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According to the report from Jane's, development of the subsystems including the engine and weapon suite for the next generation fighter, codenamed J-XX by Western intelligence, has been underway for some time. Concept images show a twin-engine aircraft sharing some design traits with [[Lockheed Martin]]'s stealth [[F/A-22 Raptor]] air superiority fighter such as the internal carriage of its weapons. |
According to the report from Jane's, development of the subsystems including the engine and weapon suite for the next generation fighter, codenamed J-XX by Western intelligence, has been underway for some time. Concept images show a twin-engine aircraft sharing some design traits with [[Lockheed Martin]]'s stealth [[F/A-22 Raptor]] air superiority fighter such as the internal carriage of its weapons. |
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[[Image:Chinese J-XX.jpg|thumb|A computer generated image of what the J-XX |
[[Image:Chinese J-XX.jpg|thumb|A computer generated image of what the J-XX might look like.]] |
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Little public information is available. The aircraft, which could be designated as J-13 or J-14, is still going through initial concept work, so it would probably not be done until at least a decade after Western fifth-generation fighters. The SAC is supposedly looking at a twin-engine, single-seat, single vertical tail fin design, but other design proposals have yet to be ruled out. |
Little public information is available. The aircraft, which could be designated as J-13 or J-14, is still going through initial concept work, so it would probably not be done until at least a decade after Western fifth-generation fighters. The SAC is supposedly looking at a twin-engine, single-seat, single vertical tail fin design, but other design proposals have yet to be ruled out. |
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Revision as of 04:53, 29 October 2005
China's New Fighter
According to the reports of the Jane's Defence Weekly, China has already launched its next generation stealth aircraft fighter programme, and Shenyang Aircraft Industry Co. (SAC) has been selected to head research and development of a new fighter for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
Development
According to the report from Jane's, development of the subsystems including the engine and weapon suite for the next generation fighter, codenamed J-XX by Western intelligence, has been underway for some time. Concept images show a twin-engine aircraft sharing some design traits with Lockheed Martin's stealth F/A-22 Raptor air superiority fighter such as the internal carriage of its weapons.
Little public information is available. The aircraft, which could be designated as J-13 or J-14, is still going through initial concept work, so it would probably not be done until at least a decade after Western fifth-generation fighters. The SAC is supposedly looking at a twin-engine, single-seat, single vertical tail fin design, but other design proposals have yet to be ruled out.
As China has developed close ties with Russia's aerospace industry and has license produced many planes of Soviet design, it can be predicted that the J-XX would include some, if not many Russian technologies and designs. China was offered joint development and production of a new fifth-generation fighter by Russia, but that may not happen now as Russia has gone ahead with India on the Sukhoi Su-47.
Stealth and thrust vectoring are two must-have features in all aircraft being designed in the 21st century. It is not clear how much progress Chinese designers have made in these areas, but an all-aspect thrust vectoring engine was demonstrated in 1998 at the Zhuhai Air Show.
Comparable Aircraft
Once introduced, the J-XX's rivals would probably be the American F/A-22 and Joint Strike Fighter, the Eurofighter Typhoon, the French Dassault Rafale, and the Russian-Indian Sukhoi Su-47.