CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodrich
Corporation (NYSE: GR) will participate as a member of Sikorsky
Aircraft Corporation's S-97 RAIDER™ helicopter supplier team that
is building a next-generation helicopter for evaluation by the U.S.
military in 2014. Proven Goodrich technology for the S-97 RAIDER
aircraft includes high speed flexible couplings and an advanced
tail propulser drive shaft system; a SmartProbe™ air data system;
and a lightweight efficient LED lighting system. Products will be
developed and produced by Goodrich teams in Rome, N.Y., Burnsville, Minn., and Oldsmar, Fla.
The drive system saves significant weight over traditional
helicopter drive systems, while maintaining rugged reliability and
damage tolerance for continued operation in battlefield conditions.
The SmartProbe air data system provides weight savings, increased
performance and maturity from millions of operational flight hours
on platforms worldwide. Along with weight savings, the new
LED lighting system delivers reduced life cycle costs and
significantly less power usage than incandescent lights.
"Goodrich's selection was based on its capabilities to
contribute high performance, reliable, low weight technologies that
are easily integrated into the new rotorcraft design," said
Steve Croke, VP Goodrich Power
Transmission Systems. "Goodrich is at the forefront of rotorcraft
technology around the world. Our advanced systems have the maturity
required to meet the team's goal to achieve first flight in 2014,"
he added.
The S-97 RAIDER aircraft program follows Sikorsky's successful
X2 TECHNOLOGY™ demonstrator aircraft, which flew at more than 250
knots flight speed, or twice the average cruise speed of a
conventional helicopter. The National Aeronautic Association
awarded Sikorsky and teammates that included Goodrich the 2010
Robert J. Collier Trophy for the achievement, and for its potential
as a future rotorcraft technology. For more information about
the S-97 RAIDER program, please visit www.sikorsky.com.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global
supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland
security markets. With one of the most strategically
diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves
a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and
service facilities. For more information visit
http://www.goodrich.com.
S-97 RAIDER™, X2™ and X2 TECHNOLOGY™ are trademarks of Sikorsky
Aircraft Corporation.
Goodrich Corporation operates through its divisions and as a
parent company for its subsidiaries, one or more of which may be
referred to as "Goodrich Corporation" in this press
release.
SOURCE Goodrich Corporation; GR - Electronic Systems; GR -
Nacelles and Interior Systems