last year during press conference Liu Daxiang said -Even Orca acknowledges that WS-15 is progressing very smoothly, which is collaborated by official sources like Liu Daxiang. Only gripe he has is that it doesn’t generate as high of a maximum thrust as the optimistic projections.
1. we have master the core technology of Turbofan engines. 3rd generation engines are in serial production like WS-10 and others.
2. 4th generation machine also successfully conquered but we have yet to start serial production. like WS-15
3. breakthrough has achieved in next generation machine technologies. with T/W ratio of 15.
4. by 2035 China will become the tier1 engine manufacturer.