Derby-based
Pentaxia announced the renewal of its supply agreement with
Martin-Baker Aircraft Ltd at the end of last month. The contract ensures consistent, long-term supply of high-performance lightweight components and assemblies into Martin Baker on a multi-year basis. These parts are in-turn fitted to the latest generation of ejection seats and subsequent global fighter-jet programmes.
Pentaxia sales director Tim Ollier said: “We share many company values and pride ourselves on producing world-class components. Working collaboratively with our colleagues at Martin-Baker, our team are able to ensure quality and consistency in every component we deliver. This new agreement not only demonstrates our customer’s confidence in working with us, but also provides an international platform for British engineering. It is a pleasure to continue our working relationship.”
Andy Patrick, Martin-Baker programmes and commodity supply chain manager, said: “Martin-Baker is pleased to enhance its working relationship with Pentaxia through this agreement on a commodity that is expanding its usage in the next generation of escape systems.”
Pentaxia will produce all of the required advanced composite components in-house and will supply Martin-Baker and its international aerospace partners with legacy and latest-generation composite components.
Martin-Baker has been the world-leader in the design and manufacture of ejection and crash-worthy seats for over 70 years. A family-run business, its seats have saved over 7,638 lives since the company was founded. Its latest designs offer unprecedented life-saving capabilities, with over 17,000 seats currently in service.