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m Moog is a global supplier of high integrity systems and innovative products for the aerospace and defense industry. Over the last past 60 years, we have built a reputation for designing, delivering and supporting high performance products and systems that enable vehicle designers to continually push the boundaries of what is possible. Our aircraft solutions include flight controls, weapons stores management, payload gimbals, utility actuation, sensors and data and power transmission products. Our ground and sea-based solutions include vehicle management and control, actuations systems, propulsion, navigation and guidance, power management, tracking and stabilization, imaging and sonar systems, sensors, motors and data and power transmission products. We are continuously investing to extend the depth of our systems capability while expanding our core component expertise to meet the demands of a changing industry. Over the last few years we have added highly integrated smart actuators to complement our traditional actuation products, video and data multiplexers to complement our slip ring and fiber optic rotary joint offering, and imaging systems to complement our ground-based pan and tilt solutions. In addition, our recent investment in Linear AMS allows us Moog to offer advanced metal additive manufacturing services and product solutions to a growing market. Moog’s New Smart Sensor Technology Improves Accuracy Moog Components Group has developed a turnkey solution to rotary position sensing that improves Rotary Variable Differential Transformer (RVDT) accuracy and ease of integration. By leveraging our RVDT experience, analog / digital circuit design and digital signal process, Moog has developed this new technology. Smart sensors are available in a variety of configurations with numerous output options to satisfy any design requirement. Its integrated compact design brings the time-tested sensing solution to today’s applications. www.moog.com XPONENTIAL 2016 | Special Edition Special Edition 2 - 5 May 2016 Moog Makes Investment in Metal Additive Manufacturing Service Business In December 2015, Moog acquired a majority interest in Linear AMS, a leading additive manufacturing (AM) service provider located in the US. Over the last 10 years, Linear has developed extensive expertise in the design, prototype manufacturing and production of metal AM parts and is providing those services to leading companies in aerospace, defense, energy and industrial machinery. The business will continue to service the needs of external customers and Moog will provide the financial resources and global support network to grow the business worldwide. Additional information can be found at www.linearams.com. Model 307

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Moog is a global supplier of high integrity systems and innovative products for the aerospace and defense industry. Over the last past 60 years, we have built a reputation for designing, delivering and supporting high performance products and systems that enable vehicle designers to continually push the boundaries of what is possible.

Our aircraft solutions include flight controls, weapons stores management, payload gimbals, utility actuation, sensors and data and power transmission products.

Our ground and sea-based solutions include vehicle management and control, actuations systems, propulsion, navigation and guidance, power management, tracking and stabilization, imaging and sonar systems, sensors, motors and data and power transmission products.

We are continuously investing to extend the depth of our systems capability while expanding our core component expertise to meet the demands of a changing industry. Over the last few years we have added highly integrated smart actuators to complement our traditional actuation products, video and data multiplexers to complement our slip ring and fiber optic rotary joint offering, and imaging systems to complement our ground-based pan and tilt solutions. In addition, our recent investment in Linear AMS allows us Moog to offer advanced metal additive manufacturing services and product solutions to a growing market.

Moog’s New Smart Sensor Technology Improves Accuracy

Moog Components Group has developed a turnkey solution to rotary position sensing that improves Rotary Variable Differential Transformer (RVDT) accuracy and ease of integration. By leveraging our RVDT experience, analog / digital circuit design and digital signal process, Moog has developed this new technology. Smart sensors are available in a variety of configurations with numerous output options to satisfy any design requirement. Its integrated compact design brings the time-tested sensing solution to today’s applications.

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Moog Makes Investment in Metal Additive Manufacturing Service Business

In December 2015, Moog acquired a majority interest in Linear AMS, a leading additive manufacturing (AM) service provider located in the US. Over the last 10 years, Linear has developed extensive expertise in the design, prototype manufacturing and production of metal AM parts and is providing those services to leading companies in aerospace, defense, energy and industrial machinery. The business will continue to service the needs of external customers and Moog will provide the financial resources and global support network to grow the business worldwide. Additional information can be found at www.linearams.com.

