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CargoLifter Signs Contract with GKN-Engage

Berlin/Brand (ots)

GKN-Engage, a British aerospace engineering
company, will support CargoLifter Development GmbH in the development
and systems integration for the CargoLifter CL 160 transportation
airship. A 15-member team from GKN-Engage and GKN Aerospace Services
will review the propulsion integration of the "Flying Crane" with
CargoLifter engineers and experts from the American engine supplier
General Electric. The aim is to integrate the turboshaft engines and
transmission into the overall propulsion system.
GKN-Engage is part of GKN Aerospace Services, a leading
international supplier and provider of engineering services for
aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturers. The company is
experienced in all aspects of the highly specialized manufacturing
and design processes in aviation. The team is now beginning work on
site in Briesen-Brand. It is anticipated that the first phase of
cooperation will be completed in time for the 5th Shareholder meeting
scheduled for Spring 2002. "By signing a contract with GKN-Engage we
have won the support of a major international supplier and developer
in the aviation industry. Next to BAE SYSTEMS, whose expertise we
were able to secure for the development of avionics and flight
control systems, GKN-Engage is another highly respected and reputable
firm," explains Ralph Maurer, Development Director at CargoLifter
Development GmbH. "We take this as a sign that CargoLifter is now
considered a global player within the aviation industry."
CargoLifter AG, based in Berlin, is developing a 260-meter-long
and 65-meter-wide airship for the transport of oversized and heavy
goods weighing up to 160 metric tons - the CargoLifter CL 160. This
"flying crane" will be able to carry out expensive heavy transports
faster, more simply and more cost efficiently - without ever touching
the ground and almost entirely independent from the local
infrastructure. To develop to the airship in a market-oriented way,
CargoLifter is already today cooperating with various industrial
companies within the framework of its Lead-User concept. Since May
2000, the company's shares have been listed on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange(WKN 540 261, symbol: CLA). Since December 2000 it has been
in the MDAX index.
Currently, the CargoLifter company employs 435 people, 235 of
which are working on airship development at the dock in
Briesen-Brand, near Berlin in the state of Brandenburg. At the
moment, Brand is the company's pivotal location. At the end of 2000
the production hangar for the CL 160 was completed. 107 meters high,
210 meters wide and 360 meters long, it is the world's largest
free-standing hangar. CargoLifter has built the CargoLifter World
theme park, allowing the interested public to follow the company's
development. It has been immensely popular since its opening in June
2000.
GKN-Engage is a GKN Aerospace Services company. GKN Aerospace
Services is the aerospace operation of GKN plc and is a global
independent first tier supplier of structures, components, assemblies
and engineering services to aircraft and aero engine manufacturers.
It possesses  expertise in all specialist aerospace manufacturing and
design processes in addition to supply chain and logistics
capabilities. It has seven centres of manufacturing excellence in
Europe and the USA. GKN-Engage employs almost 2,000 aerospace
engineers. Approximately 5,000 people are employed by GKN Aerospace
Services world-wide.
ots Original Text Service: CargoLifter AG
Internet: www.newsaktuell.ch

Contact:

Silke Rösser
CargoLifter AG
Potsdamer Platz 10
D-10785 Berlin
Phone +49 30 7261039 2124
Fax +49 35477 6500 2124
E-mail: silke.roesser@cargolifter.com

Marion Jüstel
Publicis Public Relations
Chausseestrasse 8
D-10115 Berlin
Phone +49 30 820 82 509
Fax +49 30 820 82 111
E-mail: marion.juestel@publicis-berlin.de

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