Wed, Feb 11, 2004
CCS To Run Dreamliner's Systems
Every advanced system
needs its own "brain" and Boeing has found its choice for the 7E7
Dreamliner. The aersopace giant has selected Smiths Aerospace's
Common Core System (CCS) for this important function. The system
will be designed and manufactured at Smiths' facilities in Michigan
and Cheltenham, England.
Acting like its central nervous system, the 7E7 CCS is the
backbone of the airplane's computers, networks, and interfacing
electronics, and will host all of the airplane's avionics and
utilities functions. The system will replace dozens of traditional,
standalone, computers and data busses fitted to present day
aircraft. Smiths claims the system architecture provides
"significant benefits to a traditional avionics architecture
including, reduced development costs, reduced weight, increased
performance, lower acquisition and maintenance costs, and reduced
cost of change."
Keith Butler-Wheelhouse, Chief Executive of Smiths Group, said,
"This first contract win on the 7E7 is a major breakthrough for the
company, confirming Smiths Aerospace as a key tier 1
supplier/partner with Boeing for their next family of commercial
airplanes."
Smiths, which estimates potential future sales of these computer
systems to be worth in excess of $1bn, joined a team of
international companies developing technologies and design concepts
for the 7E7 program. Aside from the CCS, Smiths is proposing a
number of other major electronics and actuation systems for the
7E7. The Dreamliner's entry into service is scheduled for
2008.
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