Safran supplies gearboxes for the Airbus A320neo family actuation system. The company is aiming to expand its role for successor aircraft, whose folding wingtips would require even more actuators.
Credit: Adrien Daste/Safran
Airbus and Boeing have yet to decide on the system architecture of their next-generation single-aisle aircraft—succeeding the A320neo and the 737 MAX, respectively—but suppliers are already offering innovative technologies. In control surface actuation, Safran is betting on a high-aspect-ratio...
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