Airport Design and Planning

Company Atkins
Date 02.09.2010

Atkins, Europe’s largest multidisciplinary consultancy, and Stirling Dynamics, the UK’s leading independent landing gear specialist, have been selected to supply engineering services for Airbus landing gear in the UK.

The Atkins/Stirling partnership, which will provide a broad range of engineering services to Airbus, was recently awarded a contract for Landing Gear Structures, having also been awarded the Landing Gear Systems contract earlier this year.

More specifically, Atkins/Stirling will be supporting the Design Integration and Research & Technology activities of the Airbus Landing Gear Centre of Competence, including:

• nose, fuselage and wing landing gear structures
• wheels, tyres & brakes
• braking, steering, extension/retraction & monitoring systems.

The initial contract will cover Airbus’ civil aircraft, including the A350 XWB, A380, A330/A340, and A320 families, as well as Research & Technology for the next generation of aircraft.

Neil Kirk, managing director of Atkins’ Aerospace business, said: “Atkins is well-placed to supply landing gear engineering services because of our broad technical capability, our in-depth experience of Airbus aircraft and our partnership approach to working with clients.  The contract covers a broad range of aircraft – from those already in service, through those in development, to aircraft still in the research & technology phase – so developing a close working relationship with our client is central to overall success.”

Andrew Pfeil, Technical Director at Stirling Dynamics, added: "The recent award of the landing gear structures package fully compliments the existing landing gear systems package and will permit Atkins and Stirling to provide a fully rounded support from concept and throughout programme lifecycles across multiple disciplines. It provides the mechanism for both Stirling and Atkins to each provide real added value and embraces their respective significant expertise and individual strengths in one support framework."

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For more information:

Michelle Raven
Marketing Manager, Stirling Dynamics
Tel: +44 (0) 117 915 2541
Email: mraven@stirling-dynamics.com 

Jo Thornton
Marketing communications manager, Atkins
Tel: +44 (0)1454 662260
Email: joanna.thornton@atkinsglobal.com

Notes to editors:

About Atkins

Atkins (www.atkinsglobal.com) is the UK’s largest engineering and design consultancy and the world’s 11th largest design firm.  We have the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy. Whether it’s the concept for a new skyscraper, the upgrade of a rail network, the modelling of a flood defence system or the improvement of a management process, we plan, design and enable solutions.

Atkins has worked with Airbus for over ten years, supporting major aircraft development programmes including the A380, A350 XWB and the A400M.
Recent projects include:
• Major infrastructure works, such as the design and programme management of the civil works for the Dubai Metro red and green lines;
• High profile transport planning and urban design – our innovative scheme to deliver a diagonal crossing at London’s Oxford Circus has helped tackle the problem of pedestrian crowding;
• Key rail projects – providing architectural and engineering design services on London’s Crossrail, Europe’s biggest civil engineering project, and designing stations, tunnelling and track systems on Gautrain, South Africa’s first high speed line;
• Multidisciplinary building design – Northwood Primary School in Darlington is an exemplar project which raises standards for environmental design and community engagement;
• Vital water and environmental projects – as part of a joint venture, Atkins is providing technical assistance to the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme in Nigeria, which will benefit up to three million people.

Atkins was named Consultancy of the Year in the CIBSE Low Carbon Performance Awards 2010; received the first ever certification of the Carbon Trust Standard awarded to an engineering consultancy in the construction sector; and was named among The Times Top 50 Companies Where Women Want to Work 2009 and The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2009. Atkins was also construction and civil engineering sector winner for the fifth consecutive year in the Target National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2010 and was awarded a RoSPA Gold Award 2010 for excellence in control of health and safety in the workplace.

Atkins is the official engineering design services provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

About Stirling Dynamics

Stirling Dynamics specialises in innovative design and engineering solutions for systems, controls, aerodynamics and structures applications in the defence and commercial sectors.  As a result, we have developed sound and long-term relationships with several of the region’s major aerospace and defence companies.  Established in 1987, Stirling Dynamics is an independent limited company.  We have grown to become market leader in many of our activities and currently employ 130 staff, primarily at its offices in Bristol and Farnborough in the UK.  Stirling Dynamics Incorporated provides a US presence from its base in Seattle.  Stirling recently received the Beacon Award for outstanding performance and innovation.
Stirling has worked with Airbus for over 10 years supporting many of their aircraft development programmes and in-service requirements. 

Contact

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