is that also true for airbus ac? :confused:
Pretty much from what I read. Airbus and Boeing usually give their customers a choice of avionics and engines. They usually pick American simply because those are trusted systems certified for many years by the US FAA.
Lots of countries, China included, gear their safety standards inline with the American FAA.
With such a large numbers of potential sales the Chinese home market, the ARJ21 is really one of the few projects outside the West COULD have allowed non-western firms a chance. In fact, in the old China before Deng’s revolution those 500 planes would have been installed products from Chinese avionics/electronic firms. But then again before Deng’s economic revolution, China would never have needed 500 ARJ21s.
Even the Russian Regional Jet needs Boeing as a consultant and marketer in order gain any potential for sales outside Russia. I do believe Russian airlines like Aeroflot and Sibir are more likely to buy Russian aircraft with Russian avionics though. Partly because they have smaller international volumes and are under less pressure by foreign customers.
Right now, the only place for China’s local avionics firm to gain experience and sales is the military projects. This is pretty much the same for every other country in outside the US and Western Europe. Actually, it’s worse for most of them than China because there are very few commercial projects in those countries that can expect sales in the 100s for the home market.
On the flip side, American avionics designs, techniques and standards from the civilian project will eventually filter back to the Chinese firms that supply the homegrown military jets.
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