Aircraft
French, Russian avionics trio leap to front of RRJ 'short list'
AVPK Sukhoi’s ambition to use U.S.-built avionics on the Russian Regional Jet appear dashed due to an apparent lack of interest on the part of both Honeywe

AVPK Sukhoi’s ambition to use U.S.-built avionics on the Russian Regional Jet appear dashed due to an apparent lack of interest on the part of both Honeywell and Rockwell Collins. Honeywell, developer of the Primus Epic avionics software implicated in the certification delay of the Embraer 170, simply failed to respond to Sukhoi’s request for proposals, according to the Russian company. Rockwell Collins, meanwhile, has expressed a less than enthusiastic attitude toward the program after the losses it incurred with the stalled Ilyushin Il-96M/T project.

Consequently, Sukhoi has turned to France’s Thales and Sagem and Moscow-based Aviapribor to meet its schedule for a final selection by September. “The French firms have come into consideration after the Honeywell and Rockwell responses,” confirmed AVPK Sukhoi general director Mikhail Pogosyan.