With its comprehensive industrial capabilities, Liebherr provides on-board systems and life cycle support for flying defense platforms needed for transport of troops and cargo, pilot training, air defense, or reconnaissance. The solutions provided by Liebherr ensure that defense aircraft can operate efficiently and effectively across a wide range of mission profiles. As a reliable partner to armed forces, Liebherr optimizes operational readiness with a comprehensive portfolio of tailored MRO solutions for aircraft components and systems, benefiting from its global MRO network.

Liebherr-Aerospace is an experienced partner when it comes to the development, manufacturing and servicing of landing gears, flight control and actuation systems, environmental control and thermal management systems, gearboxes and electronics for fixed wing and rotary wing defense aircraft. The systems and components are tailored to the special requirements of defense platforms in terms of reliability, safety and resilience, including equipment for specific applications such as cooling of on-board systems or utility actuation for loading bays and air refueling.

The scope of sustainment services includes technical support, comprehensive inventory solutions, parts management as well as certified repair services and covers the entire product life cycle. Services cover both Liebherr-designed components and third-party equipment under license, ensuring seamless integration.

Extended customer service is provided by the OEM-Defence Services joint venture, which coordinates more than 20 industrial partners worldwide. It provides maintenance solutions to reduce costs and improve fleet availability.

For today and tomorrow

Already today, many defense platforms rely on Liebherr products, such as

• air management systems for the A400M, C-390, Tiger Rafale, Super Puma or KT-1, incl. bleed, air-conditioning, ice-protection and pressure control
• cooling systems for various special mission aircraft
• flight control systems for the Eurofighter, A400M or NH-90, incl. electro-hydraulic actuators and fly-by-wire technology
• landing gear systems for Eurofighter, Tiger, M346 or AW149, as well as
• utility actuation for several air refueling platforms, cargo aircraft or helicopters, incl. door actuation, hydraulic power supply and gearboxes.

Liebherr is ready to play a major role in the equipment and sustainment of next-generation aircraft systems. The preservation of industrial capacities and capabilities in the equipment industry sector is key for innovation and sovereignty in defense and security. In this context, Liebherrʼs contributions in the aeras of new build, off-set or sustainment services can be manifold, like design, development, manufacturing and servicing of own products, manufacturing in license, MRO services for third-party products, or being a partner in a sustainment network.