Chengdu next gen combat aircraft (?J-36)

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Michael90

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sunnymaxi said:
that's correct. also CAC and SAC don't operate alone. they have affiliated research institutes/universities and they do share Technologies under AVIC banner.

SAC lost race in J-XX program against J-20 so they decided to develop FC-31 with their own money in order to attract foreign customers. in mid 2010's PLAN was in search for next generation carrier platform so FC-31 got a new life line. since then project continue to evolve and turned into J-35.

SAC reputation among Chinese defense enthusiast wasn't good as they were seen as copycat of Russian aircrafts. they have gone through a hard time. FC-31/J-35 was the first clean-sheet design and again they lost the battle. fortunately PLAN turned everything for them then PLAAF decided to procure A variant due to various reasons. SAC evolved a lot in past decade. now SAC building one of the largest integrated manufacturing complex for J-35 serial production and future J-XD. that's huge facility.
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Interesting. Maybe the government could also encourage an independent military company to set up to compete more effectively with CAC/SAC outside AVIC? Competition is always good. It’s the reason Chinese companies in most industries are now world class since competition in China is fierce in almost every sector apart from a very few were some SOE have monopolies like mobile telecom network and others .
 
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Michael90 said:
Interesting. Maybe the government could also encourage an independent military company to set up to compete more effectively with CAC/SAC outside AVIC? Competition is always good. It’s the reason Chinese companies in most industries are now world class since competition in China is fierce in almost every sector apart from a very few were some SOE have monopolies like mobile telecom network and others .
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Maybe they should get Hongdu back to speed first before becoming over ambitious. Until JL-XX came out they’ve developed nothing more than guided bombs and missiles.

Also, schools acts like the private sector in many ways already. Remember this mystery bird? College project.

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siegecrossbow said:
Maybe they should get Hongdu back to speed first before becoming over ambitious. Until JL-XX came out they’ve developed nothing more than guided bombs and missiles.

Also, schools acts like the private sector in many ways already. Remember this mystery bird? College project.

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Are the Chinese college students now practicing on throwaway projects that are more advanced than what European, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, and Indian MICs are working on in serious for operational adoption?
 
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latenlazy said:
Are the Chinese college students now practicing on throwaway projects that are more advanced than what European, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, and Indian MICs are working on in serious for operational adoption?
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I wouldn’t say that. It’s just testing aerodynamics and flight controls. A lot of critical stuff like radar, weapons, and RAM are not applied.
 
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