The paper proposes a novel dual-redundancy motor pump for the electro-hydrostatic actuator. Rather than the traditional single motor pump electro-hydrostatic actuator system, the system proposed in this paper can operate in three working modes and automatically adjust its operating condition in accordance with task requirements. The novel dual-redundancy electro-hydrostatic actuator system prototype was developed, and a high-performance control method was proposed and applied to the system, combining proportional–integral–derivative and sliding mode control to study the control strategy and implementation method of double closed loop. In addition, a physical model simulation was conducted on the basis of Amesim for this electro-hydrostatic actuator under several working conditions. Results showed that the dual-redundancy electro-hydrostatic actuator can decrease power loss and demonstrate excellent performance and reliability.