CRITICAL dependency · C-390Indicative
Fly-by-wire primary flight control actuators
Transport-category FBW actuators are supplied by Moog (USA) and Liebherr (Germany). Indian industry has FBW actuator experience on Tejas (Godrej) but not at transport-category scale. Strategic gap with no committed Indian supplier; entry barriers are very high.
Criticality
CRITICAL
Supply concentration
Oligopolistic
Substitution difficulty
severe
Geopolitical sensitivity
medium
Foreign country
Germany / USA
Foreign supplier
Moog + Liebherr
Indian capability
None for transport-category FBW actuators. Godrej Aerospace supplies actuators for LCA (Indian-designed FBW fighter).
Localization potential
L2 (actuator manufacturing under Moog/Liebherr partnership) in 8-12 years — contingent on a C-390 contract
Component: FBW actuators (aileron, elevator, rudder, spoiler, stabiliser trim) · System: Flight Controls
Affected platform: Embraer C-390 Millennium
Supplier profile: Moog + Liebherr
Sources · 2
- Flight Control Actuationofficialsrc-moog-actuators
- C-390 Millennium specifications — Embraer official brochureindicativeunresolved · indicativesrc-embraer-spec-c390