Safran Landing Systems is responsible for the design, manufacture and support of the A380 nose landing gear. The double-deck, wide body A380 is the largest passenger airliner.
The A380 nose landing gear benefits from Safran Landing Systems' extensive experience on all existing Airbus aircraft (especially the A340-600). The forward retracting nose landing gear design introduces new technologies, such as a 350-bar hydraulic system (never before used on large commercial aircraft) and the use of an HVOF (High Velocity Oxygen Fuel) surface treatment process, which is more environmentally friendly, to replace the use of chromium plating.