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ATR and Safran Develop “Smart Lander” to Analyse Hard Landings

Our Bureau - : May 17, 2022 - : 8:46 am

ATR and Safran Landing Systems have developed ‘Smart Lander’, a landing gear diagnostics service that uses state-of-the-art knowledge in data analysis to optimise the manufacturer’s response times in the event of hard landings, and enable aircraft to be quickly returned to service.

The service, the first of its kind in the aviation industry, relies on machine learning technology. Based on hundreds of thousands of hard landing simulations, Smart Lander issues recommendations to operators on the maintenance actions to be taken according to the hardness of the landing and to the load level sustained by the landing gear. Aircraft can subsequently be permitted to continue their commercial operations or alternatively, be sent to a maintenance base. The process takes less than an hour, compared to over a week previously.

“Our former process could take up to 10 to 20 working days,” David Brigante, ATR Senior Vice-President Customer Support and Services, said. “It required analyses from both the ATR Design Office and Safran Landing Systems to decide whether the aircraft was fit to return to service. With Smart Lander, we will be able to massively reduce our response times, therefore boosting aircraft availability, reducing costs for customers and enhancing customer satisfaction, while maintaining the same level of analysis quality.”

“We have been working hand in hand with ATR, capitalising on our joint know-how regarding landing gear and the operations performed by ATR to develop this health-monitoring service, analysing the condition of the landing gear based on Safran’s expertise in harnessing data,” said Patrick Joyez, Technical Director at Safran Landing Systems. “Smart Lander is a true breakthrough in terms of landing load analysis, which will offer real value to ATR operators.”

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