Moog Inc
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Moog is a worldwide designer and manufacturer of motion and fluid controls and control systems for applications in aerospace, defense, industrial and medical device markets. Their products and systems include military and commercial aircraft flight controls, satellite positioning controls, controls for steering tactical and strategic missiles, thrust vector controls for space launch vehicles and controls for positioning gun barrels and automatic ammunition loading for military combat vehicles. They are also used in industrial applications, including injection molding machines for the plastics markets, metal forming, power generating turbines, simulators used to train pilots and certain medical applications. They operate under five segments; Aircraft Controls, Space and Defense Controls, Industrial Controls, Components, Surveillance Camera Systems and Medical Devices. Principal manufacturing facilities are located in the United States, including facilities in New York
, California
, Utah
, Virginia
, North Carolina
, Georgia
and Pennsylvania
, and in Germany
, Italy
, England
, Japan
, the Philippines
, Ireland
, Costa Rica
and India
.
The company was founded in 1951 by Bill Moog, Art Moog, and Lou Geyer. The company is headquartered in East Aurora, New York
, a suburb of Buffalo, New York
and has sales, engineering, and manufacturing facilities in twenty-six countries around the world.
Company video = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2TQdJumLk
, inventor of the Moog synthesizer
) applied for a patent for the electrohydraulic servo
valve (later called a "Moog Valve"), a device to control hydraulic pressure for fine control of actuators. The patent was issued in 1953. Moog died in 1997.
placed the company's first order for four valves. A Philco
subcontractor ordered seventy-five more before the first four were finished and by the end of the first year, gross sales reached $200,000 and the company had produced over 500 valves.
Moog quickly became known in the guided missile field, and within a short time the company received its first aircraft order. By 1955, the company was supplying Douglas Aircraft, North American Aviation
, Convair
and Boeing
. Gross sales had grown over $2,000,000 and its valves were being used on rudder controls for the Navy's jet fighters.
Moog had to start manufacturing their own parts because the company's missile and aircraft backlog was growing too fast. But, Bill Moog knew that development into the industrial market was critical to diversify the company's technology and to reduce its dependence on government spending. Wiesner-Rapp was the first customer to use Moog's industrial valves on an automatic tool.
By 1959, total sales had grown to over $10 million and employees numbered just shy of 700. Every U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile, including Atlas, Titan
, and Jupiter were guided by Moog's controls. The company's valves were also being used on Convair
's F-106 and McDonnell's F-4 Phantom fighter. In less than ten years, the company's ever-growing team had become the undisputed leaders in the field of electrohydraulic servocontrols.
in 1965, closely followed by an operation in England
. This strategy was highly successful and made the Moog name well known in Europe. In the USA, Moog had participated in every manned space launch in the decade.
The company also gained a leadership role in liquid secondary injection controls, and began to manufacture mechanical feedback actuators. At the same time, Moog developed its Hydra-Point numerical control machining centers. At this time, Art Moog and Lou Geyer took the opportunity to retire from the company when it had revenues of more than $23 million and employees numbering 1,300.
, France
, Italy
, Sweden
, Brazil
and Australia
. The military and aerospace business grew quickly. Fuelled by the F-15 Eagle
, Trident missiles
, and preliminary work on the Space Shuttle
, the company's U.S. revenues were again dominated by defense spending. Moog also acquired Carleton Controls, a company that produced precision pneumatic pressure and flow control components used in space vehicles, aircraft, submarines and guided missiles.
. In addition, Moog supplied complete thrust vector control systems for the Peacekeeper
missile and hardware for all three stages of Trident
and three stages of the MX missile. Fortune magazine named Moog's servovalve one of the products that the United States makes best.
Overseas, Moog continued its expansion, doubling the sizes of its existing facilities and opening new operations in Ireland
, Spain
, the Philippines
, Korea
, India
, Finland
and Hong Kong
.
