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May 01, 2018

AAR Named to Forbes’ America’s Best Employers List

WOOD DALE, Illinois, May 1, 2018 – AAR (NYSE: AIR), a global provider of aviation services to commercial airlines and governments, was named to the Forbes list of America’s Best Mid-Size Employers for 2018. AAR was chosen based on an independent survey by Statista from a sample of more than 30,000 U.S. employees working for companies employing at least 1,000 people in their U.S. operations.

Apr 17, 2018

AAR Wins IDIQ Award from U.S. Army for Aircraft Maintenance And Supply Chain Management

WOOD DALE, Illinois, April 17, 2018 – AAR (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial airlines and governments, has been awarded a 10-year hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price), indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command for aircraft and support equipment maintenance, minor modification and supply chain management. The work will be primarily performed outside the continental U.S. in support of U.S. Army operatio

Apr 10, 2018

Aviation Week Network Announces 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Winners

New York, April 10, 2018 – Michael Huerta, former FAA administrator and David Storch, AAR CEO were named the 2018 winners of the Lifetime Achievement Awards presented by Aviation Week Network, the largest multimedia information and services provider to the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries.

Apr 04, 2018

AAR Signs Exclusive Agreement with AMETEK for Civil Aerospace Markets

WOOD DALE, Illinois, April 4, 2018 — AAR (NYSE: AIR) announced today its OEM Aftermarket Solutions group has signed an exclusive agreement with Power and Data Systems (PDS) of AMETEK Aerospace & Defense to be its exclusive global aftermarket distributor supporting commercial, regional transport and helicopter markets.

Apr 03, 2018

AAR Signs Component Repair, License & Parts Supply Agreements with Honeywell

WOOD DALE, Illinois, April 3, 2018 - AAR (NYSE: AIR), a global leader in aviation services, has signed a long-term Repair and Overhaul License agreement along with a Parts Supply agreement with Honeywell Aerospace. AAR will be providing repairs of over 1,800 Honeywell base part number and line replacements unit (LRU) repair items in AAR’s New York and Amsterdam component repair shops.

Mar 26, 2018

Pratt & Whitney and AAR Renew Agreement for Global Support of P&W’s Military Auxiliary Power Units

WOOD DALE, Illinois, March 26, 2018 — AAR (NYSE: AIR) announced today it has renewed its agreement with Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) business to stock and distribute APU hardware to the U.S. and foreign governments, including their component repair vendors.

Feb 19, 2018

AAR Wins IDIQ Award from US Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) for Repair and Maintenance of ISU Containers

CADILLAC, Michigan, February 19, 2018 – AAR (NYSE: AIR) Mobility Systems has been awarded a five-year IDIQ contract to repair and maintain the Naval Special Warfare Group 2's (NSWGTWO) ISU^® container fleet. This contract will provide support for over 300 ISU^® containers for East Coast units based out of the U.S. Navy's Joint Expeditionary Base-Little Creek located near Norfolk, Virginia.

Feb 13, 2018

AAR Wins IDIQ Award from U.S. Navy for Airframe Maintenance of P-8A Fleet

WOOD DALE, Illinois, February 13, 2018 – AAR (NYSE: AIR), a leading provider of aviation services to commercial airlines and governments, was awarded a seven-year, firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) for depot airframe maintenance and depot field team support of the P-8A fleet for the Navy, government of Australia and foreign military sales (FMS) customers.

Feb 07, 2018

AAR Announces Joint Venture with Indamer for New MRO Facility in India

WOOD DALE, Illinois, February 8, 2018 – AAR (NYSE: AIR), a global provider of aviation services to commercial airlines, announced a joint venture with Indamer Aviation, a leading aviation company in India, for the development of a new airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in Nagpur, India.

Jan 31, 2018

AAR Signs Long Term Component Repair Contract with Utair

WOOD DALE, Illinois, January 31, 2018 – AAR (NYSE: AIR), a worldwide provider of aviation services to commercial airlines and governments, has announced a long-term agreement between AAR Aircraft Component Repair – Amsterdam and the Russian airline, Utair Aviation. Under the eight-year deal, AAR provides component repair and exchange for Utair’s B737 and ATR fleets, as well as reliability engineering support to improve on-wing component reliability.