Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Semikron | Subject: MiniSKiiP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 June 2007
Subsystems have the power to move
jetliners
Semikron provides key components for the WheelTug system, which has the potential to revolutionise ground movements at airports and provide significant environmental benefits.
WheelTug and Delta Air Lines have entered into an agreement in which the airline will assist WheelTug in developing a new system that has the potential to enable pilots to back away from gates without a tow tug, and taxi to and from takeoff and landing points without using jet engines The WheelTug system aims to reduce fuel consumption, noise and emissions in airport terminal areas and taxiways, as well as reduce airport and gate congestion
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Jul 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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