HIGH dependency · C-295
Safran Landing Systems landing gear (complete system)
Landing gear system supply is concentrated in Safran Landing Systems (France), UTC/Goodrich (USA, now Collins), and Heroux-Devtek (Canada). No Indian full-system supplier. Component-level Indian manufacturing is addressable.
Criticality
HIGH
Supply concentration
Oligopolistic
Substitution difficulty
high
Geopolitical sensitivity
low
Foreign country
France
Foreign supplier
Safran Landing Systems (Messier-Bugatti-Dowty)
Indian capability
Limited. Indian landing-gear component manufacturing exists (Aequs, Dynamatic) for non-primary structural components; not qualified for full landing-gear system.
Localization potential
L2 (structural components Tier-2) in 3-5 years; L3 (full LG system) in 8-10 years
Component: Landing gear system · System: Landing Gear
Affected platform: Airbus C-295
Supplier profile: Safran Landing Systems (Messier-Bugatti-Dowty)
Sources · 2
- World Leader in Aircraft Landing and Braking Systems (Safran Landing Systems)officialsrc-safran-landing
- C295 | Military Aircraft | Defenceofficialsrc-airbus-spec-c295