Liebherr-Aerospace Invests for the Future
Liebherr has won the contract for the wing-fold system for the Boeing 777X.

Liebherr-Aerospace underlined its investment in the future by revealing that in 2014 it spent more than 17 percent of its revenue on research and development. That level of investment has led to the company continuing to win important new business, the latest of which is to provide the power drive unit and hydraulic motor for the leading-edge slats of the Boeing 777X.

Liebherr has also landed another major role in the 777X, supplying the wing-fold subsystem and associated latch pin actuator and secondary lock actuator. At more than 235 feet, the unfolded span of the 777X is too big for standard airport gates, so a wing-fold system is incorporated to reduce span by 11.5 feet on each wing.

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