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Our cables and materials have participated in decades worth of civil and defense aircraft programs. We offer a wide selection of high-speed data cables, microwave/RF assemblies, airframe sealants, and more. 

Serving the armed forces with decades of proven performance, GORE® SKYFLEX® Aerospace Materials from W. L. Gore & Associates offer superior surface protection and sealing capabilities to meet common in-flight challenges. They can be ordered through United States Defense Logistics Agency channels and authorized commercial vendors through the National Stock Numbers (NSN) for defense helicopters detailed on this page and PDF below, including:

• Apache AH-64
• Blackhawk UH-60
• Seahawk MH-60
• Chinook CH-47
• Osprey V-22

For decades, GORE® SKYFLEX® Aerospace Materials have served as a saving grace for fixed-wing aircraft design personnel. From W. L. Gore & Associates, they solve many surface protection and sealing/gap problems that alternative products can’t. View Gore’s product numbers with corresponding National Stock Numbers (NSNs) available through authorized commercial vendors and U.S. Defense Logistics Agency channels.

Read the interview with Greg Powers, Global Aerospace and Defense Market Leader with W. L. Gore & Associates, about the company’s proven reliable solutions for high-performance digital and microwave connectivity and other products.

From the first moon landing to today’s aircraft and land defense, W. L. Gore & Associates continues to develop technology innovation and deliver time-tested, reliable components and materials to the aerospace and defense industry.

From the outset, W. L. Gore & Associates engineers products right to perform reliably in the most demanding air and land conditions. Our storied legacy is why defense companies and suppliers trust our cables and materials.

W. L. Gore & Associates supports the emerging aviation ecosystem by offering innovative and proven solutions to help ensure safe passenger air taxi service, cargo drone delivery and future combat air systems.

Supporting enduring and future fleets, W. L. Gore & Associates delivers advanced cables and materials that have been proven over time to ensure mission-critical success, rotary-wing survivability and personnel safety.

Backed by a decades-long history, GORE® SKYFLEX® Aerospace Materials are approved for use on several defense and commercial helicopters. W. L. Gore & Associates provides this information as a guide only, and procedures in the most current version of the technical orders supersede examples presented here.

Based on W. L. Gore & Associates’ best practices, the following information is intended to be used as a guide only. Relied on for decades, GORE® SKYFLEX® Aerospace Materials are approved for use in several technical orders for the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker military aircraft.