Within the next ten-year span, their sales grew from $135 million in 1980 to $282 million in 1989. Despite this, the company suffered a significant financial setback in 1988. Cost estimates on a number of fixed price contracts for developing new technologies grew dramatically during the course of the year while at the same time, transitions from the programs' development phases to profitable production status were delayed. The combination caused the company to report a loss of nearly $14 million.
In the same year, Bill Moog went into semi-retirement at the age of 72, turning in his stock to the company in exchange for Moog's Industrial Controls Division (ICD). Leadership of Moog Inc. passed to Bob Brady, president of the company's Aerospace Group who had begun working with Moog in the 1960s. Bob Brady formed a new team that guided the company through the difficult last two years of the 1980s and into the 1990s, manoeuvering through changes that swallowed other aerospace and industrial corporations along the way.
, the certainty of a recession overseas. It took two years for the full effect of these circumstances to impact the companies earnings. In 1992, the U.S. Congress decreased production on the B-2 and terminated production of the various other programs. As a result of these conditions, they suffered a 24% reduction in work force, and a 19% reduction in facilities, reporting a loss of nearly $7 million.
Even though the company was going through a difficult financial situation, they acquired AlliedSignals' actuation systems for $78 million and it proved successful. Two years later, its addition gave the company the resources to repatriate Moog Controls Inc., the formed Industrial Division, spun off in 1988. Schaeffer Magnetics, Montek, Schenck Pegasus, and PerkinElmer (Wright Components), all in the U.S., came to be part of the corporation. Overseas, Ultra, Hydrolux, Microset, Vickers Electrics, Bosch Radial Pumps, Whitton and FCS Control Systems, all from Europe, became part of the Moog family in the 1990s and early 2000s. New subsidiaries in Singapore
and China
increased the company's Pacific Rim
presence.
Technology gained from these acquisitions included mechanical actuation through planetary gear trains for the maneuvering leading edges on aircraft. In the Industrial segment, Moog gained manifold technology, turbine controls, radial piston pumps and high voltage electric motion controls. In Space, it acquired antenna and solar array pointing mechanisms. These new capabilities gave the company access to a number of different markets.
The USAF F/A-18E/F's flight controls were made by Moog. Also during this time, Moog provided hardware for the launch vehicles as well as for the steering controls on the satellites themselves. In addition, regulators for Hughes' electric propulsion feed systems went into production. Moog Controls returned and provided earnings growth and emphasis on controls for industrial gas turbines, training simulators and testing machines.
By the end of the decade, Moog had posted five straight years of double-digit earnings growth and had more than doubled its annual revenues to $630 million.
s. Moog's design was adapted to form the Spider-Man ride
at Universal Studios adventure theme park
. Moog also worked on several space contracts and designed part of the liquid rocket engine propulsion systems on the Voyager space probes and provided thruster valves that steered the spacecraft. Moog also made servoactuators for four Space Shuttle
s.
Of recent note is Moog's achievement in providing the complete control and motion system for the Wimbledon Centre Court retracting roof. This consisted of about 150 axes of AC Servo controlled electric actuators, AC servomotors, AC servodrives and the complete motion control system, including software. It was engineered by Moog's UK facility and was hailed a success, allowing Andy Murray to deliver the Centre Court's only night-time tennis performance in history.
Moog is currently working on several large development programs including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Indian Light Combat Aircraft, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Airbus A400M, A380 and the X-47 unmanned aerial vehicle. The company's military production programs include the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, F-15 Eagle, V-22 Osprey and F35 The commercial production programs include the full line of Boeing 7-series of aircraft.The latest addition to the list of major programs is the Airbus A350XWB.
Moog has worked on:
Moog has supplied assistance on the following:
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, and in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
The company was founded in 1951 by Bill Moog, Art Moog, and Lou Geyer. The company is headquartered in East Aurora, New York
East Aurora, New York
East Aurora is a village in Erie County, New York, United States, southeast of Buffalo. The Village of East Aurora lies in the eastern half of the Town of Aurora.The population was 6,673 at the 2000 census...
, a suburb of Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
and has sales, engineering, and manufacturing facilities in twenty-six countries around the world.
