Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group
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Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group is a Chinese aerospace conglomerate that manufactures aircraft parts as well as designs and manufactures combat aircraft. It was founded in 1958 (as Chengdu State Aircraft Factory No.132 Aircraft Plant) to be a supplier of aircraft for the Chinese military. Currently it is a subsidiary of AVIC I.
The Chengdu conglomerate designed and now produces the Jian-10 (J-10) medium-weight multi-role fighter that is considered to be one of the most advanced in China's inventory, as well as the FC-1/JF-17 light-weight multi-role fighter that is produced in cooperation with Pakistan.
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[edit] Products
Parts
- ACAC ARJ21 nose section
- Chinese licensee of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 / MD-90
- Parts supplier for Northrop Grumman
- Empennage (horizontal stabilizer, vertical fin and tail section) for the Boeing 757
- Parts and maintenance tools for Airbus Industries
Fighters
- Chengdu J-7 - Lightweight interceptor; export models designated F-7
- FC-1 Xiaolong/JF-17 Thunder - Lightweight multi-role fighter
- Chengdu J-10 - Medium-weight multi-role fighter
- J-XX - Heavy-weight fifth generation stealth fighter
Trainers
- JianJiao-5 (JJ-5) basic jet trainer; export model designated FT-5
[edit] Facilities
- Chengdu Airframe Plant
- Chengdu Engine Company
- Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute
[edit] See also
- Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation
- China Aviation Industry Corporation
- ACAC consortium
- China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- Guizhou Aircraft Industry Co.
- Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation
- Shanghai Aviation Industrial Company
- Shanxi Aircraft Company
- Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
- Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
- People's Liberation Army Air Force
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