforts, who worked together to deliver a highly capable flexible manufacturing system.”
The FMS will help ensure that BAE Systems can achieve the challenging rate of producing one F-35 aircraft set every day whilst maintaining the exacting quality targets required by the programme.
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