Mark Burgess to leave Quickstep, Demi Stefanova is interim CEO

Long servicing CEO and Managing Director and board member Mark Burgess is to leave composites manufacturer Quickstep to pursue other opportunities, according to the Sydney company. The company’s Chief Operating Officer Demi Stefanova will assume the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The Chair of Quickstep Patrick Largier said: “The evolving aerospace market…

Quickstep beefs up aircraft MRO capabilities

Defence contractor Northrop Grumman has foreshadowed further expansion of composites manufacturer Quickstep’s Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) capabilities at Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport. Quickstep hosted the aerospace manufacturer to inspect progress in developing its MRO operation which it purchased from Boeing more than two years ago. The company said it was taking delivery of an increasing…

Quickstep delivers its 100th drone aircraft

Composites manufacturer Quickstep is gaining new successes in the drone manufacturing business, recently passing its 100th drone delivered for customers Swoop Aero and Carbonix. The Sydney company is more used to manufacturing critical aerospace parts such as wing trailing edges for Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Super Hercules transporter and tail components for the F-35 Lightning fighter…

Quickstep links with ST Engineering for nacelle market

Aerospace composites manufacturer Quickstep today announced that it has signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with Singapore’s ST Engineering’s Commercial Aerospace business to collaborate on the aircraft nacelle MRO market. Quickstep Group CEO Mark Burgess told the Australian Manufacturing Forum: “The focus of this collaboration is on MRO and technical support of engine nacelles, which represents…

Dronamics receives codes to operate its Australian made cargo drones

Cargo drone airline Dronamics has been officially assigned both IATA and ICAO designator codes, opening the way for the company’s Australian made drones to operate as a scheduled airline worldwide. In January @AuManufacturing reported that Sydney Composites manufacturer Quickstep was to manufacture an initial run of 10 drone cargo aircraft for European cargo airline Dronamics…