Thursday, November 5, 2009

200-ton large aircraft by the end of the largest military appearance

200吨级 最大军用大飞机年底亮相

http://www.sina.com.cn 2009年11月05日14:00 法制晚报

  200吨级 最大军用大飞机年底亮相

  研发、生产制造过程全部由我国独立完成 民用大飞机也在生产中

  本报讯(记者张颖川)中国的大飞机有了最新进展,中国空军军用200吨级大飞机实体年底将在西飞亮相。这将是中国最大的军用大飞机。

  今天上午,在中国航空工业集团成立一周年的媒体日上,记者了解到上述信息。

  11月6日是中国航空工业集团成立一周年纪念日。今天上午9时许,记者在媒体日上了解到,中国的大飞机生产有最新进展,军用、民用大飞机均在生产中。

  中航集团飞机公司胡晓峰总经理向记者透露,中国空军军用200吨级大飞机具体实物飞机将在年底亮相,这款飞机从研发、生产制造过程全部由中航工业西飞公司独立完成。而由中航承担中国民用航空大飞机80吨级的C919飞机零部件也在加紧生产中,将如期交付中国商飞集团。

  记者同时获悉,由中航工业自发研制的L15“猎鹰”高级教练机将首次走出国门,参加11月份举办的迪拜航展。L15猎鹰高级教练机将在航展上进行飞行表演,与国外教练机进行竞争,主打国际教练机市场。

  目前,已经有不少国家的空军派出飞行员来我国进行试飞体验,中航预计将会赢得不少订单。


200-ton large aircraft by the end of the largest military appearance
200-ton large aircraft by the end of the largest military appearance
http://www.sina.com.cn 2009 Nian 11 Yue 05 Ri 14:00 Legal Evening News

200-ton large aircraft by the end of the largest military appearance

R & D, production and manufacturing process by our independent completion of all the major civilian aircraft and also the production of

(Reporter Zhang Yingchuan) China's large aircraft have the latest developments, the Chinese Air Force military aircraft and 200-ton large entities by the end of flight debut in the West. This will be the largest of China's largest military aircraft.

This morning, at the China Aviation Industry Group, the first anniversary of the establishment of the media day, the reporter learned that the above information.

November 6 is the China Aviation Industry Group, the establishment of an anniversary. 9 o'clock this morning, the reporter learned in the media day, China's large aircraft, production of the latest developments, military, civilian aircraft are in large production.

CNAC aircraft, Hu Xiaofeng, general manager of the company told reporters, the Chinese Air Force military aircraft and 200-ton large aircraft will be at the end of a specific physical appearance, this aircraft, from R & D, production and manufacturing process all the Xi'an Aircraft Industry Company Central Air independently. The Civil Aviation of China Central Air bear large 80-ton C919 aircraft, aircraft parts are also stepping up production, will be delivered to China as scheduled commercial flight group.

The reporters also learned that spontaneously developed by the Central Air Industrial L15 "Falcon" advanced trainer aircraft will be the first to go abroad to participate in Dubai Air Show held in November. L15 Falcon advanced trainer aircraft flying in the air show performances, to compete with foreign trainer, main international trainer aircraft market.

At present, many countries have sent pilots to the Air Force carried out test flight of China's experience in the aircraft is expected to win substantial orders.

China Reform Monitor No. 397, July 20, 2001
American Foreign Policy Council, Washington, D.C.

China successfully tests submarine-launched MIRV missiles;
PLA warns it will destroy US aircraft, ships in Taiwan Strait

Editor: Al Santoli

July 2

Three "094" class Chinese nuclear-powered missile submarines simultaneously launched Julang [Huge wave] 21A ballistic missiles each from the South China Sea, East China Sea and Yellow Sea, all accurately hitting their targets in the Taklimakan Desert [in Xinjiang province] 5,000 kilometers away, reports the PRC-owned Hong Kong Tai Yang Pao. The June 28 exercise, code-named "Modern 1," coincided with a bombing exercise by the PLA Air Force Third Division, using new Russian-made SU-30MKK fighter bombers. The exercises were monitored by Jiang Zemin, Zhu Rongji, Hu Jingtao and Defense Chief Chi Haotian from the PLA headquarters.

A submarine-based Julang ballistic missile can be equipped with 7 or 8 independently targeted reentry warheads, with an accuracy radius of 15 meters. Chinese officials boast they are more accurate than similar American-made missiles. By 2005, China intends to mount Julang 21A missiles on six nuclear powered submarines, each submarine carrying 12 such-missiles. The PLA will also equip strategic highways and railroad locomotives with medium- and long-range [Dongfeng-3A and Dongfeng-25A] ICBMs. The article cites an inaccurate US Defense Department estimate made in March 2001, that the Julang 21A missiles would not be available to the PLA until 2005, at the earliest. PLA sources claim that China's successful test on June 28 and Russia's successful PS-18 ICBM launch on June 27 may well be counterbalance against potential US nuclear missile defense systems.