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HIGH INTEGRITY SYSTEMS FOR AIR, LAND AND SEA

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Systems Integrator for X-47B Primary Flight Control Systems

Moog is the Primary Flight Control Actuation Systems Integrator for Northrop Grumman’s X-47B unmanned combat air system. The system includes a fully redundant architecture featuring multifunction system controllers and modular electrohydraulic (EH) actuators. The system controller features a high speed 1394 bus interface, redundancy management, and full digital closed loop control for all flight surfaces and advanced vehicle functionality. The high-dynamic dual tandem EH actuators position the aileron, elevon and spoiler flight control surfaces.

All Electric Primary Flight Control Actuation System for Mantis Unmanned Air System

Mantis is an advanced technology demonstrator for Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) jointly sponsored by the UK MOD and industry. Moog was selected by vehicle prime contractor BAE Systems to design, manufacture and integrate an “All Electric” primary flight control actuation system to control aileron, elevator and rudder flight surfaces. To meet the program’s aggressive development schedule – contract award to hardware delivery in less than 9 months – Moog developed a modular system architecture which included common electromechanical (EM) actuator designs, high power EM drives, and a remote electronics unit for distributed control. Moog also leveraged this same modular solution for the aircraft’s nose wheel steering.

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Moog Selected by Northrop Grumman for Tern UAV Flight Control System

Northrop Grumman recently selected Moog to supply the complete flight control actuation system for the Tern unmanned aircraft under development through a joint program between Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Office of Naval Research. Tern seeks to develop an autonomous, unmanned, long-range, global, persistent intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) and strike system intended to safely and dependably deploy and recover from small-deck naval vessels with minimal ship modifications.

Under the contract, Moog has been tasked to design, qualify and manufacture the flight control actuation system for the full-scale demonstration aircraft, including flight control actuators, actuator-control electronics and accessories. The Moog flight control system includes redundant actuation for vertical take-off and landing and cruise flight. Moog also intends to provide proprietary actuator-control electronics and flight-critical software under the development program. The Moog solution leverages heritage, proven designs to minimize program risk and reduce lead times with deliveries scheduled less than 1 year after award.

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Moog Pan and Tilt Positioner Chosen for Ship to Shore Communications

IItalian gas supplier, Offshore LNG Toscana (OLT), and its communications partner, Ponti Radio (PR), chose a Moog pan and tilt positioner system for a very difficult ship to shore communication link. A high bandwidth communication link was required between OLT’s mainland office and their natural gas storage and re-gasification unit, the FSRU Toscana, stationed 22 km off shore and communication needs could not be satisfied by standard radio links or satellite systems.

According to OLT, the greatest challenge was pointing the directional antenna, while the FSRU Toscana was in constant motion. The positioner had to compensate for the FSUR’s 360o rotation every 30 minutes, and wide variations in roll, pitch, yaw, surge, heave, and sway motion. To accommodate the directional antenna and the movement of the FSRU Toscana, PR recommended using the Moog QPT-50, a rugged pan and tilt positioner. The Moog QPT-50 compensates for the ship’s constant movement and keeps the antenna continually pointed toward the receiving tower located 47 km away on the mainland near Livorno, Italy.

Hellfire Romeo Precision Strike Live-Fire Demonstration

IMoog IDS was successful in a U.S. Army Precision Strike live-fire demonstration of the HELLFIRE Romeo missile using the Moog Gen3 Stores Management System (SMS) in January 2016, resulting in 16-for-16 successful shots that tested all modes and capabilities of the HELLFIRE Romeo missile.

The U.S. Army conducted the demonstration using the Moog SMS capable of firing the AGM-114K and AGM-114R model HELLFIRE II missiles using non-standard, Government-furnished EO/IR sensors and two two-rail lightweight Hellfire launchers on a rotary-wing platform. Moog IDS provided

two systems within 60 days of contract award. Both systems were fully integrated and initially demonstrated in a systems integration lab (SIL) prior to aircraft integration. The aircraft integration included flightworthy wiring harnesses required for the Government’s specific aircraft application.

