BAE Systems has delivered the first production hardware of the upgraded flight control system it is developing for the C-17 military airlifter.
The UK company is working under a $34.7 million contract received from Boeing in 2003 and flew five successful sorties with the system installed recently at Edwards air force base, California. The system provides full-authority fly-by-wire stability augmentation, stall protection, autopilot, flight director and ground proximity warning.
BAE Systems, which is the largest supplier of avionics for the C-17, is also developing the C-17 spoiler control electronic flap computer, scheduled to fly this month and enter production on aircraft number P-138, due for delivery to the USAF in August.
Source: Flight Daily News
