Acima de 30%.
The avionics industry is now a major multi-billion dollar industry world-wide and the avionics equipment on a modern military or civil aircraft can account for around 30% of the total cost of the aircraft. This figure for the avionics content is more like 40% in the case of a maritime patrol/anti-submarine aircraft (or helicopter) and can be over 75% of the total cost in the case of an airborne early warning aircraft such as an AWACS.
— Introduction to Avionics Systems, 2002, p. 1
A Boeing promete preços atualizados (incluindo lucros) no site deles . O 777 mais barato está listado em USD 283,4 milhões. Para comparação, os mecanismos na conta do 777 são 20%.
Passando para o lado militar para confirmar que 30-40% - a partir de 2009, os sistemas eletrônicos de armas de um único
Embora caro, no longo prazo eles são mais baratos. É como substituir um bom relógio digital, em comparação com a reparação de um relógio mecânico caro.
The airlines want the advanced technology, despite its higher initial price, because of the lower life-cycle and replacement costs it offers. The cost of maintaining conventional cockpits has soared. Dial-type gauges require watchmaker skills to repair, and skilled people are getting fewer. At the same time digital devices are getting cheaper.
— FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 26 April 1986
