The tanker variant seems to be a standard cargo variant with two probe-and-drogue refueling pods installed at the outside section of the wings and no flying boom, as far as the photos revealed.
China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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The respective fiascoes at GE and Boeing, two of the US's best engineering and manufacturing companies, plus the pandemic, have bought C919 (and CJ1000) precious time to run to the finish line. The aviation market won't recover to the pre-pandemic level until 2024 at the earliest. We heard there were internal discussions within the US government on whether to put COMAC on the entity-list, but the plan was eventually scrapped. We haven't heard anything of similar nature ever since. The US and Boeing are pressuring China to re-certify MAX and there appears to be some progress there.
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Comac reliance on western equipment is much more extensive than just the engines. The US does not need to explicitly sanction COMAC to retard the development of COMAC products. I would not say COMAC is any closer now to being able to compete on the international market than before 737Max debacle. If anything, it is farther now than it might have seemed at the end of 2019.
I don't think COMAC has any realistic plan to push C919 onto the international market any time soon. In fact, I even doubt COMAC is placing much priority on obtaining FAA certification as it did before, although EASA certification is probably still pursued. China will rely on its huge domestic market. The US hostility to China since Trump administration and Biden's Trump+ China policy have changed everything.
C919 will still be venerable to US sanctions after 2025, simply because it depends on so many foreign inputs. But the current situation has bought some time for COMAC, that is for sure. When C919 program was started, it followed the model and assumption of international cooperation, with the long-term goal of being indigenous in major subsystems (being as insecure as China has always been in strategic programs). Most of the foreign suppliers were required to set up joint ventures in China. As usual, China also has Plan B for most of these subsystems. The Huawei and other sanctions will accelerate the development of the indigenous subsystems and technologies.
C919 will still be venerable to US sanctions after 2025, simply because it depends on so many foreign inputs. But the current situation has bought some time for COMAC, that is for sure. When C919 program was started, it followed the model and assumption of international cooperation, with the long-term goal of being indigenous in major subsystems (being as insecure as China has always been in strategic programs). Most of the foreign suppliers were required to set up joint ventures in China. As usual, China also has Plan B for most of these subsystems. The Huawei and other sanctions will accelerate the development of the indigenous subsystems and technologies.
Thats right. This C919/CJ1000 is off-topic.
And I also had this to say:
So unless you want to continue the discussion or have anything to add about what I posted, whether it be about Chinese transport aircraft (to which we'll discuss on the current thread) or WS-20 as it pertains to Chinese commercial and civil aircraft operations (to which I suggest we continue said discussion on the C919 thread), I suggest that you stop taking what I posted out of context.
That's our Orthan!
Not for you to decide, troll
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FYI, you should have posed the question in either the C919 or the Chinese Engine Development thread, or even the Ask Anything thread.