The purpose of the demonstration was for the U.S. Army to evaluate the state and readiness of industry to immediately provide an airworthy, non-developmental, modular weapons management system capable of firing the AGM-114K/R for flight testing by U.S. Government Test Pilots. Although not demonstrated, the Moog SMS is capable of integrating the M260, 7-shot rocket pods (Hydra-70 and Laser-Guided rockets), M134 7.62mm miniguns, and GAU-19/A 0.50 caliber guns.

Moog Miniature Servo Valves Control the New HyQ Quadruped Robot

A team of researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), based in Italy, selected Moog’s miniature servo valves to optimize control of the legs of a new quadruped robot. The robot called HyQ was created to help humans in emergency situations and during search and rescue operations in dangerous areas.

“The project represents an important innovation in the field of bio-inspired robotics and has the ambitious goal of creating a highly versatile Robot, capable of moving around on its four legs with agility, even over rough terrains, overcoming the obvious limitations of tracked robots being used up to now,” explains Claudio Semini, project leader engineer of the Advanced Robotics Department of the IIT. “For this reason we chose the hydraulic solution for HyQ over the electric

one, as it guarantees us higher performance and power, strength and improved control of the legs.”

The design of the “actively compliant” legs was a key element in the development of HyQ because the miniature valve allowed for the rapid modification of the hydraulic flow to the moving parts, enabling modulation of the rigidity/elasticity of the limbs and absorbing the shock of impact when the legs hit the ground thereby preventing damage to the central body. Moog’s Miniature Valves (E024-LA) fully satisfied the researchers’ need for compact size hydraulic servo valves capable of guaranteeing high performance oil flow control and maximum strength.

Moog IDS Gen3 Stores Management System (SMS) Components Moog’s weapon Stores Management System’s small size and weight are ideal for UV platforms – air, land and sea.

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Decades of Support and Advancement of HELLFIRE

Moog is committed to supporting the warfighter with advanced technologies. For more than 30 years Moog has provided Fin Control Actuation Systems (CAS) for HELLFIRE missiles. Produced in Moog’s Salt Lake City, Utah facility the CAS provide precise

steering to ensure missiles reach their intended targets.

It is vital that our Moog Team executes flawlessly on the HELLFIRE program, not only to meet the highest metrics on customer report cards, but most importantly, to ensure the warfighter can achieve their mission and come home safely. To support its missile programs, Moog invested in the modernization of its Salt Lake City factory. The goal was to achieve operational excellence. The investment in the facility along with the commitment of skilled personnel has enabled 100% quality product and 100% on-time delivery at production rates.

Support of the HELLFIRE program continues beyond Fin CAS. Moog’s weapon Stores Management System (SMS), manufactured in Orlando, Florida, supports a multitude of guns, rockets and missiles including HELLFIRE Romeo and HELLFIRE Kilo. The Romeo and Kilo variants have been integrated and fielded with the SMS, while Longbow HELLFIRE integration is in development. The modular and highly customizable SMS is platform agnostic allowing it to adapt to air, land or sea combat environments.

Advanced Electronic Controls for Aerospace and Defense

Moog is a leading supplier of electronic controls for mission critical applications in the aerospace and defense industry. Our state-of-the-art systems are used wherever precision control is required, including air-craft flight control, launch vehicle thrust vector control, aiming and sta-bilization, and missile steering. Our expertise includes advanced digital control, distributed system architectures, high power drives, redundancy management and designs for harsh environments. We have designed, qualified and provided certification support to civil and military level A standards. Our products are well suited for both OEM and product upgrade programs.

Moog Leverages Civil Certified Flight Control Computers for Unmanned Systems

Moog has extensive experience designing, qualifying and providing certification support for flight control systems on civil aircraft. Over the last four decades we have developed a portfolio of fault tolerant solutions that are ideal for aircraft manufacturers trying to get their vehicles certified for use in civil airspace. At the core of our flight control system offering is our proprietary dual triplex flight control computer (FCC) platform.

The Moog FCC platform features a dual redundant, triplex dissimilar design that has been FAA certified onboard wide-body commercial transports, long range and super mid-sized business jets. To improve mission availability the Moog FCC platform is designed to accommodate deferred maintenance – allowing aircraft to be dispatched with known faults. It has a demonstrated MTBF approaching 250,000 hr. and variants have been selected for use aboard single aisle commercial transports, regional jets and large cabin business jets. Moog has also leveraged the FCC platform to develop a redeployable control kit for converting manned helicopters to an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV). This capability was demonstrated aboard the Moog OPV test platform in 2014 at Griffiss Airfield - one of the FAA’s unmanned test sites.