Company video = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2TQdJumLk
Bill Moog
In March 1951 Bill Moog (cousin of Robert MoogRobert Moog
Robert Arthur Moog , commonly called Bob Moog was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.-Life:...
, inventor of the Moog synthesizer
Moog synthesizer
Moog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
) applied for a patent for the electrohydraulic servo
Servomechanism
thumb|right|200px|Industrial servomotorThe grey/green cylinder is the [[Brush |brush-type]] [[DC motor]]. The black section at the bottom contains the [[Epicyclic gearing|planetary]] [[Reduction drive|reduction gear]], and the black object on top of the motor is the optical [[rotary encoder]] for...
valve (later called a "Moog Valve"), a device to control hydraulic pressure for fine control of actuators. The patent was issued in 1953. Moog died in 1997.
1950s
In July 1951 Bill Moog, Art Moog and Lou Geyer raised $3,000 to open "Moog Valve". The U.S. government was eager to buy valves that could improve its guided missile system. BendixBendix
- People :* Bendix Hallenstein - New Zealand businessman* Henry Bendix - fictional character from Wildstorm comics* John E. Bendix - American Civil War and New York Guard general* Max Bendix - American composer, conductor, violinist* Reinhard Bendix - sociologist...
placed the company's first order for four valves. A Philco
Philco
Philco, the Philadelphia Storage Battery Company , was a pioneer in early battery, radio, and television production as well as former employer of Philo Farnsworth, inventor of cathode ray tube television...
subcontractor ordered seventy-five more before the first four were finished and by the end of the first year, gross sales reached $200,000 and the company had produced over 500 valves.
Moog quickly became known in the guided missile field, and within a short time the company received its first aircraft order. By 1955, the company was supplying Douglas Aircraft, North American Aviation
North American Aviation
North American Aviation was a major US aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo Command and Service...
, Convair
Convair
Convair was an American aircraft manufacturing company which later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Vultee Aircraft and Consolidated Aircraft, and went on to produce a number of pioneering aircraft, such as the Convair B-36 bomber, and the F-102...
and Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
. Gross sales had grown over $2,000,000 and its valves were being used on rudder controls for the Navy's jet fighters.
Moog had to start manufacturing their own parts because the company's missile and aircraft backlog was growing too fast. But, Bill Moog knew that development into the industrial market was critical to diversify the company's technology and to reduce its dependence on government spending. Wiesner-Rapp was the first customer to use Moog's industrial valves on an automatic tool.
By 1959, total sales had grown to over $10 million and employees numbered just shy of 700. Every U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile, including Atlas, Titan
Titan (rocket family)
Titan was a family of U.S. expendable rockets used between 1959 and 2005. A total of 368 rockets of this family were launched, including all the Project Gemini manned flights of the mid-1960s...
, and Jupiter were guided by Moog's controls. The company's valves were also being used on Convair
Convair
Convair was an American aircraft manufacturing company which later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Vultee Aircraft and Consolidated Aircraft, and went on to produce a number of pioneering aircraft, such as the Convair B-36 bomber, and the F-102...
's F-106 and McDonnell's F-4 Phantom fighter. In less than ten years, the company's ever-growing team had become the undisputed leaders in the field of electrohydraulic servocontrols.
1960s
After a brief experiment with a licensee in the UK, the company began to open wholly owned subsidiaries. The first of these was in GermanyGermany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 1965, closely followed by an operation in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. This strategy was highly successful and made the Moog name well known in Europe. In the USA, Moog had participated in every manned space launch in the decade.
The company also gained a leadership role in liquid secondary injection controls, and began to manufacture mechanical feedback actuators. At the same time, Moog developed its Hydra-Point numerical control machining centers. At this time, Art Moog and Lou Geyer took the opportunity to retire from the company when it had revenues of more than $23 million and employees numbering 1,300.
1970s
In the 1970s the company planted Moog facilities in JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The military and aerospace business grew quickly. Fuelled by the F-15 Eagle
F-15 Eagle
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. It is considered among the most successful modern fighters with over 100 aerial combat victories with no losses in dogfights...
