Simmonds’ Monitoring and Actuation unit provides Actuators and Vehicle Health Sensing systems for a variety of military and commercial applications. The products are designed and developed to meet unique customer applications and perform in rugged conditions.
Products are developed to comply with industry standards:
- DO-178
- DO- 254
- DO-160
- MIL-STD-461
- MIL-STD-810
Engineering Capabilities:
- Actuation
- Stabilators
- Trim Servos
- Dampers, Asorbers
- Seat Actuator
- Vehicle Health Sensing
- Onboard system and vehicle health diagnostics
- Integration with Cockpit
- Supports offboard maintenance, fleet and logistics management
- Federated and Distributed System Architecture
- Advanced Sensing
- Fiber Optics:
- Improved SWaP
- Intrinsically Safe
- EMI Immune
- Harsh Environments
- High Temp
- Load Path Monitoring
- Ultrasonics / SHM:
- Hot Spot Monitoring
- Large Area Strain
- Distributed Sensing Architecture
- Fiber Optics:
Programs:
- Actuations:
- Sikorsky: S-92, H-60, S-76
- Boeing: 737-300, 747-200, AH-64, CH-47
- Collins Aerospace: ACES II
- Lockheed: C-5, Longbow, P-3
- Bombardier: CRJ
- Bell: H-1
- Vehicle Health Sensing
- Sikorsky: CH-53E, CH-53K, H-60, S-70i, S-76D, CH-148, S-92
- Bell: 525, V-22, H1
- Boeing: CH-47F
Health monitoring
We support health monitoring and usage management approaches that help operators understand condition and performance at a high level. Our results speak for themselves:
Simmonds equipped IVHMS aircraft:
- 27% more missions than non-equipped brigade aircraft
- 89% operational readiness (out of 91% maximum)
- No missed missions due to mechanical issues (22,600 flight hours)
- Operational And Sustainment Cost Savings
- 50% reduction in unscheduled maintenance
- Flight Safety Enhancements
- 15% improvement in safety
