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Messier Dowty Landing Matters Newsletter 08 MILITARY & COMMUTER OE ASSEMBLY CONTENTS 2 B787 Program 3 A400M Program 4 Eurofighter– Typhoon 5 Surface Finishes Project 6 Thank you 8 A day in the life of... 10 Graduates/ Apprentices 11 Human Resources 12 New Starters 13 Sports SINCE THE LAST QUARTER By the beginning of May the area will be fully operational. 15 Events 2006, HALF OF THE GOODS INWARD / DESPATCH AREA HAS BEEN RECONDITIONED The landing gears now assembled in the area include :- AND DEVELOPED INTO THE Eurofighter MLG, T45 MLG, Piaggio NEW MILITARY & COMMUTER MLG, NLG and sidestays. Boeing OE ASSEMBLY AREA. 787 MLG, NLG and truck beams and A400M NLG. Plus an area to cover At the beginning of 2007, new the assembly of a wide variety of equipment started to be installed - sub-assemblies. In the next 12 two new ovens, a new overhead months, the Russian Regional Jet is Your articles crane, paint booth and the new also due to move into the area. A400M build and test station. During March this year the assembly team Andy Hall Your pictures have transferred to the new area. Military & Commuter Assembly Your magazine Edition 8, April 2007 LANDING MATTERS, Edition 8, April 2007 UPDATE ON THE BOEING 787 PROGRAM 787 DREAMLINER DELIVERIES UNDERWAY The 787 program has moved on significantly since the report in the last issue of Landing Matters. The major milestone achieved earlier in April was the delivery of the first Production nose gear. This was delivered to the Wichita facility for installation into the forward fuselage section of the aircraft. Once installed the whole assembly is transferred to First B787 Truck Beam Deliveries in November 2006 Boeing Everett in Boeing’s Large Cargo Freighter (LCF). together with dressings and supporting the Seattle office with Following this, the next major equipment. They will then be shipped producing MBD' (model based milestone will be the delivery of the to Messier-Dowty’s new 25,000 sq.ft. definition) drawings for the first production main gears, which are Final Integration Facility at Everett for manufacture of components, of which now in the new assembly area at the fitment of wheels, tyres and over 100 brackets were drawn and Gloucester. The nose and main inner brakes. 50 sub-assemblies, definition of FTI cylinders, manufactured in Bidos, (Flight Test Instrumentation), defining were transferred to Montreal for Peter Hall, Public Relations and producing Test interface assembly into the outer cylinders drawings and pre-screening of the prior to delivery to Gloucester. At Gloucester concessions. The Gloucester the truck beam was BOEING B787 ENGINEERING opportunity was also taken to send manufactured and assembled and SUPPORT TEAM AT two senior engineers to Seattle to the main gear inner cylinder heat GLOUCESTER directly help and share their treated. In addition, due to the experience with the Seattle shortened manufacturing lead times Due to the increased activity on this engineers. These experiences have required to support first build, we very important program during 2006, been both beneficial to the Seattle worked closely with external it was decided to form a small Team office in chasing their target delivery suppliers to complete many parts in- of Engineers at Gloucester last July. dates and providing the Gloucester house – a great team effort! The These Engineers were situated within Team with experience of the B787 main gears will have their truck beam the Military IPT and have provided program and producing MBD's. assemblies and braces attached, valuable experience and expertise in Steve Whitman, Boeing and Military IPT From left to right: Andy Taylor, Yann Simonneaux, Mike Orford, Neal Callaghan, Steve Whitman, Steve Lawson, Nick Toon, Dragan Andjelkovic, Neil Tarrant, Steve Rowson. Page 2 LANDING MATTERS, Edition 8, April 2007 UPDATE ON THE A400M PROGRAM The A400M is a modern, multi-role A400M Program Countdown airlifter, designed to handle more than twice the payload and volume of March-mid April Rig assembly at Gloucester aircraft it will replace. The A400M Common Standard Aircraft (CSA) is April Test of first roll through NLG at Gloucester. All landing capable of performing strategic gear components to reach Gloucester operations (long range, large capacity and high cruise speed), May Assembly of first prototype NLG at Gloucester. First tactical missions (soft-field prototype NLG to be sent to Velizy for integrated landing performance on unprepared runways, gear system test autonomous ground operation, low speed/low level operations and aerial June - October Remaining six prototype nose landing gears to be delivery) and “in-theatre” tanking delivered to: operations (receiving as well as Messier-Dowty Toronto – Static test dispensing fuel). INTA, Spain – Fatigue test CEAT, Toulouse - Drop test Messier-Dowty