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Business Operations R ohr'o Business Operations The company's objective is to from aggressive Space Shuttle falls into several separ- improve its strong commercial and Titan launch schedules ate, distinct areas of market participation, in part, have partially offset declining the aerospace industry, each through sale of spares and military aircraft sales. The com- with its specific requirements. maintenance support directly pany has added major facilities To ensure the company's long- to airlines. at Chula Vista and Riverside to term success, Rohr must re- support the Space Products spond to the specific needs of Military Business Division, which doubled its each area. Rohr has substantial content on sales to approximately 11 per- Th better serve these discrete three military aircraft programs cent of the company's total in market areas and support Rohr scheduled for continuing pro- fiscal 1988. products throughout their lives, duction into the 1990s-the U.S. the company established a new Air Force KC-135 tanker re- Customer Support Business Operations organiza- engining and C-130 transport Rohr customer support opera- tion during the year. Its task is and the U.S. Navy F-14 fighter. tions serve, either directly or to manage the programs in the Although the U.S. Air Force indirectly, more than 200 com- company's commercial, military C-5B transport program is mercial airlines internationally. and space businesses and pro- nearing completion, contracts Spare part sales, which rose vide customer support for Rohr to provide major C-5 spares 24 percent in fiscal 1988, are products already in service. will provide revenue into the expected to become an increasing The organization is also respon- mid-1990s. Production will also element of total sales as new sible for developing new tech- continue on the Air Force's nacelle systems for which Rohr no logy and products and the Advanced Warning and Control has direct support responsibili- market opportunities for them. System (AWACS) and the Navy's ties enter commercial service. P-3 anti-submarine aircraft. These include nacelle systems Commercial Business Future business opportunities for both engine options on the Rohr provides products to all include components for the Airbus Industrie A320 airliner the Free World's major aircraft Advanced Tactical Fighter, the and nacelle components for the and engine manufacturers. Now LHX helicopter and the National General Electric CF6-80C2 yielding approximately 65 per- Aerospace Plane (X-30). engine. Rohr's worldwide cus- cent of total sales, commercial Space Products Division tomer support network is now business is expected to continue headquartered in a new 75,000- as the major source of future Increasing sales of booster rocket square-foot office/warehouse sales growth through the 1990s. motor components stemming complex, which opened in 1988 Rohr precision-machi'YIRS and drills solid rocket motor booster casings for the Space Shuttle and Titan programs. Casings for both programs are shown here at the company's Chula Vista facility. ,.,