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For more than 50 years, the Sealant Technologies Group of W. L. Gore & Associates has focused on the factors that enable more reliable sealing of piping systems, vessels, pumps and valves. Our singular focus has resulted in the development of innovative and top-performing gaskets and packings. We’ve also established a comprehensive technical services program, specially designed to help customers determine the best solutions for their toughest sealing applications.

Gore’s dry tapes and gaskets improve turnaround time and maintenance cycles to help get aircraft flight-ready quickly while giving defense partners the confidence they expect in airframe sealing and surface protection.

Listen to a Gore application engineer talk about the features and benefits of Gore’s dry tapes and gaskets that meet a variety of sealing and surface protection challenges and OEM requirements for commercial and military aircraft.

W. L. Gore & Associates has authorized the global distributors listed below to supply our military and civil aircraft sealants. We manufacture a portfolio of unique material sets, forms, and sizes approved for use on multiple fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.

The following table lists the approved Seal of Assurance braiders and their respective GFO styles. Click on the company name to obtain contact information.

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.

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.

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.