Sabca Technologies, a new subsidiary of the aeronautics and defense group Sabca, is setting up in the Louvain-la-Neuve science park and signing a research partnership with UCLouvain, we learned on Wednesday.
This partnership aims to strengthen the company’s expertise in the design and manufacture of electromechanical actuation systems, a critical component that steers rockets on the correct trajectory.
The Belgian equipment manufacturer is indeed working on a new generation of products to replace the hydraulic models initially created for the belga Defense F-16 program 40 years ago. “Exit the fluids, place theelectromechanical. The move towards all-electric, more competitive in terms of price, weight and maintenance, is also proving to be better in line with the changing needs of space as well as the environmental challenges of the ecological transition”, explains Sabca.
Already present on the European Vega C rocket, the electromechanical systems will equip Ariane 6, the reusable launchers of the European Themis project, and will even be transposed into civil aviation at Airbus and the largest airship in the world designed by Flying Whales.
By 2024, Sabca is planning series production in collaboration with the New Leuven University. Twenty people, mostly engineers, will be recruited within three years.
This partnership aims to strengthen the company’s expertise in the design and manufacture of electromechanical actuation systems, a critical component that steers rockets on the right trajectory. The Belgian equipment manufacturer is indeed working on a new generation of products to replace the hydraulic models initially created for the Belgian Defense F-16 program 40 years ago. “Away with fluids, make way for electromechanics. The move towards all-electric, more competitive in terms of price, weight and maintenance, is also proving to be better in line with the changing needs of space as well as environmental challenges. ecological transition”, explains Sabca. Already present on the European Vega C rocket, the electromechanical systems will equip Ariane 6, the reusable launchers of the European Themis project, and will even be transposed into civil aviation at Airbus and the largest airship in the world designed by Flying Whales. By 2024, Sabca is planning series production in collaboration with the New Leuven University. Twenty people, mostly engineers, will be recruited within three years.
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