Gavin Wesson, Senior Vice President, GKN Aerospace Special Products Group explains: "Our transparencies team has developed this 10% lighter, higher performance pilot main window through a collaborative and highly productive development and qualification programme with Airbus. We are very proud to be a part of the A320 Family success story and the new GKN Aerospace windshield delivers real weight savings and performance benefits to Airbus customers."

GKN Aerospace supplies transparencies for the cockpit and cabin of much of the Airbus family of aircraft and to most of the prime airframe manufacturers. The company is also a major supplier of complex, composite and metalic airframe and aero-engine structures to Airbus.
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