U.S. Air Force releases CPI Aero’s C-5 Top contract

CPI Aerostructures announced that the U.S. Air Force has released a new order under CPI Aero’s C-5 TOP contract for a variety of spoilers and fairings valued at approximately $4.9 million. Orders under this program, including this $4.9 million order, have totaled $8.2 million for 2009 and $30.6 million since the inception of the contract. On average CPI Aero has received $5.8 million of releases on this contract per year.

This award brings the total new year-to-date awards for the Company to $11.9 million.

CPI Aero is engaged in the contract production of structural aircraft parts for leading prime defense contractors, the U.S. Air Force and other branches of the armed forces. In conjunction with its assembly operations, CPI Aero provides engineering, technical and program management services. Among the key programs that CPI Aero supplies are the UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter, the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, the MH-60S mine countermeasure helicopter, the Gulfstream G650, C-5A Galaxy cargo jet, the T-38 Talon jet trainer, the A-10 Thunderbolt attack jet, and the E-3 Sentry AWACS jet.