CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Farnborough
International 2006 -- Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR), with support from
the European Commission, is continuing to work on the development of the
more electric aircraft. As part of "Project MOET" (More Open Electrical
Technologies), led by Airbus, the Goodrich Actuation Systems team in France
will be leading the actuation research activities. The actuation work
package is one of nine across the MOET project; the goal of the project is
to develop the technologies required for the more electric aircraft.
Benefits of an electric architecture include improvements in environmental
impact and reliability as well as reduced maintenance costs.
Goodrich's research and development teams have produced many
significant technologies that have, and will continue to allow, aircraft to
evolve. Over the past 35 years, Goodrich's Actuation Systems team has
transformed actuation from mechanical input actuators to Fly-By-Wire to the
current Power-By-Wire actuation.
According to Goodrich's Eric Schulz, President, Actuation Systems,
"Goodrich is committed to new technology projects that will lead to the
development of the all electric aircraft. All electric platforms are the
future. We are preparing for the next generation of aircraft."
Additional Goodrich technologies contributing to the evolution of the
all electric aircraft include electric actuation for extension, retraction
and steering of the landing gear system; electro-mechanical braking; the
electrical power generation system/Variable Frequency Generators (VFG); and
the ability to demonstrate electric engine start-up.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of
systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets.
With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in
the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant
worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information visit
http://www.goodrich.com.
SOURCE Goodrich Corporation; GR - Airframe Systems
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CONTACT:
Gail K. Warner, +1-704-277-3943, or Lisa
Bottle, +1-704-258-1506, both of Goodrich Corporation
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