AEP500 final phase has begun. airborne testing
5000 KW power turboshaft engine is also under development.
Chinese Engine Development
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5000 KW power turboshaft engine is also under development.
According to this, Shenyang Liming's Aeroengine related business saw its revenue increase by 98.72% in first half of 2022. That would indicate close to doubling the production of WS-10 series and some WS-20. J-20's 2021 H1 production rate was probably at 30 per year, flankers were at 50 to 60 a year? and J-10 was at 30 a year. 2022 H1, I think production rate for J-20 maybe at 70 a year, flankers maybe at 70 a year a year and J-10 still at 30 a year. Maybe more spares are produced also?
The total revenue is said to be 92.9 billion RMB -> $13.3 billion. That seems like a lot if they produced 250 engines in half year even if we include servicing from previous years. Not really sure.
The total revenue is said to be 92.9 billion RMB -> $13.3 billion. That seems like a lot if they produced 250 engines in half year even if we include servicing from previous years. Not really sure.
According to the latest article by Yankee they are restarting engine development for L-15. Nothing like doing things at the last minute am I right?
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To be fair development now will probably be much faster than it was a half decade ago.
well people say necessity is the mother of invention.
now that the supply of Al-222 engines is in serious doubt after Zelensky nationalized Motor Sich, China is prudent to pursue an indigenous engine for the L-15.
China is still sourcing AI-222 engines from Ukraine after 2014? Hasn't they switched that to Russia?
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no, i saw some annoucement during the zhuhai airshow that domestic L-15 engine program has restarted...
They should, and they better be. Even if Motor Sich isn't forcefully nationalized by the Ukrainian government, the ongoing war in Ukraine would have pretty much wrecked the industrial capacity of Ukraine enough that Motor Sich would struggle to survive, let along able to fulfill orders from China.
