• RTX’s Collins Aerospace opened a fully operational Engineering Center of Excellence in Wolverhampton, UK to advance electric thrust reverser actuation systems.
• Site includes a modular, scalable test facility aimed at speeding actuation system design, testing, certification.
• Collins targets eliminating hydraulic interfaces, cutting nacelle actuation weight 15%-20% at the integrated aircraft system level.
• Technology is already used on Airbus A350 aircraft, with more than 15 million flight hours logged through 2025.

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