Saint Gobain - 5-536-C

Saint-Gobain Aerospace is the aerospace business of Saint-Gobain. Its website says it uses its process, engineering and market knowledge to make products that improve flight comfort, performance and connectivity. Its main areas of expertise are transparencies, radomes, composites, and repair and replacement.

The company serves commercial, business, helicopter, eVTOL, special mission and connectivity markets. It also supports the MRO aftermarket and conversion work. Outside aerospace, it serves marine and armored vehicle markets.

The website lists many aircraft programs. These include cockpit, cabin and door windows for Airbus A330, A340, A350, A380 and the A320 family. For Boeing it lists cabin windows for the 777 and a weather radome for the 787. It lists weather radomes for Embraer E1 and E2 jets and radomes for Gulfstream business jets. It also lists windows and radomes for Dassault and Bombardier business jets. For helicopters, it lists windshields and weather radomes for Airbus light helicopters such as the H120, H130 and H135.

For repair work, the site says its repair stations rebuild and overhaul windows and are certified by FAA, EASA, CAAC, TCCA and UK CAA. It has a global network of AOG stock locations. It also repairs nose and satellite communication radomes, and says it has more than 65 years of experience with radomes. Customers can ask for a repair quotation online and mark a request as AOG, critical or routine.

The company lists several manufacturing methods. These are composite manufacturing, 3D knitting, additive manufacturing and transparencies manufacturing. Its composite plants use RFID to track parts through production. In May 2021 it began a joint development with Continuous Composite to use continuous fiber 3D printing for aerospace parts.

Engineering and certification are also listed. They include design, analysis and simulation, testing, radome software and program management. The company has an on-site Designated Engineering Representative and a Designated Manufacturing Inspection Representative to support testing. The website also says the company has invested in greener methods that cut carbon emissions and waste.

Services

• Aircraft transparencies
• Radomes
• Composite parts
• Transparencies repair
• Radome repair
• AOG support
• 3D knitting
• Additive manufacturing
• Design and simulation
• Testing