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Unspecified interest in a prospective joint venture with AVIC subsidiary Landing-gear Advanced Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (LAMC) in Changsha, Hunan, announced in July 2010. The joint venture will supply the landing-gear system for the COMAC C919, including the main landing gear and nose landing gear, extension and retraction system, nose-wheel steering system, and position and warning system (“Liebherr-Aerospace Selected for the New Chinese Aircraft Program C919,” 2010).
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A technology-cooperation and work-share agreement with AVIC subsidiary Nanjing Engineering Institute of Aircraft Systems (NEIAS), announced in July 2010, to supply the air manage-ment system of the COMAC C919. The package will include the bleed air system, the air-conditioning system, the air-distribu-tion system, the cabin-pressure control system, the wing anti-ice system, and the avionics ventilation system. Liebherr hopes that the work-share partnership established with NEIAS can be used
for future projects (“Liebherr-Aerospace Selected for the New Chinese Aircraft Program C919,” 2010).
Rolls-Royce Group PLC
Rolls-Royce has the following joint ventures in China:
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Unspecified interest in XR Aero-components, Ltd. (XRA) in Xi’an, a joint venture with the Xi’an Aero Engine Company, established in 1996. Rolls-Royce describes XRA as a “high-tech joint venture” specializing in the manufacture of turbine-nozzle guide vanes and low-pressure turbine blades for use in Rolls-Royce engines on various Gulfstream, Bombardier, and Boeing aircraft. The facility has been in operation since 1998 (“Working Together,” 2009).
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Unspecified interest in Hong Kong Aero Engine Services Limited (HAESL) in Hong Kong (“Rolls-Royce in Hong Kong,” 2009).
Rolls-Royce’s technological partnership with the Chinese aviation industry dates back to the 1970s, when the company first transferred overhaul technology for its Spey 512 engine (used on Hawker Siddeley Trident civilian jetliners) to China and then, in 1975, granted a pro-duction license for the military-use Spey 202 to the Xi’an Aero-Engine Company, along with 50 complete engines. It took decades for China to master the production technology for the Spey, however, and in 2001, another 80 to 90 reconditioned British-made Speys were delivered to China. Actual production of the Spey 202 (designated the WS9 Qin Ling in China) in Xi’an apparently did not begin until about 1998. As of 2008, at least 110 XAC JH-7 fighter-bombers, the only aircraft in China that uses the Spey, were estimated to have been produced. Since each JH-7 is equipped with two engines, this would mean that at least 80 Speys had been produced in China at that point, suggesting that the production technology has now been mastered (“Rolls-Royce China”; “History,” 2009; “Rolls-Royce Spey,” 2010; “XAE WS9 Qin Ling,” 2010; “XAE—Xian Aero-Engine Corporation,” 2010).
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