Electric start

Goodrich Corporation has been awarded funding by the UK Department of Trade and Industry's Technology Program to develop a new type of electric engine starter system.

An extension of the 'Integrated Wing' program,  the new project dubed AMES, for Advanced More Electric Systems, is designed to support the needs of  the next generation Airbus and Boeing single-aisle aircraft.

Goodrich's Electrical Power Systems team based in Pitstone, UK, will  lead a UK industry consortium to develop electric engine start technologies which will contribute to reduced engine emissions and lower operating costs  for next generation, single-aisle aircraft.

'This award will allow our team to further develop the electric engine start capability of our award-winning variable frequency technology, an approach that has substantial benefits in the  reduction of aircraft weight, cost and emissions. AMES will deliver this electric start capability while meeting the unique design requirements of single-aisle aircraft,' said Goodrich's Peter Crouchley, Vice President of Engineering, Electrical  Power Systems.