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BAE Systems Australia will produce titanium parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at a new facility in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, the company has announced.
The facility, a collaborative arrangement between BAE, Rosebank Engineering and the South Australian government, will house Australia’s “biggest advanced aerospace components manufacturing and treatment operation,” BAE says.
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BAE will use the facility to manufacture titanium parts for the vertical tail fin of the F-35 under a contract worth $177 million.
In addition to the F-35, the facility will be able to produce large-scale components for commercial aircraft, industry and other defence projects.
The Edinburgh Parks site will include matching metal processing and finishing facilities capable of producing long thin-wall titanium components up to five metres long — the second such facility in the world, according to BAE.
