Parker Aerospace Supplies Fully Digital Flight Control System for FAA Type-Certified Gulfstream G600 Business Jet
July 16 2019 - 3:30AM
Business Wire
Parker’s support of the three-axis, fly-by-wire system during
certification helps Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. achieve
milestone
Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker
Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH), the global leader in motion and
control technologies, today announced it has supplied the fully
digital, three-axis fly-by-wire flight control system
for Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s Gulfstream G600
twin-engine, long-range business jet, which received its type
certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
in June 2019.
Parker worked closely with Gulfstream during the development and
certification process, ensuring that the G600’s primary and
secondary flight control system components demonstrated compliance
with airworthiness requirements. “This is an exciting milestone for
Gulfstream, and Parker is proud of its joint accomplishments on the
G600,” said Drexel Pope, director of new development programs at
the Control Systems Division of Parker Aerospace. “The
success of the digital flight control system with electric
backup hydraulic actuators on this sophisticated aircraft
follows the recent achievements Parker realized on the Gulfstream
G500, which received its FAA type certification in July 2018 and
entered into service that September.”
The G600 shares its flight control system architecture with the
G500. The similar architecture helped accelerate the development of
the G600 model and provided Gulfstream with additional benefits
such as proven design and reliability. The Parker fly-by-wire
control system comprises a suite of electrohydraulic and
electronic equipment providing command and monitoring capabilities
to assist the aircraft in its various mission profiles. In addition
to the flight controls, Parker provides a wide range of other
equipment to the G500 and G600 aircraft, including equipment used
in the fuel and hydraulic systems as well
as their Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800 series engines.
Parker supports Gulfstream and its G500 customers for the life
of the aircraft, and will do the same when the G600 enters service.
Parker Aerospace’s Customer Support Operations is a
centralized support organization that provides customer and product
support, as well as customized service solutions to meet customers’
needs for spares, repairs, and overhaul services for all Parker
Aerospace airframe and engine products.
To learn more about Parker’s fly-by-wire flight control
systems, please contact Doug Sutton, new business
development manager, Parker Aerospace, Control Systems Division,
(949) 465-4879 or doug.sutton@parker.com.
About Parker Aerospace. Parker Aerospace is
a global leader in the research, design, integration, manufacture,
certification, and lifetime service of flight control, hydraulic,
fuel and inerting, fluid conveyance, thermal management,
lubrication, and pneumatic systems and components for aerospace and
other high-technology markets. The company supports the world’s
aircraft and aeroengine manufacturers, providing a century of
experience and innovation for commercial and military aircraft.
About Parker Hannifin. Parker Hannifin is a
Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For
more than 100 years the company has engineered the success of its
customers in a wide range of diversified industrial and aerospace
markets. Learn more at www.parker.com or
@parkerhannifin.
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