Magellan delivers 200th set of horizontal stabilisers for F-35

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This milestone comes under an agreement with BAE Systems. The two companies have been working together to produce horizontal stabilisers for the global F-35 programme since 2009.

Both companies have since made significant investment in facilities, technologies and training to ensure the successful delivery of these flight-critical assemblies to the F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin.

“Achieving this significant delivery milestone in today’s unprecedented and challenging business environment speaks to the reliability of our processes and the resiliency of the Magellan team,” said Phillip Underwood, Magellan’s president and CEO. “Magellan has been steadily increasing its annual deliveries for the global F-35 program since the first horizontal stabilizer shipset delivery in 2012 and is currently operating at full production rate.”

Tom Fillingham, senior vice president, US programmes, BAE Systems Air added: “At BAE Systems, we’re proud to collaborate with Magellan and international suppliers to fulfil our role on such a critical programme which global air forces depend on. Magellan’s delivery of its 200th set of F-35 horizontal stabilizer assemblies is a significant milestone and is testament to the dedication and teamwork from all involved.”

The horizontal stabilisers produced at Magellan are major assemblies on the Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) variant of the F-35.

Magellan is targeting to produce more than 1,000 ship sets of horizontal tail assemblies over the life of the F-35 programme along with various other metallic and composite components for the program.

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