Mammoth Freighters has received the first complete shipset of the Collins Aerospace cargo loading system for its 777-200LRMF passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion.
The two companies have been working closely together to optimise the cargo handling system for the 777P2F market after Mammoth awarded Collins Aerospace a development contract in June 2022.
“It is Mammoth’s mission to develop one of the most productive and economical long-range freighters in the world by incorporating fundamentals which exceed the current and future demands of the widebody freighter market,” said Cameron France, Mammoth vice president of operations.
“The specialized 777-200LRMF cargo loading system is an essential element that builds on Collins’ proven powered widebody freighter technologies. The selection of the Collins product is overwhelmingly endorsed by operators already operating the Collins cargo loading system on 777 production freighters because the system offers a high level of parts commonality and reliability on the line.”
Fort Worth, Texas-based Mammoth Freighters was founded in 2020 to design, develop, convert, and support the development of passenger to freighter conversions. The launch type is the Boeing 777 (both the 200 LR and 300 ER variants).
As a licensee for the Boeing 777, Mammoth is developing a global production and conversion site network accommodating seven production lines that will include five production
lines at Aspire MRO in Fort Worth, Texas and two at STS Aviation Services UK Limited in Manchester, UK, with additional conversion capacity planned at other sites in Asia Pacific.
Currently, Mammoth has two 777 aircraft in advanced stages of freighter conversion at Aspire MRO. The company expects to achieve full certification of the 777-200LRMF in the second half of this year.
The 777P2F is increasing in numbers. There are currently three 777-300ER conversion programmes in place with IAI, KMC and Mammoth, in addition to the 777-200LR programme in development with Mammoth.
In a recent IBA webinar that focused on the freighter conversions market, IBA analyst Jonathan McDonald said: “IAI and Mammoth are further ahead and more likely to launch sooner.
“The -200LR is probably going to be more range driven because (it has) a much smaller fuselage…whereas the -300ER programme will probably be more volume driven.”
He noted that there are less -200LRs to convert than the -300ER – of which there are nearly 800 PAX.
