Liebherr electronic products on board Boeing airplanes

Liebherr-Aerospace will provide Boeing with brake remote electronic units that will be installed on the Boeing 777-8 Freighter. The brake remote electronic unit (REU) acts as a data concentrator in the airplane’s braking system. The unit – one per aircraft – supports the new active brake monitoring system and complies with EASA and FAA regulations for latent failure detection.

Liebherr-Aerospace entered the market successfully with its remote electronic unit concept and began the development for its integration back in 2018. Its design concept offers great versatility for system and position control, data concentration, monitoring, and conversion as well as high reliability – an ideal solution for different kinds of applications. In addition to the Boeing 787 nose wheel steering unit, the brake REU is the second type of remote electronic unit Liebherr is supplying to Boeing.

Dr. Klaus Schneider, Chief Technology Officer at Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS, adds: “We have worked in close collaboration with our customer over the past decade. To be on board Boeing commercial airplanes with our electronic products is an important milestone for Liebherr.”

The brake remote electronic units have been developed and are manufactured by Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH in Lindenberg (Germany) in close cooperation with CUONICS GmbH based in Straubing (Germany). The main gear steering control unit as well as the nose wheel steering control unit is produced together with Liebherr-Electronics and Drives GmbH, Lindau (Germany).