Airbus has opened an A350 XWB landing gear systems test facility at its site in Filton, UK.

The €39m ($54m) facility will include a large bay to house landing gear systems integrated rigs and an avionics suite with test benches, known as landing gear systems functional integration benches.

It will also house a control room from which all tests will be coordinated, a parts store and a dedicated viewing area for visitors.

Nearly 30 full-time employees will work in the landing gear systems test facility when the rigs enter the initial test phase in mid-2011.

The new test facility will demonstrate the maturity of the landing gear system, and provide evidence for the certification of the landing gear and systems, especially the extension-retraction and braking systems.

Airbus’s Filton site conducts specification, procurement, aircraft integration and certification of all Airbus aircraft landing gear and associated systems.

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