CPI Aerostructures has received additional orders worth $4.2 million from Embraer under a previously announced life-of-program agreement covering engine inlet assemblies for the Phenom 300 business jet.

The orders extend production of the assemblies, with deliveries scheduled to continue through mid-2026. Further funding is anticipated as part of the programme.

Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics has placed several additional orders totaling $9 million against a previously announced Long Term Agreement to manufacture the Rudder Island Drag Chute Canister (RI/DCC) assemblies for the F-16 Block 70/72 fighter jets. These new orders will see deliveries continue through 2028.

CPI Aero delivered its first RI/DCC assembly for the F-16 Block 70/72 in June 2021. CPI was awarded a second follow-on multi-year contract in 2023. This recent award adds funding for additional quantities under that Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract.

“The F-16 Fighting Falcon remains the world’s most advanced 4th-generation fighter aircraft ever built, operating in more than 29 countries. CPI is honored to support Lockheed Martin’s F-16 production line with mission-critical structural assemblies, leveraging our proven capabilities in the assembly and integration of complex, mixed-commodity aerostructures and aerosystems. Day in and day out, Lockheed Martin, and our other OEM and DoD customers depend on CPI to deliver world‑class manufacturing, engineering, program and supply chain management to support our war fighters,” stated Dorith Hakim, CEO & President of CPI Aero.

CPI has also received funded orders totaling $6 million for Airborne Pods from Raytheon’s Advanced Products & Solutions Strategic Business Unit. This program adds to the growing list of Airborne Pod Programs in CPI’s Aerosystems Segment. The SOW includes the design and development of assembly tools and fixturing, procurement of complex monolithic machine parts and other detailed components, assembly and integration of the complete pod structure, and required testing. These funded orders were issued with a not-to-exceed (NTE) ceiling of $12 million.

“Manufacturing airborne pods is now recognized as a core competency at CPI Aero, leveraging our expertise in structural assembly and integration, supply chain management, tool design and manufacturing engineering. This pod program, along with others awarded by Raytheon and other OEMs, demonstrates our customer’s continued trust in CPI Aero to deliver high quality products to exacting standards,” says Hakim.