"Fly-by-Wireless Improves Safety and Reduces Cost" - International Aerospace Consortium Initiative Unveiled

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"Fly-by-Wireless Improves Safety and Reduces

Cost" - International Aerospace Consortium

Initiative Unveiled

PR Newswire

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 13, 2012

FARNBOROUGH,

England

,

July 13, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Following NASA partnership, CANEUS (

Canada

-Europe-US-Asia) Aerospace

network and key aerospace stakeholders are teaming up to develop less-wire

and fly-by-wireless (FBW) capabilities. The partnership projects to reduce

aggregate wire weight by approximately 10%-30% overall and 70%-90% for

critical components, contributing to improved fuel economy, reduced emissions

and potential failure points, and improved operational performance.

Industry vision is

to create world class FBW research, testing and

certification capability

, which will benefit the Aerospace industry worldwide

for

Integrated Vehicle Health Management (IVHM)

applications for both

new and sustainment of legacy aircrafts & UAV's.

Stakeholders include LMCO, BAE Systems, Airbus, Boeing, Embraer,

Bombardier, GE, Gulfstream, Goodrich Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce,

NASA, and US DoD. CANEUS is discussing with Governments and industry

customers

to establish such facility in

Canada

. The consortium is

scheduled to meet on

August 27-28, 2012

, in

Ottawa

to formulate international

public-private partnership.

Improved Safety and Reduced Costs

Wiring, connector problems and sensors are key failure points, resulting in

lengthy delays, troubleshooting, and replacement. Costly flight delays are

precipitated by the need to troubleshoot cables/connections, and/or repair

sensors. Thus, wiring continues to be too expensive to remove once it is

installed, even with the weight penalties.

Breakthroughs

New technology options using sensors potentially for data connectivity and

micro/nano technologies are making it possible to retrofit existing vehicles,

such as large commercial fleets and already designed models that will enter

the commercial market.

Implications for Emerging Markets:

Environmental and Economic

Impact

As the number of aircrafts in operation and flights will increase in emerging

markets of

Asia

,

Middle East

and

Africa

, maintenance costs are one of the

primary drivers of airlines. With many of these aircrafts having upwards of

30,000 connectors and tens of thousands of wires that must be routinely

checked.

For example, the Airbus A380 contains 530km of wire for 525 seats and

produces 75g of CO2 per passenger kilometer. In the cabin there are over

100,000 wires and more than 40,000 connectors creating limitless potential

points of failure and areas to inspect and maintain.

CANEUS FBW partner Bombardier found use of 'fly by wire' systems reduced

average load by roughly 600 pounds per plane, improved systems integration,

reduced aggregate weight by roughly 1000 pounds, and composite wiring and

connectors weight by 120 pounds .