Mark Hannant
US industrial giant Vickers has announced a number of new orders at the show.
Raytheon Aircraft has selected Vickers as integrated hydraulic system supplier for the Hawk Horizon, Raytheon's new transcontinental business jet. Vickers' Aerospace Marine Defence (AMD) Fluid Power Division will be involved in both the system design and the supplier of numerous components such as integrated DC motor-driven hydraulic power package, hydraulic power transfer unit, engine driven pumps and quick disconnects.
Vickers' Sterer Division will be supplying pressurised hydraulic reservoirs, hydraulic filter modules, pressure maintaining valves and priority valves.
Stabiliser
Vickers has also won contracts to supply horizontal stabiliser trim actuators for the new Boeing 737-600/700/800 aircraft. The units have already been used in retrofit applications on existing 737s and can be integrated with any of the 737-300/400/500 flight control systems.
The new Gulfstream V long range business jet aircraft will feature a Vickers Nose Gear Steering System supplied by Vickers' Steerer Division in Los Angeles, California. The system consists of a digital electronic controller, hydrochemical power unit, mounting collar, tiller and rudder pedal position sensors.
Vickers will also be providing an advanced lube system debris monitor for the General Electric /SNECMA GE90 engine which powers the Boeing 777.
Commercial
This marks the first time a remotely indicating quantitative debris sensing system has been put into production on a commercial aircraft.
Vickers claims that a key factor in the engine builder's decision to award it the contract was its ability to meet ETOPS (Extended Range Twin Engine Operation) certification.
Vickers has also announced that it has been selected by Pratt & Whitney to supply a new chip collector configuration for the PW 4000 series engine. Mock-up and engine test hardware is currently being produced to accomplish field survey and preliminary functional testing. Production hardware should be in service in the first quarter of 1999.
Source: Flight Daily News