Aerospace Industry in Latin America
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broadsword
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b787
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What you say is partially true, but is not tragic, for example the Brazilian Embraer is the third largest aircraft manufacturer in the world just behind Boeing and Airbus.
Mexico is the 14th largest aircraft parts exporter
It is true Latin American is under developed i agree, Argentina and Mexico are not really what they could be in that i agree with you.
Colombia, Venezuela and Peru are really underdeveloped just being able to design small propeller aircraft.
However Brazil can design jet engines, aircraft, radars, missiles, it has a very developed aerospace.
Mexico, manufactures jet engine parts and does design jet engine parts for both domestic and foreign companies such as General Electric or Honeywell and for domestic companies like Frisa Aerospace.
further more it has some aircraft design in UAVs.
It manufactures aircraft parts for mostly commercial aircraft.
Argentina has some successes with helicopters and satellite launcher rockets, but true we are not really what we could be.
However i think Argentina and Mexico will re-start aircraft production and design of their own domestic aircraft in the next two decades, however i am sure they are going to be joint ventures
The main problem we do have is we waste too much in projects that should not exist, a latin american jet aircraft is possible if all the latin american nations we join a common program
Mexico is the 14th largest aircraft parts exporter
It is true Latin American is under developed i agree, Argentina and Mexico are not really what they could be in that i agree with you.
Colombia, Venezuela and Peru are really underdeveloped just being able to design small propeller aircraft.
However Brazil can design jet engines, aircraft, radars, missiles, it has a very developed aerospace.
Mexico, manufactures jet engine parts and does design jet engine parts for both domestic and foreign companies such as General Electric or Honeywell and for domestic companies like Frisa Aerospace.
further more it has some aircraft design in UAVs.
It manufactures aircraft parts for mostly commercial aircraft.
Argentina has some successes with helicopters and satellite launcher rockets, but true we are not really what we could be.
However i think Argentina and Mexico will re-start aircraft production and design of their own domestic aircraft in the next two decades, however i am sure they are going to be joint ventures
The main problem we do have is we waste too much in projects that should not exist, a latin american jet aircraft is possible if all the latin american nations we join a common program
broadsword
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I am glad to know the Mexico is more than just about tortillas and tacos, which I love or drug wars which I abhor. As its aviation industry develops, it will become more self-sufficient.
b787
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Mexico and Latin american it self are far more complex than what they seem, Mexico for example has much more technology that what people usually think.
I will give you an example, most people think GE (General Electric) made refrigerators, Microwaves were american, the reality is they are Mexican, they are designed in Mexico by MABE and commercialized by GE.
Here is the LANIX electronics company, it is also from Mexico and manufactures and designs electronic goods
Latin america in it self can develop cars、computers, cell phones, tractors, etc etc, however one thing is being able to design and another sell.
Brazil for example is capable of designing a vast array of products, however it is now only famous for EMBRAER.
Same is Argentina
Latin american companies have a relatively small markets, LANIX for example it mostly sells in Mexico, and south america.
DINA for example builds and design trucks and buses, DINA is a Mexican company, that builds and makes buses however it has a relatively small market, only Mexico, central America and some south american countries
So at the end of the day, Latin american companies do not have the clout Chinese or European companies have in the international arena, and compared to the American companies they are relatively small.
Another thing is there are some areas were we are not advanced.
So in the aerospace aspect, we have struggled to achieve success with the exception of Embraer,
here you see the UAV designed by Aeroriel a Mexican designed and build aircraft, it has a very innovative configuration but is a tiny UAV
b787
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Recreational drone by 3D robotics a Mexican and and American company one of the largest recreational UAVs companies
Jordi Muñoz is the founder of 3D robotics however it has an american partner, thus it is a joint venture of an American and a Mexican founders, so while it is not totally Mexican, it is not 100% american, it is a cooproduction having manufacturing centers in the US state of California and Baja california, Tijuana, Mexico
Jordi Muñoz is the founder of 3D robotics however it has an american partner, thus it is a joint venture of an American and a Mexican founders, so while it is not totally Mexican, it is not 100% american, it is a cooproduction having manufacturing centers in the US state of California and Baja california, Tijuana, Mexico
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