The Boeing Co. has awarded contracts for 7E7 components to Goodrich Corp. and three French manufacturers.
Boeing announced Wednesday that Goodrich and a subsidiary of France’s Snecma Group would provide the electric brakes for the new jet; Latecoere of Toulouse, France, would provide the passenger doors; and two American subsidiaries of the French Zodiac Groupe will provide the water and waste systems and escape slides.
Airline customers will have the option of choosing brakes from Goodrich or Messier-Buggati, the Snecma subsidiary, Boeing said. The 7E7 will be the first commercial jet to use an electrically activated brake system, as opposed to traditional hydraulics. Boeing says the new brakes will be lighter and can be monitored through the 7E7’s maintenance computers.
It is Goodrich’s fourth 7E7 contract, and the third for Snecma.
The Zodiac Groupe subsidiaries are Monogram Systems of California, which will provide the water and waste systems, and Air Cruisers of New Jersey, which will provide the escape slides. Air Crusiers has supplied escape slides for all Boeing planes since the 707, while Monogram has provided a number of systems used on Boeing planes.
Latecoere, which is supplying the doors, will be the first French company to build a major airframe structure for Boeing, the company said.
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