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50-percent interest in a prospective joint venture with AVIC sub-sidiary Flight Automatic Control Research Institute (FACRI) to supply the fly-by-wire control system for the COMAC C919, announced in July 2010. According to Chinese reports, the new venture will be based in Xi’an, with $32 million in registered capital and more than $100 million in initial development funds (Honeywell will invest $40 million). The company intends to supply the export market until the C919 enters production, after which it expects 60 percent of contracts to be domestic (“Hon-eywell to Supply Flight Control System for the C919 Large Air-liner,” 2010).
According to company statements, Honeywell’s Aerospace divi-sion is actively developing local sourcing and engineering projects with leading Chinese aerospace manufacturers and universities. Honeywell has collaborated for many years with the Shanghai-based China Aero-nautical Radio Electronics Research Institute (CARERI) on air traffic control responder systems, traffic collision avoidance systems (TCAS), etc. (Liu, 2009, p. 61). Honeywell also maintains a number of wholly owned research facilities in China. These include the Honeywell Tech-nology Solutions Lab–China (HTSL-China), which provides “world-class software product development support, research and technology development, technical consulting and digitization services to Honey-well businesses worldwide” (“Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab”). The largest department in HTSL-China is the Aerospace Electronic Systems department, which employs 55 engineers, 30 percent of whom have more than 5 months’ training or work experience in the United States. In addition to developing products for Honeywell, the lab also “helps local customers in China on avionics products/system develop-ment/support by using Honeywell technologies” (“Honeywell Tech-nology Solutions Lab”). Other Honeywell divisions such as Specialty Materials, Transportation, and Automation & Control also maintain specialized research facilities in China.
In November 2009, Honeywell opened its China Aerospace Academy in Shanghai to train aerospace engineers. The courses offered include Technology, Certification, Program Management, Six Sigma Management & Leadership Training, Air-Worthiness Training, and Total Quality Management (“Honeywell China Aerospace Academy Opens; Provides Training to Customers,” 2009).
Parker Aerospace
Parker Aerospace has the following joint venture in China:
. Unspecified interest in a prospective joint venture with the AVIC Systems Company to be based in Nanjing, announced in April 2010. The new venture will support the development of the hydraulic and fuel systems for the C919. A significant portion of the systems’ component design, testing, manufacture, and inte-gration will take place at the new facility. The program is expected to generate more than $2.5 billion in revenue over its life cycle for Parker (“Parker Aerospace, COMAC, and AVIC Systems Hold Contract Signing Ceremony for Fuel, Inerting, and Hydraulic Systems on New C919 Aircraft”).
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