He said military hospitals, not the usual civie ones. However, the latest round of cuts to PLA personnel have resulted in many military hospitals being transferred to normal civilian administration.
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by78
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This is a from Shanghai Jiaotong University. It announces the successful (and award-winning) development of a new magnesium-rare-earth alloy and its associated manufacturing processes. The project took some 20 years, and the the resulting alloy enjoys high-strength, light-weight, and other desirable properties for aerospace applications.
This new alloy is now in mass production and has been applied to a number of projects. Of particular interest to Chinese military watchers are the following projects:
1) Main structural components for the wing of "xx aircraft" under "Project 089". Twenty sets of these have been produced thus far. (My comment: Does anyone know what Project 089 is?)
2) Z-20 transport helicopter's rotor assembly. 50 sets have been produced. (My comment: It's nice to know the initial batch of Z-20 will number around 50 or more.)
3) Casing for "XX Anti-tank guided missile", of which close to than 10,000 have been produced.
4) Casing for YJ-21, HQ-16, etc. (My comment: What is YJ-21 missile? Do we have a photo of it?)
5) R&D finished for a new missile pylon for XXX fighter aircraft; R&D finished for various other aerospace parts, achieving a weight reduction greater than 25%.
Project 089's main wing structure under testing:
Z-20's rotor assembly under testing:
The full text of the press release is below. I don't have the time to post a detailed translation. Google's and Bing's translations are surprisingly good, but I can't post them here due to SDF's limit on the number of characters in a single post.
This new alloy is now in mass production and has been applied to a number of projects. Of particular interest to Chinese military watchers are the following projects:
1) Main structural components for the wing of "xx aircraft" under "Project 089". Twenty sets of these have been produced thus far. (My comment: Does anyone know what Project 089 is?)
2) Z-20 transport helicopter's rotor assembly. 50 sets have been produced. (My comment: It's nice to know the initial batch of Z-20 will number around 50 or more.)
3) Casing for "XX Anti-tank guided missile", of which close to than 10,000 have been produced.
4) Casing for YJ-21, HQ-16, etc. (My comment: What is YJ-21 missile? Do we have a photo of it?)
5) R&D finished for a new missile pylon for XXX fighter aircraft; R&D finished for various other aerospace parts, achieving a weight reduction greater than 25%.
Project 089's main wing structure under testing:
Z-20's rotor assembly under testing:
The full text of the press release is below. I don't have the time to post a detailed translation. Google's and Bing's translations are surprisingly good, but I can't post them here due to SDF's limit on the number of characters in a single post.
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SinoSoldier
Colonel
This is a from Shanghai Jiaotong University. It announces the successful (and award-winning) development of a new magnesium-rare-earth alloy and its associated manufacturing processes. The project took some 20 years, and the the resulting alloy enjoys high-strength, light-weight, and other desirable properties for aerospace applications.
This new alloy is now in mass production and has been applied to a number of projects. Of particular interest to Chinese military watchers are the following projects:
1) Main structural components for the wing of "xx aircraft" under "Project 089". Twenty sets of these have been produced thus far. (My comment: Does anyone know what Project 089 is?)
2) Z-20 transport helicopter's rotor assembly. 50 sets have been produced. (My comment: It's nice to know the initial batch of Z-20 will number around 50 or more.)
3) Casing for "XX Anti-tank guided missile", of which close to than 10,000 have been produced.
4) Casing for YJ-21, HQ-16, etc. (My comment: What is YJ-21 missile? Do we have a photo of it?)
5) R&D finished for a new missile pylon for XXX fighter aircraft; R&D finished for various other aerospace parts, achieving a weight reduction greater than 25%.
Project 089's main wing structure under testing:
Z-20's rotor assembly under testing:
The full text of the press release is below. I don't have the time to post a detailed translation. Google's and Bing's translations are surprisingly good, but I can't post them here due to SDF's limit on the number of characters in a single post.
I'll add my $0.02:
1. Project 089 is probably the J-XY carrier-based 5th-generation fighter. This is my personal guess.
2. YJ-21 could be the shipborne AShBM; the reason why I suspect this (once again, my personal guess) is that high-strength alloys are needed for the aerodynamic stresses of atmospheric re-entry and high-G maneuvers (as in pull-up maneuvers).
3. 50 sets doesn't necessarily mean 50 helicopters. We don't know how many "sets" of materials each Z-20 requires. For all we know it is possible that 5 rotor blades = 5 sets = 10 helicopters per batch.
EDIT #1: the Project 089 aircraft apparently utilizes a delta wing.
EDIT #2: there is also another XX missile that uses a FS-X turbofan engine. This may be an indication that it is a cruise missile of some sort.
I'll ask what Henri K. thinks of this.
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Judging by the shape of the structure in the provided image, I actually thought it might be the KJ-600.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
It could just be a part of the wing; the text mentions that it is a delta wing.
SinoSoldier
Colonel
This is a from Shanghai Jiaotong University. It announces the successful (and award-winning) development of a new magnesium-rare-earth alloy and its associated manufacturing processes. The project took some 20 years, and the the resulting alloy enjoys high-strength, light-weight, and other desirable properties for aerospace applications.
This new alloy is now in mass production and has been applied to a number of projects. Of particular interest to Chinese military watchers are the following projects:
1) Main structural components for the wing of "xx aircraft" under "Project 089". Twenty sets of these have been produced thus far. (My comment: Does anyone know what Project 089 is?)
2) Z-20 transport helicopter's rotor assembly. 50 sets have been produced. (My comment: It's nice to know the initial batch of Z-20 will number around 50 or more.)
3) Casing for "XX Anti-tank guided missile", of which close to than 10,000 have been produced.
4) Casing for YJ-21, HQ-16, etc. (My comment: What is YJ-21 missile? Do we have a photo of it?)
5) R&D finished for a new missile pylon for XXX fighter aircraft; R&D finished for various other aerospace parts, achieving a weight reduction greater than 25%.
Project 089's main wing structure under testing:
Z-20's rotor assembly under testing:
The full text of the press release is below. I don't have the time to post a detailed translation. Google's and Bing's translations are surprisingly good, but I can't post them here due to SDF's limit on the number of characters in a single post.
@Interstellar, any thoughts on this? Are you familiar with any of the mentioned projects?
by78
General
About the Z-20 helicopters. The press release makes it clear that the alloy was used in the casting of the rotor assembly (see photo in my original post), specifically what looks like the swash plate. This pretty much means 'one set' per helicopter, since Z-20 is a single-rotor helicopter. Therefore, "50 sets" means parts for 50 Z-20s.
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PRC project naming convention implies this project began in 2008 September. This timeline fits quite a few potential aircraft.
by78
General
I have made a careless mistake in translating the press release. The original Chinese caption for the first photo (shown below) states "xx翼结构设计与测试", which translate as "xx wing structural design and testing". It didn't mention Project 089 at all.
And on that point, the original caption for the second photo in the press release (as seen below) doesn't specify it's for Z-20, even though it clearly shows a rotor swash plate.
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