The Moog Modular Electric Power Systems

The Moog Modular Electric Power Systems (MEPS) is designed to increase the power density of an energy storage system. The system supplements the use of batteries with ultra-capacitors in a passively managed hybridization of the two energy storage technologies. The

ultra-capacitors bring low impedance high current discharge capability which drastically increases the power density of the full system. This density boost is beneficial to low steady state current demand applications that have very high peak current demands interspersed, such as robotic applications and launch vehicle stages.

When compared to a conventional battery the MEPS system is lower cost and lower weight. Conventional battery systems are often oversized in terms of energy because of the need to account for peak power demands throughout the duty cycle. The MEPS can significantly increase the regen capture capability of a systems by eliminating the previously required “burn-off” resistor while still protecting the capabilities of the battery. Capturing regenerative energy results in a lower total energy demand and a more aggressively sized power system. Such a power system architecture would be advantageous to numerous applications where weight and costs are key figures of merit.

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Rotating Solutions - Slip Ring and Fiber Optic Rotary Joints

Moog Components Group has expanded its slip ring product offering with Ethernet and High Definition (HD) video models. Slip rings are used in systems that require unrestrained, continuous rotation while transmitting data and power from a stationary device to a rotating structure. Today’s manned and unmanned platforms depend on Moog’s slip rings for high bandwidth, high reliability and long life operation. With over 10,000 baseline designs, models are available in standard and tailored configurations.

Fiber Optic Rotary Joints (FORJ) pass optical signals across rotating interfaces while maintaining the advantages of fiber (high bandwidth capability and EMI immunity). These products are designed for higher performance operation in extreme environments, including shock and vibration, temperature, humidity and dust.

Solutions for Harsh Environment Network Equipment Systems

Moog Protokraft designs and manufactures electronic and electro-optic components and subsystems for use in harsh environment networking equipment applications. Products include Ethernet switches, Ethernet media converters, video media converters and optical transceivers. Moog’s patented technology enables robust electronic components to be packaged directly into cylindrical or rectangular connector shells. These components provide numerous cost, performance and reliability advantages in today’s network equipment systems.

Multiplexers Optimize Video and Data Communications

Moog Components Group designs compact and rugged video/data multiplexers and fiber optic transmission systems for a wide array of unmanned platforms. These products are well suited for remotely operated vehicles, explosive ordinance disposal robots, radar, ground vehicles and electro-optic targeting and surveillance pods.

To exploit the full bandwidth of fiber, multiplexing combines many signals of various types — video, serial data, network data, control lines — onto one optical fiber. Multiplexers that combine a number of signals electrically are typically called time division multiplexers (TDM); discrete parts of each input signal is assigned a time slot in the outgoing data stream. Moog has a wide range of TDM options that allow multiple electrical channels to be multiplexed onto one or more optical fibers.

We also produce multiplexers that combine a number of optical signals onto one or two fibers. These multiplexers use wave division multiplexers (WDM) because they transmit different signals on different wavelengths of light on the same optical fiber.

Both multiplexing techniques can be used separately or together to simplify optical transmission systems and reduce cost, improve reliability, reduce weight and improve performance. Multiplexed systems also simplify system upgrades since numbers of channels and channel bandwidth is a function of the electronics rather than the transmission line or components. Moog multiplexers accommodate the ever-increasing data rates needed for digital video and industrial data proto-cols, as well as high speed networks.

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ACTUATION SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS

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SmartMotor™ Solution for Precision Positioning Systems

Moog has expanded its motor line with SmartMotorTM – a highly programmable, integrated servomotor system that includes a motor, an encoder, an amplifier, a controller, RS32/RS485 communications and IOs. This motor combines programmability ease, networking capability, highly flexible and expandable I/O and high per density servo performance. SmartMotors now support standard industrial Ethernet protocols. The SmartMotor has been used successfully in unmanned solution when extremely precise positioning is required in bumpy and unstable environments.

