Price of Super Hornet fuel tank valve nearly doubled after company was sold

Research by BidLink.net found that a stop-check valve being fitted inside the fuel tanks of Super Hornets and Growlers has nearly doubled in price after GE Aviation sold off the division.

A U.S. Navy F-A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 participates in an air power demonstration near the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), not shown, in the Pacific 130424-N-TC437-736
MCSA Ignacio D. Perez [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


The new company – Integral Aerospace, LLC – last sold the valve at $3,069.98 each. Previously, the same piece of equipment was sold for $1,333.00 each.

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