Remote Positioning Systems covers equipment used to precisely locate and manipulate tooling, components, or end-effectors across large airframe structures without direct manual contact, encompassing servo-driven actuators, multi-axis CNC-coordinated positioners, robotic articulated arms, and teleoperated systems employing encoders, resolvers, and closed-loop feedback control to achieve tight positional tolerances during assembly, drilling, or inspection operations.
How many distinct aircraft programmes each supplier in this area is linked to in our database — a proxy for how widely established a company is across the industry. Bars are relative to the top-ranked supplier.
Whether supply here is concentrated in a few big players or spread across many. Top-5 share is the portion of all programme links held by the five largest suppliers. HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) runs 0–10,000: under ~1,500 is competitive, over ~2,500 is concentrated.
Where the listed suppliers in this area are based, by country of head office. Useful for sourcing, near-shoring and understanding regional strengths.