, Trident missiles
Trident
A trident , also called a trishul or leister or gig, is a three-pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and was also a military weapon. Tridents are featured widely in mythical, historical and modern culture. The major Hindu god, Shiva the Destroyer and the sea god Poseidon or Neptune are...
, and preliminary work on the Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
, the company's U.S. revenues were again dominated by defense spending. Moog also acquired Carleton Controls, a company that produced precision pneumatic pressure and flow control components used in space vehicles, aircraft, submarines and guided missiles.
1980s
In 1981, Moog assisted with the Space Shuttle orbiter ColumbiaSpace Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia was the first spaceworthy Space Shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet. First launched on the STS-1 mission, the first of the Space Shuttle program, it completed 27 missions before being destroyed during re-entry on February 1, 2003 near the end of its 28th, STS-107. All seven crew...
. In addition, Moog supplied complete thrust vector control systems for the Peacekeeper
LGM-118A Peacekeeper
The LGM-118A Peacekeeper, also known as the MX missile , was a land-based ICBM deployed by the United States starting in 1986. A total of 50 missiles were deployed. They have since been deactivated....
missile and hardware for all three stages of Trident
Trident
A trident , also called a trishul or leister or gig, is a three-pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and was also a military weapon. Tridents are featured widely in mythical, historical and modern culture. The major Hindu god, Shiva the Destroyer and the sea god Poseidon or Neptune are...
and three stages of the MX missile. Fortune magazine named Moog's servovalve one of the products that the United States makes best.
Overseas, Moog continued its expansion, doubling the sizes of its existing facilities and opening new operations in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
.
Within the next ten-year span, their sales grew from $135 million in 1980 to $282 million in 1989. Despite this, the company suffered a significant financial setback in 1988. Cost estimates on a number of fixed price contracts for developing new technologies grew dramatically during the course of the year while at the same time, transitions from the programs' development phases to profitable production status were delayed. The combination caused the company to report a loss of nearly $14 million.
In the same year, Bill Moog went into semi-retirement at the age of 72, turning in his stock to the company in exchange for Moog's Industrial Controls Division (ICD). Leadership of Moog Inc. passed to Bob Brady, president of the company's Aerospace Group who had begun working with Moog in the 1960s. Bob Brady formed a new team that guided the company through the difficult last two years of the 1980s and into the 1990s, manoeuvering through changes that swallowed other aerospace and industrial corporations along the way.
1990s
Beginning the 1990s with sales just over $300 million, the company was faced with an uncertain U.S. defense budget and along with the fall of the Berlin WallBerlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...
, the certainty of a recession overseas. It took two years for the full effect of these circumstances to impact the companies earnings. In 1992, the U.S. Congress decreased production on the B-2 and terminated production of the various other programs. As a result of these conditions, they suffered a 24% reduction in work force, and a 19% reduction in facilities, reporting a loss of nearly $7 million.
Even though the company was going through a difficult financial situation, they acquired AlliedSignals' actuation systems for $78 million and it proved successful. Two years later, its addition gave the company the resources to repatriate Moog Controls Inc., the formed Industrial Division, spun off in 1988. Schaeffer Magnetics, Montek, Schenck Pegasus, and PerkinElmer (Wright Components), all in the U.S., came to be part of the corporation. Overseas, Ultra, Hydrolux, Microset, Vickers Electrics, Bosch Radial Pumps, Whitton and FCS Control Systems, all from Europe, became part of the Moog family in the 1990s and early 2000s. New subsidiaries in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
increased the company's Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim refers to places around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The term "Pacific Basin" includes the Pacific Rim and islands in the Pacific Ocean...
presence.
Technology gained from these acquisitions included mechanical actuation through planetary gear trains for the maneuvering leading edges on aircraft. In the Industrial segment, Moog gained manifold technology, turbine controls, radial piston pumps and high voltage electric motion controls. In Space, it acquired antenna and solar array pointing mechanisms. These new capabilities gave the company access to a number of different markets.
