Aurora earns Sikorsky gold

STRATFORD, Conn. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced May 13 its 2015 Supplier of the Year awards and 14 Gold Suppliers for best-in-class performance. The 2015 Supplier of the Year in the Industrialization category went to Aurora Flight Sciences, which operates a fabrication and aerostrutures composite final assembly plant in Columbus, Miss., for defense and commercial aerospace customers. Among the 14 Sikorsky Gold Suppliers is the Arnold-Hanafin Corporation, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based engineering services firm that supports tactical and strategic goal objectives with breakthrough engineering and IT contract labor services. A-HC first achieved UTC Gold in 2012. The company first opened its Panama City (Fla.) Low Cost Engineering Design Center in 2011. The companies were recognized at Sikorsky's annual Supplier Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. and owns Pratt & Whiney, makers of the F135 engine for all variants of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.