Liebherr-Aerospace and Airbus have agreed a long-term cooperation to jointly define the key elements and key characteristics to optimise the design, production, overall development and in-service maintenance of landing gears installed on Airbus' future aircraft.

The collaboration will provide specimen and validation test results and a pre-industrial demonstrator landing gear. Liebherr will contribute to this project its extensive experience in the design, production and services of landing gear systems for single-aisle commercial aircraft, while Airbus will bring its deep knowledge of the integration of systems and of structural parts in the aircraft. Liebherr currently supplies the A220 landing gears and the A350 nose landing gear.

This collaboration will serve to spread Airbus' Digital Design, Manufacturing and Services (DDMS) ambitions, a digital-first approach to the way aerospace products are designed, manufactured and operated across the Airbus supply chain.