The USAF F/A-18E/F's flight controls were made by Moog. Also during this time, Moog provided hardware for the launch vehicles as well as for the steering controls on the satellites themselves. In addition, regulators for Hughes' electric propulsion feed systems went into production. Moog Controls returned and provided earnings growth and emphasis on controls for industrial gas turbines, training simulators and testing machines.
By the end of the decade, Moog had posted five straight years of double-digit earnings growth and had more than doubled its annual revenues to $630 million.
Notable jobs
Moog worked on the B-2 Bomber and was responsible for the flight control actuation system. Moog also contributed to the manufacture of Flight SimulatorFlight simulator
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. This includes the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of their controls and other aircraft systems, and how they react to the external...
s. Moog's design was adapted to form the Spider-Man ride
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man is a theme park ride located in Islands of Adventure, in Orlando, Florida and Universal Studios Japan. Built for Islands of Adventure's opening in 1999, the attraction is a hybrid ride combining special roving motion vehicles with 3-D projection, elaborate...
at Universal Studios adventure theme park
Islands of Adventure
Universal's Islands of Adventure is a theme park located in Orlando, Florida. It opened May 28, 1999 as part of an expansion that, along with CityWalk Entertainment District, the Portofino Bay Hotel, and Hard Rock hotel, converted Universal Studios Florida into the Universal Orlando Resort...
. Moog also worked on several space contracts and designed part of the liquid rocket engine propulsion systems on the Voyager space probes and provided thruster valves that steered the spacecraft. Moog also made servoactuators for four Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
s.
Of recent note is Moog's achievement in providing the complete control and motion system for the Wimbledon Centre Court retracting roof. This consisted of about 150 axes of AC Servo controlled electric actuators, AC servomotors, AC servodrives and the complete motion control system, including software. It was engineered by Moog's UK facility and was hailed a success, allowing Andy Murray to deliver the Centre Court's only night-time tennis performance in history.
Aircraft Controls
The company's largest segment is Aircraft Controls which generates revenues from military and commercial aircraft in addition to aftermarket support. Moog designs, manufacturers and integrates primary and secondary flight controls for a variety of commercial transports, supersonic fighters, multi-role military aircraft, business jets and rotorcraft.Moog is currently working on several large development programs including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Indian Light Combat Aircraft, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Airbus A400M, A380 and the X-47 unmanned aerial vehicle. The company's military production programs include the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, F-15 Eagle, V-22 Osprey and F35 The commercial production programs include the full line of Boeing 7-series of aircraft.The latest addition to the list of major programs is the Airbus A350XWB.
Moog has worked on:
- Lockheed F-35 Lightning IIF-35 Lightning IIThe Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fifth generation multirole fighters under development to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability...
Primary and Secondary Flight Control Systems and Components - Boeing 787Boeing 787The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a long-range, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It seats 210 to 290 passengers, depending on the variant. Boeing states that it is the company's most fuel-efficient airliner and the world's first major airliner to use...
Primary and Secondary Flight Control Systems and Components - Airbus A400MAirbus A400MThe Airbus A400M, also known as the Atlas, is a multi-national four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities. The aircraft's maiden flight, originally planned for 2008, took place on 11 December 2009 in...
Primary and Secondary Flight Control Systems and Components - Boeing X-45Boeing X-45The Boeing X-45 unmanned combat air vehicle is a concept demonstrator for a next generation of completely autonomous military aircraft, developed by Boeing's Phantom Works. Manufactured by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, the X-45 was a part of DARPA's J-UCAS project.-Development:Boeing developed...
- Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus
- Boeing F/A-18E/F Super HornetF/A-18E/F Super HornetThe Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is a twin-engine carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft. The F/A-18E single-seat variant and F/A-18F tandem-seat variant are larger and more advanced derivatives of the F/A-18C and D Hornet. The Super Hornet has an internal 20 mm gun and can carry air-to-air...
- Bell V-22 OspreyV-22 OspreyThe Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, military, tiltrotor aircraft with both a vertical takeoff and landing , and short takeoff and landing capability...
