Senior Editor

Jerry Siebenmark

Business jet and military helicopter MRO General Atomics AeroTec Systems (GA-ATS) of Germany and Brazilian airframer Embraer have extended their service center contract by three years, the companies announced this month.

 


The extension of the contract was finalized at the 2022 edition of EBACE&nbsp;in Geneva. Based in Oberpfaffenhofen, GA-ATS has served as an Embraer authorized service center since 2010. This successful cooperation will now be continued over the next three years.

 


<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-03-03/ruag-completes-mro-sale-general-atomics-europe">Formerly</a>&nbsp;known as Ruag Aerospace Services Oberpfaffenhofen, GA-ATS employs technicians who perform maintenance and repairs on business jets using state-of-the-art equipment. GA-ATS offers line maintenance as well as base maintenance for the Embraer Legacy 600, Legacy 650, and Lineage 1000 series of super-midsize jets and bizliners. In addition to MRO, GA-ATS produces and maintains the Dornier 228. The company is a subsidiary of General Atomics Europe.

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