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Dec 04, 2012 (newstodate): Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles and engines, Scania has been selected to provide engines for aircraft towing vehicles.
Customer is the French company TLD that is to manufacture the TaxiBot, designed by Israel Aerospace Industries.
The Taxibot will come in two versions to cater to the needs for towing narrow-body or wide-body aircraft between aprons and runways in an effort to cut noise, as well as CO2 and other emissions during aircraft taxiing at airports.
The TaxiBot concept has already been tested with the aircraft Lufthansa Boeing 747 in Germany and with Lufthansa Airbus A320 aircraft in France.
Customer is the French company TLD that is to manufacture the TaxiBot, designed by Israel Aerospace Industries.
The Taxibot will come in two versions to cater to the needs for towing narrow-body or wide-body aircraft between aprons and runways in an effort to cut noise, as well as CO2 and other emissions during aircraft taxiing at airports.
The TaxiBot concept has already been tested with the aircraft Lufthansa Boeing 747 in Germany and with Lufthansa Airbus A320 aircraft in France.