Flap, Elevator, and Swashplate Servo Actuators - Boeing F-15 EagleF-15 EagleThe McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed by McDonnell Douglas to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. It is considered among the most successful modern fighters with over 100 aerial combat victories with no losses in dogfights...
- Lockheed F-16 Fighting FalconF-16 Fighting FalconThe General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole jet fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force . Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it evolved into a successful all-weather multirole aircraft. Over 4,400 aircraft have been built since...
- Boeing 777Boeing 777The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and is commonly referred to as the "Triple Seven". The aircraft has seating for over 300 passengers and has a range from , depending on model...
- Boeing 767Boeing 767The Boeing 767 is a mid-size, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was the manufacturer's first wide-body twinjet and its first airliner with a two-crew glass cockpit. The aircraft features two turbofan engines, a supercritical wing, and a conventional tail...
- Boeing 757Boeing 757The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration...
- Boeing 747Boeing 747The Boeing 747 is a wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies. It is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and was the first wide-body ever produced...
- Boeing 737Boeing 737The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...
- Airbus A380Airbus A380The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. Due to its size, many airports had to modify and improve facilities to accommodate it...
- Airbus A340Airbus A340The Airbus A340 is a long-range four-engine wide-body commercial passenger jet airliner. Developed by Airbus Industrie,A consortium of European aerospace companies, Airbus is now fully owned by EADS and since 2001 has been known as Airbus SAS. a consortium of European aerospace companies, which is...
- Airbus A330Airbus A330The Airbus A330 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner made by Airbus, a division of EADS. Versions of the A330 have a range of and can accommodate up to 335 passengers in a two-class layout or carry of cargo....
- Airbus A320Airbus A320The Airbus A320 family is a family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger jet airliners manufactured by Airbus Industrie.Airbus was originally a consortium of European aerospace companies, and is now fully owned by EADS. Airbus's name has been Airbus SAS since 2001...
Space and Defense
Moog works on satellites and space vehicles in addition to various aspects of defense such as missiles. Moog develops motion and fluid control systems technology. For satellites, Moog develops chemical and electric propulsion systems and space flight motion controls. Launch vehicles and missile use Moog's steering and propulsion controls, and the Space Station uses its couplings, valves and actuators.Moog has supplied assistance on the following:
- United Launch AllianceUnited Launch AllianceUnited Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. U.S...
- Atlas VAtlas VAtlas V is an active expendable launch system in the Atlas rocket family. Atlas V was formerly operated by Lockheed Martin, and is now operated by the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance...
components.
- Atlas V
- Boeing SST systems and components.
- Swing-wingSwing-wingA variable-sweep wing is an aeroplane wing that may be swept back and then returned to its original position during flight. It allows the aircraft's planform to be modified in flight, and is therefore an example of a variable-geometry aircraft....
components.
- Swing-wing
- Apollo mission systems and components.
- Space ShuttleSpace ShuttleThe Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
systems and components. - International Space StationInternational Space StationThe International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
systems and components. - Deep Space 1Deep Space 1Deep Space 1 is a spacecraft of the NASA New Millennium Program dedicated to testing a payload of advanced, high risk technologies....
systems, components, and consultation.- Ion thrusterIon thrusterAn ion thruster is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion that creates thrust by accelerating ions. Ion thrusters are categorized by how they accelerate the ions, using either electrostatic or electromagnetic force. Electrostatic ion thrusters use the Coulomb force and...
systems, components, and consultation.
- Ion thruster
- Gravity Probe BGravity Probe BGravity Probe B is a satellite-based mission which launched on 20 April 2004 on a Delta II rocket. The spaceflight phase lasted until 2005; its aim was to measure spacetime curvature near Earth, and thereby the stress–energy tensor in and near Earth...
systems and components.- Liquid HeliumLiquid heliumHelium exists in liquid form only at extremely low temperatures. The boiling point and critical point depend on the isotope of the helium; see the table below for values. The density of liquid helium-4 at its boiling point and 1 atmosphere is approximately 0.125 g/mL Helium-4 was first liquefied...
management components.
- Liquid Helium