Israel Aircraft Industries Delivers 100th F-15 Conformal Fuel Tank to BOEING
Mar 9, 1999
Ben-Gurion International Airport, Israel, March 9, 1999 - Israel Aircraft Industries' Lahav Division delivered the 100th F-15 Conformal Fuel Tank (CFT) to Boeing.
The CFT greatly improves the F-15s capabilities and vastly increases the aircraft's range.
The CFT is one of four types of major F-15 subassemblies manufactured and assembled by Lahav for Boeing. Lahav also supplies the F-15 vertical stabilizer, the forward fuselage side panels, and fourteen different types of 15 access doors.
A major part of the vertical stabilizer is manufactured form composite material requiring specialized technologies. The engine bay doors are made from titanium, which is able to withstand extremely high temperatures.
Lahav is the sole source supplier to Boeing for the F-15 CFTs.
IAI/Lahav has been a Boeing Gold Level Supplier since 1993. There are only nine Gold Level Suppliers in the world. Boeing grants Gold Level status to only those companies that achieve and maintain the highest level performance including product quality, schedule adherence, responsiveness to customer requirements and continued self improvement.
IAI's Lahav Division has been awarded orders exceeding $260 million for Boeing F-15 subassemblies.
For more information, contact:
Doron Suslik
Deputy Corp VP for Communications
Tel: 972 (3) 93 5-8509
Fax: 972 (3) 935-8512
Email: hpaz@hdq.iai.co.il
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