Airbus has chosen Eaton to provide the 5,000-psi. hydraulic power generation system for the A380 transport now in development. The 5,000-psi. pressure is higher than the 3,000 psi. systems commonly in ...

Eaton's 5,000-psi hydraulic pump design to power primary flight controls, landing gear and nose wheel steering on the Airbus A380 debuted this week at the supplier's facility in Jackson, Miss. Testing ...

Eaton Corp., Jackson, Miss. (web.eaton.com), has introduced the world's first 5,000-psi hydraulic pump for commercial aircraft on the Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger plane. The pump is said ...

Toulouse, France-Overall weight and fuel efficiency are important to an aircraft's performance, so Airbus engineers looked past the 3,000-psi systems typically used in large aircraft and designed the ...