Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute explained

The Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute (SADRI), previously known as Shanghai Aircraft Research Institute (SARI), is a Chinese design institute, part of the ACAC consortium. Founded in the 1970s as First Aircraft Design Institute Shanghai Branch it became a part of ACAC in 2002 and was renamed Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute in 2009.^[1] The design institute's head office is located at 5 Yunjin Road next to Longhua Airport in the Xuhui District of Shanghai.

SADRI has done liaison engineering and airworthiness test for MD-82 and MD-90 airliners.^[2]

Products

• Shanghai Y-10 - airliner
• Shaanxi Y-8 - co-designed reversed engineered transport aircraft with Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation^[3]
• ARJ21 - Regional jet airliner
• C919 - Narrow-body jet airliner

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute Opens . 2012-04-16 . dead . https://archive.today/20120911205040/http://www.sourcejuice.com/1281276/2009/12/01/Shanghai-Aircraft-Design-Research-Institute-Opens/ . 2012-09-11 .
2. Web site: Design & Research Center__Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. . english.comac.cc . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110531015031/http://english.comac.cc/home/subsidiaryenterprises/201012/27/t20101227_410347.shtml . 2011-05-31.
3. Web site: Design & Research Center__Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. . english.comac.cc . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110531015031/http://english.comac.cc/home/subsidiaryenterprises/201012/27/t20101227_410347.shtml . 2011-05-31.