is managing the CEAT, Toulouse - Steering endurance test design, development, manufacturing, EADS-CASA – FAL in Seville, Spain integration and support of the A400M landing gear system (to include it is a brand new landing gear dressed landing gear, extension and configuration (each of the MLG retraction system, steering system consists of three independent twin- and kneeling system). wheel assemblies) and because our scope covers the complete landing Within Messier-Dowty, Gloucester is gear system – this is usually the leading the design and assembly responsibility of the airframer.” activity for the A400M nose landing gear. Velizy is responsible for the The aim is for all components to be at main landing gear and systems Messier-Dowty Gloucester by the end integration and Bidos will of April, ready for the first NLG manufacture the shock absorber for assembly to commence in May. the NLG and will assemble the MLG. Focus on Gloucester A400M NLG Program Manager, Karim Benhabiles, believes that this We are also leading a team of At Gloucester, the brand new will prove to be one of the biggest specialist partners including Messier- assembly build and test rig is program challenges to date given Bugatti (who supply all of the currently being assembled on site. that these activities are performed in systems and equipment including This rig has been purchased solely a complex international environment, proximity sensors) and CESA (who for the A400M program, and will be involving both Gloucester and Velizy manufacture the following NLG used for the assembly of the NLG design and test engineering, Bidos components: main fitting, turning and to perform production manufacturing, the customer, EADS- tube, actuators - retraction and acceptance tests (all electrical, CASA, in Madrid and a wide range of unlock - and the steering hydraulic, mechanical and steering suppliers and sub-contractors in mechanism). tests). Europe and the US. The coming months will be an important time for Also being carried out at Gloucester production, supply and test to ensure The A400M Assembly Team (Glos) with is the static strength certification that the first seven A400M prototype Savery Hydraulics Manager testing. For the landing gear system gears are rolled out on time. testing activity, a brand new facility has been built at Velizy. The first flight is scheduled for the beginning of 2008 and the first Program challenges aircraft is expected to be delivered to the first customer in the autumn of A400M Program chief engineer, 2009. Pierre Cottenceau said, “The A400M program is a big challenge for Kristy Worgan Marketing Messier-Dowty Engineering because Page 3 LANDING MATTERS, Edition 8, April 2007 UPDATE ON THE EUROFIGHTER-TYPHOON PROGRAM flew successful missions against it Eurofighter is being actively The Aircraft during recent exercises in the US. The Eurofighter – Typhoon is the promoted in a number of other world’s most advanced swing-role • The French-produced Rafale is markets including Greece, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Turkey and combat aircraft and is currently in- also a competitor, which is very service with the Royal Air Force and similar to the Eurofighter and may Japan. the Air Forces of Germany, Italy and be on the UK's Royal Navy Spain. shopping list. Eurofighter-Typhoon is an excellent • US F-18 and F-16, Swedish Gripen example of leading edge technology and Russian Mig29 are also that delivers real air power capability considered as competition in some that will be the cornerstone of export markets. NATO’s defence capability for the next four decades; it is intended to The Program replace 11 different aircraft types To date 114 production aircraft have currently in operation in European air been delivered to the operating The Landing Gear forces. nations as part of an overall contract All landing gear equipment design is for 638 aircraft. managed out of the Messier-Dowty Messier-Dowty are contracted to the Military IPT based in Gloucester, with The Competition systems integrator EADS in Germany design responsibility for key elements • The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), for Landing Gear and associated of the equipment entrusted to which the US is developing in co- Hydraulic equipment. Messier-Dowty’s WorkShare operation with the UK. Partners, Liebherr (Germany), • The F-22 Raptor, around twice the Export Opportunities Magnaghi (Italy) and CESA (Spain). cost of Eurofighter, is a possible In August 2006, Saudi Arabia and the The first production standard main alternative to the JSF for the US. UK announced agreement of landing gears were delivered in Despite the stealthy reputation of commercial principles effectively August 2000. All Tranche One the F-22, the RAF's Eurofighters initiating purchase of the Eurofighter equipment
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