High-lift actuation

Goodrich Corporation has been selected by Bombardier to design and produce the high-lift actuation system for the Bombardier CSeries family of commercial aircraft.

These high-lift actuation systems will control the movements of the wings’ surfaces, which are deployed for take-off and landing to increase an aircraft’s lift co-efficient.

The selection is expected to generate more than $750m (£510m) in original equipment and aftermarket revenue over 20 years. The work will be performed by Goodrich’s Actuation Systems team in Wolverhampton.

Goodrich will provide a fully integrated high-lift flap-and-slat system for the aircraft, including actuators, power-drive units, wing-tip brakes, electronic control units, cockpit levers, transmission shafts and sensors.

The company claims that this design has undergone millions of high-lift flight hours with a range of aircraft.

The Goodrich team in Wolverhampton will also provide the thrust reverser actuation system, an integral part of the streamlined enclosure for the Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1000G engine that will power the CSeries. Goodrich was selected to provide the nacelle system for the PW1000G in 2008.