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  "type": "product",
  "id": "gkn-aerospace-empennages",
  "url": "https://www.nomyparts.com/companies/gkn-aerospace/products/empennages/",
  "name": "Empennages",
  "fullName": "Empennages aerostructure manufacturing offering",
  "manufacturer": {
    "id": "gkn-aerospace",
    "name": "GKN Aerospace",
    "url": "https://www.nomyparts.com/companies/gkn-aerospace/"
  },
  "category": {
    "id": "structures",
    "name": "Structures"
  },
  "subcategory": {
    "id": "aerostructures",
    "name": "Aerostructures"
  },
  "description": "Empennages is an aerostructure manufacturing offering that provides structural aircraft parts or assemblies. It supports an aircraft production programme through the manufacture of structural elements specified for the airframe and its integration requirements.",
  "manufacturerPage": "https://www.gknaerospace.com/markets-solutions/aerostructures/",
  "certifications": [],
  "specifications": [
    {
      "id": "grade",
      "name": "Grade",
      "sources": [],
      "verified": null,
      "value": "Aerospace-grade"
    },
    {
      "id": "market",
      "name": "Market",
      "sources": [],
      "verified": null,
      "value": "Dual-use"
    },
    {
      "id": "platform-class",
      "name": "Platform class",
      "sources": [],
      "verified": null,
      "value": [
        "Manned aircraft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "airframe",
      "name": "Airframe",
      "sources": [],
      "verified": null,
      "value": [
        "Fixed-wing",
        "Helicopter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "availability",
      "name": "Availability",
      "sources": [],
      "verified": null,
      "value": "In production"
    },
    {
      "id": "structure-type",
      "name": "Structure type",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.gknaerospace.com/markets-solutions/aerostructures/"
      ],
      "verified": "2026-10-19",
      "value": "Empennage"
    },
    {
      "id": "platforms-supplied",
      "name": "Platforms supplied",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.gknaerospace.com/markets-solutions/aerostructures/"
      ],
      "verified": "2026-10-19",
      "value": "Gulfstream G650; HondaJet; NH90, Chinook and AW169 tail or aft-structure programmes."
    },
    {
      "id": "thermoplastic-capability",
      "name": "Thermoplastic capability",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.gknaerospace.com/markets-solutions/aerostructures/"
      ],
      "verified": "2026-10-19",
      "value": true
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.gknaerospace.com/markets-solutions/aerostructures/",
      "checked": "2026-10-19"
    }
  ],
  "updated": "2026-11-12",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "licenseName": "CC BY 4.0",
  "attribution": "Source: NomyParts, https://www.nomyparts.com/companies/gkn-aerospace/products/empennages/"
}