Moog High Performance Smart Actuators Ideally Suited for Autonomous Systems

Moog is the leading supplier of high performance controls, and leading designers throughout the world have been selecting Moog servos for mission critical applications including flight controls, engine controls, fin control, turret aiming and stabilization, Formula 1, ROVs, and autonomous robotics including quadrupeds and bipeds.

Moog has recently introduced a family of customizable smart actuators and is working with lead users in the autonomous market space to demonstrate the next generation of high performance control. The new high performance smart actuators feature: on-board closed loop force, position and velocity control; scalability from 2000N to 200,000N output force; compact, light-weight designs; rapid customization using additive manufacturing. The highly dynamic response is provided by the miniature Moog 24 Series EHSV and 3000 psi operating pressure.

Position Sensors

Moog supplies a variety of resolvers, synchros and rotary variable differential transform-ers (RVDT) for use in demanding military and aerospace environments. These rugged and reliable devices provide accurate position and velocity feedback as well as commutation, without the structural or temperature restrictions imposed by other electronic feedback devices. They are resistant to the shock and vibration levels often encountered in military and aerospace applications and exhibit high immunity to electrical noise. They are avail-able in various configurations with a large selection of standard models. Our engineering department is available to provide applications assistance and to tailor custom solutions to meet challenging program needs.

Rotary and Linear Electromechanical Actuators and Controls

Moog leads the industry by designing and producing high-performance linear and rotary electromechanical actuators (EMA) for aerospace and defense applications. Our actuation products are used to control flight surfaces and position sensors on aircraft, missiles and space vehicles; provide stabilization and aiming for land and sea based gun turrets; steer antennas in high bandwidth communication systems; and provide control for various utility applications.

Moog is able to offer precision actuation solutions. These actuation solutions include rare earth brushless motors, planetary gears and smart servo controllers with integral position control. Utility actuation solutions include DC motors, spur gears and analog amplifiers with external position control.

A technology initiative currently underway allows us to offer a fiber optic communication interface for our EMAs. This technology provides many systems advantages, including EMI immunity and weight savings.

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Moog Leverages Metal AM to Reduces Development Schedule and Cost for Aerospace Ground Support Equipment

Moog is a leading of supplier of integrated flight control systems to commercial and military aircraft manufacturers around the world. As part of a recent development program, Moog was under contract to design and supply ground support equipment, including actuator locking collars to support line maintenance activities. Historically, Moog would design these parts internally and source fabricated parts using its supply chain. On this program Moog designed the parts for Metal AM and was able to cut the development schedule in half while significantly reducing the overall development and production costs.

Production Time of Fully Functional Turbine Engine Parts Reduced to less than 4 Days Leveraging Metal AM

A leading aerospace engine manufacturer wanted to reduce the lead time of components for a helicopter gas-turbine to support a development test program. The parts were grown using CobaltCrome MP1 Superalloy on an EOSINT M270 system. The parts were built fully dense in 82 hours and automatically polished to fulfill requirements for running on the test-bed (e.g., high strength and high temperature).

Moog Optimizes Design and Speeds Development of Customized Hydraulic Actuators Using Metal AM

Moog has been working with leading researchers in the field of mobile robotics for nearly a decade. As a leading provider of high performance controls, Moog has the technology building blocks to address key challenges in the mobile robotics market - power density, efficiency, and weight. Moog recently introduced a family of customizable smart actuators which were ”Enabled by Metal AM” including optimization for performance, weight, and envelope. Other key benefits of AM included dramatically reducing lead times and simplifying the supply chain – major challenges for customizable products.

Legacy Aircraft Cast Parts Replicated without Original Drawings Using Metal AM Technology

With aircraft staying in service well beyond their originally intended life, there is a continuing challenge to source parts for MRO activities – especially castings. Moog recently demonstrated the advantages of AM technology by creating a form fit and function replacement part for an aluminum casting using Metal AM without using the original drawings. The part was first scanned using a CT scanner to generate a 3D model. The 3D model was optimized for AM and then an Aluminum alloy part was printed. The part was then scanned and x-rayed to confirm the finished part was in tolerance. The process was completed in days whereas casting lead times can be months.

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