MILITARY AIRCRAFT

PEAK PERFORMANCE

Military aircraft typically operate at 4,000 or 5,000 psi and often use closed-loop liquid cooling systems for electronics.  Ausco produces high precision valves to control fluid temperatures across multiple systems with high specificity.

Since peak aircraft performance can be the difference between mission success or failure, Ausco considerations for military aircraft include pressure conditions (both internal and ambient), temperature extremes, speed, vibration levels, G-loading, reliability, fluid compatibility, leaks, cost, noise, and weight.

Ausco’s complete line of commercial off the shelf (COTS) products, custom engineered component solutions, and Manifolded components and systems allow us to meet and deliver a full line of solutions including  hydraulics on gun drives, weapons-bay doors, and hydraulic-motor-driven components.  Hydraulics are still the system of choice because of the power density of hydraulics.

  • Flight controls
  • Flap/slat drives
  • Landing gear
  • Nose wheel steering
  • Thrust vectoring systems
  • Flaperons
  • Cargo doors
  • Emergency hydraulic-driven electrical generators

MISSILES

ON TARGET

Designing fuel management and pneumatic systems for missiles and avoidance systems for military applications presents issues beyond those found in other aerospace vehicles.  Our customer’s seek superior performance from our components and systems.  We deliver by reducing leakage, increasing flow for a given size, tighter repeatability bands and less hysteresis than comparable components.

Ausco has specialized in custom missile components for over 60 years.  Missile components need to be designed for high vibration and high acceleration loads from underwing captive carry and ejection.  Our solutions include valves, manifolds, fuel management systems and temperature control systems and can be found on a variety of current and planned future missile systems.  Many long-range tactical missiles have liquid fuel systems and Ausco customers rely on us for expert custom design and on-time delivery.

Valves used in the front of the missile are designed for precision performance that is consistent throughout the mission and from missile to missile.  Valves used on the back of the missile are designed to optimize fuel flow to the engine.  There are several key design considerations that are not intuitive and are part of Ausco’s history of lessons learned.

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

PERFORMANCE UNDER PRESSURE

Designing valves and manifolds to be used in Unmanned Aircraft provide their owner unique set of parameters.  In addition to the traditional issues of control and regulation of fluid pressure, relieving pressure, bypassing the flow of a fluid, mixing different fluids, controlling thermal properties and restricting, bleeding, dumping or stopping the flow of fuel or other liquids, Unmanned Aircraft systems must be designed to be managed either through autonomous systems or remotely controlled access.

Similar to Military Aircraft, Unmanned Aircraft may have higher pressure requirements and fly at higher altitudes than other types of aircraft.  Creating light weight hydraulic and fuel management systems is a key design element.

Ausco valves and sub-systems are designed and built for consistent performance over a long lifespan.  Many UAV missions extend over several days. There is no tolerance for poor performing components. Ausco valves and manifolds have earned their way onto various UAV platforms.