Sukhoï & Thalès

[Berkut]

MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi and France-based electronics company Thales opened Monday a new software development center in Russia for Sukhoi's regional jet (RRJ) project.

The center was opened by the head of Russia's Federal Agency for Industry, Boris Alyoshin, Sukhoi CEO Mikhail Pogosyan, Thales CEO Denis Ranque, and French Transportation Minister Dominique Perben.

Thales, a multinational company serving aerospace and defense markets, will provide the center with equipment, and the work on developing the software to be used in the aircraft will be carried out largely by Russian specialists.

When completed, the software will be certified according to international standards.

Alyoshin said, "RRJ is an innovative project being implemented by the best global companies, and this is an aircraft for which Russia will not only receive elements from abroad, but one which we are creating with significant international cooperation, and which will allow new production to emerge in Russia."

Perben said, "For France, this project presents a new element in the national industry - it provides both new work opportunities and new production. Such cooperation can only be built on the basis of political and industrial trust."

Sukhoi also signed an agreement of intent with Thales Training and Simulation on the supply of aviation training systems for the RRJ project. Under the agreement, the Thales Group subsidiary will supply Sukhoi with training systems and equipment for the RRJ project.

Although Sukhoi is probably better known for its military aircraft in the West, it hopes the RRJ will become the first Russian-made civilian plane to be successfully exported, with domestic and overseas sales reaching at least 800 by 2023. The project involves major American and European aviation corporations, including Boeing, Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace, and Honeywell.

In December, Aeroflot, a major Russian air carrier, and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, a subsidiary of the Sukhoi state holding, signed an $820-million deal for 30 RRJ planes.

Encore un petit coup de collaboration franco russe ;)

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is giving serious consideration to Sukhoi’s Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) as it sets about modernising the regional fleets of its family of affiliated and subsidiary carriers.

The Star Alliance airline has been impressed by the extensive line-up of Western suppliers that Sukhoi has gathered and regards it as a plausible competitor to the Embraer 190 and Bombardier CRJ900.

Supplier-sources say the airline is also attracted by the RRJ’s sub-$20 million price, which goes a long way to compensate for its later entry into service.

Vice-president fleet development Kurt Kuhne says: “We are looking at all the candidates and what I have seen of the presentations from Sukhoi is credible. Companies that are normally involved in being subsuppliers to Airbus and Boeing are doing the same thing on this aircraft.

“When it comes to the [Thales] cockpit and so on, and we look at the list of subsuppliers to the Russian aircraft, we don’t see many differences. If you compare that to the Embraer product then it is more or less all the same names there.”

The supplier list includes Snecma’s Powerjet joint venture with NPO Saturn of Russia, Thales, Liebherr, B/E Aerospace, Intertechnique, Messier-Dowty and Goodrich, among others. Finmeccanica of Italy has just agreed to take a 25% equity stake in the programme.

Kuhne is faced with a complex task of addressing the diverse needs of a group of airlines comprising Blue1 of Finland, Widerøe’s Flyveselskap of Norway, Air Baltic of Latvia, Estonian Air and possibly Spanair of Spain. Their current fleets include the BAE Systems Avro RJ85/100, Bombardier Q100/300/400, Boeing 737-500 and Boeing MD-80.

Kuhne declines to discuss numbers or timings, saying they differ in each case, but sources familiar with the programme indicate the requirement is for about 20 aircraft. He does, however, say the family concept is important, noting: “The [bombardier] CSeries had a problem as a one-off. It had nothing to do with the family. But Sukhoi can do a family.”

Sukhoi’s plan envisages first flight in September 2007, concurrent Russian/European certification a year later, and entry into service in November 2008. The “certification basis” is due to be presented to the European Aviation Safety Agency about now.

Kuhne says: “For some airlines it might be late, but it very much depends on each airline’s need.”

Sukhoi says it has frozen work on the smaller RRJ-60 model and is focusing on the 100-seat-class RRJ-95. The first fuselage should be built “by the end of the summer”.

Et des contrats possible dès maintenant :D

[Francois5 v2.1]

Moteurs Safran, avionique Thales, systemes electrique, oxy et fuel Zodiac... bah, ils commencent a comprendre comment faire un avion francais les russes? Plus qu'a racheter JSC...

[sukhoi33]

c'est quel pays qui a retiré les moteurs francais sur leurs mirages pour mettre les moteurs russes ,bien plus performzants ??? :D :D

[don_ccicci]

sukhoi33, ce sont les sud-africains avec leurs mirage F1. Et le radar aussi il me semble, non? de vrais petits mig-29.

[Hitmoon]

Petite photo du RJJ que j'avais choppé au bourget ;)

[Francois5 v2.1]

LOL oui ils avaient le choix impose par l'embargo... russe, ou russe LOL

Bon heureusement qu'Israel a un peu aide...

[sukhoi33]

LOL oui ils avaient le choix impose par l'embargo... russe, ou russe LOL

Bon heureusement qu'Israel a un peu aide...

et comme d'hab mauvaise reponse Question suivante ...... :D :D

[P4]

c'est quel pays qui a retiré les moteurs francais sur leurs mirages pour mettre les moteurs russes ,bien plus performzants ??? :D :D

dans les moteurs du RJJ il y a de la techno du M-88 de la snecma.

http://www.safran-group.com/IMG/pdf/snecma_1403_complet.pdf

idem pour le TP400-D6 de l'A400M.

[sukhoi33]

et comme d'hab mauvaise reponse Question suivante ...... :D :D

je plaisante François :D :D

[vendest]

Dans la meme lignée :

Thales annonce mercredi que sa branche aérospatiale a conclu un partenariat avec les groupes russes ZAO Transas et Mil Moscow afin de concevoir et développer des systèmes avioniques complets pour le nouvel hélicoptère MI-38.

Le groupe d'électronique et de défense rappelle dans un communiqué que le développement de cette nouvelle génération d'hélicoptère est considéré comme un axe prioritaire du programme d'aviation civile de la Fédération de Russie pour la période 2002 - 2015.

http://www.cerclefinance.com/default.asp?pub=valactu&localcode=12132∈=FR0000121329&art=141130

A mon avis, les dirigeants de Thales aiment la Vodka