Parker Aerospace Engine-Driven Pump Selected by Boeing to Power the B-52H Stratofortress Hydraulic System for Decades
20 September 2022 - 9:15AM
Business Wire
The winning Parker AP15V World Pump will help meet the
aircraft’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) fuel
efficiency and reliability goals.
Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin
Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies,
today announced that Boeing selected Parker to supply its AP15V
engine-driven pump (EDP) for the hydraulic system of the B-52H
Stratofortress. The long-range heavy bomber is undergoing a
significant revitalization, including its Commercial Engine
Replacement Program (CERP) initiated by the U.S. Air Force. The
Parker AP15V EDP, also known as the World Pump, will help power the
aircraft’s hydraulic system through the 2050s.
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Parker Aerospace’s AP15V World Pump has
been selected for the B-52 Stratofortress hydraulic system, helping
the aircraft meet fuel efficiency and reliability goals for the
Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP). (Photo: Business
Wire)
“This manufacturing contract award extends Parker Aerospace’s
67-year history of supplying proven and reliable hydraulic
solutions since the B-52 first entered service in 1955,” said
President Roger Sherrard of Parker Aerospace. “We are honored and
excited to support the modernization of the B-52H fleet that serves
such a critical role in our country’s National Security Strategy,”
Sherrard added.
To keep the combat-capable bomber in service for the coming
decades, the Air Force set ambitious goals for its CERP aimed at
reducing operating fuel costs while boosting reliability. In
September of 2021, the Air Force selected Rolls-Royce North America
as its contractor for the re-engine program. Parker Aerospace looks
forward to supporting Rolls-Royce and Boeing in achieving these
objectives and maximizing aircraft readiness.
The Parker World Pump: Proven and tested performance
Parker’s World Pump is a legacy EDP that has accumulated
millions of highly reliable flight hours across numerous commercial
and military applications. In side-by-side testing with competitor
products, Parker quantified how its World Pump delivers an overall
lower life-cycle cost (LCC) to the customer:
- The World Pump is ten percent lighter, delivering the
highest horsepower-to-weight ratio. Weight directly affects
fuel burn. Relative to the direct impact of Parker’s pump, weight
represents approximately 18 percent of its total LCC.
- The World Pump produces 15 percent less heat rejection.
Pump heat rejection and overall horsepower pump inefficiency
directly affect fuel burn. Energy loss represents the most
significant contribution to LCC, accounting for 43 percent of the
overall product LCC.
- The World Pump is field-proven and reliable. Across a
broad commercial and military application base, Parker’s
demonstrated field reliability exceeded the required B-52H
requirement by 200%. In this military application, superior
reliability translates into a higher mission capability rate and
lower maintenance costs, representing approximately 12 percent of
the product LCC. In the commercial environment, this translates
into fewer associated delays and cancellations, representing 18
percent of the overall product LCC.
“Parker’s World Pump is reshaping the future of aircraft
hydraulic systems, delivering unprecedented levels of weight
reduction and reduced heat rejection at a time when energy
efficiency and emissions curtailment have never been more crucial,”
Sherrard noted. “Our deep hydraulic systems integration experience,
extensive manufacturing and testing capabilities, and lifetime
support for Parker military customers will help ensure a successful
entry into service for the upgraded and more fuel-efficient B-52H
fleet.”
About Parker Aerospace. Parker Aerospace is a global
leader in the research, design, integration, manufacture,
certification, and lifetime service of flight control, hydraulic,
fuel and inerting, fluid conveyance, ducting, exhaust air
management, thermal management, lubrication, and pneumatic systems
and components for aerospace and other high-technology markets. The
company supports the world’s aircraft and aeroengine manufacturers,
providing a century of experience and innovation for commercial and
military aircraft.
About Parker Hannifin. Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250
global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a
century the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs
that lead to a better tomorrow. Learn more at www.parker.com or
@parkerhannifin.
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