Bombardier Tests All-Electric Braking Aircraft

Bombardier is claiming a civil-aviation first with the flight of a test aircraft equipped entirely with all-electric braking. In February, Airbus tested electric brakes on the center landing gear of an A340-600. Bombardier’s Global 5000 technology demonstrator has been fitted with Meggitt’s EBrake...

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