FR Aviation Ltd , Cobham Flight Operations and Services.

Cobham Aviation

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We modify and maintain our own fleet of more than 150 aircraft, and specialise in the conversion and support of a wide range of civil and military platforms for customers worldwide.
EASA Part 145, Part 21 J & G approved, FAA 145 Foreign Repair Station No DA5Y798M.
We can accommodate a vast range of aircraft in service today from corporate jets to large military aircraft. Services available range from maintenance through aircraft role conversion to major structural repair and modification programmes. We have completed many modification and special mission conversion programmes on a variety of aircraft platforms. Equipment installed and systems integrated include electronic warfare, target towing, flight calibration and surveillance packages.
With extensive in-house design and engineering resources, our capability ranges from the installation of GPS systems to complete design and installation of avionics suites. We are fully skilled and resourced for any forthcoming avionics modification programmes, including GPS, BRNav, TCAS and RVSM retrofits.
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Large Military Aircraft Maintenance
Long-term partnering agreement with BAE SYSTEMS for RAF Nimrod MR2 heavy maintenance, Nimrod MRA4 and E3D Sentry
  • Engineering support to UK Defence agencies
  • Engineering support and technical services including NDT
Aircraft modification and maintenance of fixed and rotary wing aircraft
  • Extensive facilities in the UK and at our sister companies in Australia
Aircraft and Role Equipment Support
  • Component maintenance including Auxiliary Power Units, Mission equipment
  • Engine overhaul and repair
  • Component overhaul
  • Role equipment maintenance
  • GPS, BRNav, RVSM, TCAS II, 8.33Khz and other upgrades
Special Mission Aircraft Modification
We offer a turnkey service covering avionics and structural design, modification and certification of:
  • Special Mission Aircraft
  • Role conversions
  • Systems Upgrades
  • Flight trials platforms
  • Installation of customer integrated systems onto donor aircraft.
  • Modification of the airframe to carry customer equipment
  • Manufacture of equipment racks, electrical looms, observer consoles.
  • Airworthiness authority clearances for carriage of equipment
  • Ground test programmes, e.g. EMC
  • Flight trials platforms - operations
  • Identification and provision of suitable aircraft.
  • Provision of flight deck crews and flight test engineers
  • Capture of data during airborne test,
  • Flight clearances and flight test programmes