Dunlop Aircraft Tyres preys on new £1.9bn Hawk contract
15th June 2012
BAE Hawk
BIRMINGHAM-based Dunlop Aircraft Tyres is to benefit from BAE Systems’ £1.9bn deal to sell Hawk training jets to Saudi Arabia.Twenty-two Hawks will be built in Lancashire and supplied with tyres made at DAT’s factory in Fort Parkway.The company, the world’s only specialist aircraft tyre manufacturer and retreader, already provides tyres for the 45 Hawks currently in service with the Royal Saudi Air Force.Each aircraft uses three tyres – two on the main gear and one on the nose gear – and once th......for the full story register now for free or login below...