July 8

The US Navy's recent military exchange with the Chinese Navy, "teaching the Chinese military to sweep naval mines disables one of our most important strategic tactics, endangering Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and the US Navy," Don Jones writes to the Washington Times. "The navy seems to have forgotten the impact naval mine warfare had on Japan in 1944 and 1945. One of China's biggest vulnerabilities is its Pacific Coast -- China's primary military and economic door to the rest of the world. A [US] mine barrage might be the only thing able to protect our naval forces from the devastating effects of Chinese supersonic anti-ship missiles."

July 9

The Chinese military has warned that in forthcoming PLA military exercises on Dongshan Island, the PLA "will reserve the right to resolutely intercept or drive away foreign or Taiwan aircraft or warships conducting reconnaissance. If incoming aircraft or warships refuse to heed the warning, the PLA will open fire to bring them down or sink them," reports the Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, citing an article in the July issue of Guoji Zhanwang, published by the Shanghai International Issues Research Institute.

The PLA combined-forces military exercise intends to practice seizing islands in the Taiwan Strait. This is the first time that the Nanjing Theater and Guangzhou Theater, East China Sea Fleet and South China Sea Fleet will "join hands in conducting a combined war drill against Taiwan." The Second Army Artillery missile forces and state-of-the-art aerial refueling IL-76 transport airplanes and Qian-8 II fighters will join the live-fire exercise.

Copyright © 2002, American Foreign Policy Council.
China wants to buy Ukraine's An-70 military air transport
Published: Dec. 2, 2008 at 11:57 AM
By ANDREI CHANG


HONG KONG, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Ukraine and China have been engaged in negotiations on the joint design of a large military transport aircraft, according to sources in Ukraine's Antonov Aircraft Co. The agreement was expected to be signed this month, with the aircraft project to begin soon afterward.

According to a source in the Ukrainian military industry, the basic design concept of the aircraft already has been finalized. The Chinese military transport aircraft will adopt different design concepts and technologies than the Antonov An-70 transport aircraft designed by the former Soviet republic of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, the source said, and will be powered by four jet engines. Additional technical details of the transport aircraft are to be finalized after the signing.

In recent years the People's Republic of China has greatly reinforced its strategic military ties with Ukraine in a variety of areas, but this is the two countries' first collaboration in developing a large aircraft. A source from the Russian aviation industry told United Press International that China did not ask for Russian assistance on this project, suggesting that China is shifting its design cooperation away from Russia and toward Ukraine. It also indicates that the new aircraft will be an upgrade of the Antonov An-70 air transport rather than a duplication of it.

China expressed keen interest in the Antonov An-70 air transport as early as the mid-1990s, when the aircraft was undergoing flight tests in Russia and Ukraine. The aircraft did not get off to an auspicious start, however. The first Antonov An-70 prototype was tested in Kiev, Ukraine, in December 1994, but the same plane crashed the following year. The second prototype was damaged in an accident at Omsk, Russia, in 2001.

In 2002 Russia and Ukraine agreed to each take a 50-percent stake in the project, and two more prototypes were manufactured. But by April 2006, following the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, Russia decided to withdraw from the project.

The Antonov An-70 air transport is still being tested. The Ukrainian air force appears to be the only buyer, having announced its intent to procure five of the An-70 aircraft. China's decision to design its own large military transport aircraft on the foundation of the Antonov An-70 technologies is apparently intended to take advantage of the extensive testing the aircraft already has undergone, to save research and development time.

The Antonov company source has confirmed the Chinese military transport aircraft will not be fitted with the Antonov An-70's D-27 engine, though it did not disclose what type of engine will be used. The D-27 engine has an output thrust power of 14,000 horsepower, maximum payload of 47 tons and a flight range of 4,050 miles with a payload of 20 tons.

China recently imported 240 D-30 KP-2 engines from Russia to use in upgrading its own, home-produced H-6K bombers. It is unlikely that this engine would be used for the military transport plane, however. Russia is already replacing some of the D-30 KP-2 engines on its Ilyushin Il-76 air-lifter with upgraded D-30 KP-3 or PS-90 engines. The D-30 KP-2 does not meet Europe's latest noise control standards, so the Ilyushin Il-76 military air transport powered by these engines are not allowed to land at European airports.

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