Triumph Group Selected to Boeing NewGen Tanker Team

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE:TGI) today announced that its subsidiary, Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division, has been selected to Boeing’s NewGen Tanker Team for the U.S. Air Force KC-X program. The company will supply horizontal stabilizer and aft body sections, wing center section, doors, skin panel fabrication, assemblies, keelbeams, seal depressor and acoustic panels for the NewGen Tanker platform.

In addition, Triumph companies have been selected recently to provide landing gear and wing structures, push-pull cables, actuators, floor panels, interiors and insulation blankets for the NewGen Tanker.

Richard C. Ill, Triumph’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are proud to partner with Boeing on the NewGen Tanker program. The KC-X tanker represents the highest acquisition priority for the Air Force and it will be a privilege to be on the team that will meet the needs of our U.S. Air Force.”

Triumph Group, Inc., headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs and overhauls a broad portfolio of aerostructures, aircraft components, accessories, subassemblies and systems. The company serves a broad, worldwide spectrum of the aviation industry, including original equipment manufacturers of commercial, regional, business and military aircraft and aircraft components, as well as commercial and regional airlines and air cargo carriers.

More information about Triumph can be found on the company’s website at http://www.triumphgroup.com.

Statements in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements under the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could affect the company’s actual results and could cause its actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the company. Further information regarding the important factors that could cause actual results to differ from projected results can be found in Triumph’s reports filed with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2010.

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