GKN AEROSPACE

Stephen Costley April 21, 2026

GKN AEROSPACE has 5-year Roll-Royce contract to perform fan blade, fan disk and annulus filler repairs at its recently expanded 150,000 sq ft facility in San Diego, CA for RB211-535s, Trent 800s and (new capability) Trent 700s.

Stephen Costley

Steve Costley is responsible for the overall production SpeedNews. Steve has over 30 years of experience with SpeedNews, now part of the Aviation Week Network. He joined the company in August 1989 as an Associate Editor and was named Managing Editor in 1994. He was also named Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of SpeedNews, Inc., in the late 1990s, and held those titles until Prism Business Media acquired the company from Gil Speed in 2006.

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