Two U.K. Companies To Build 7E7's Electronic Wing Protection System

Boeing tapped two U.K. companies -- Ultra Electronic Holdings and GKN Aerospace -- to design an electric system for wing ice protection for the 7E7, the first for a commercial plane design. GKN is supplying the composite mat for the system, and Ultra is developing the controlling software and...

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