China Confirms Development OF Y-20 Large Transport Aircraft

Chinese Y-20 Long Range Transport Aircraft

China confirms development of Y-20 large transport aircraft to meet its military modernization drive, a China’s Ministry of Defense spokesman said.

"We are developing large transport aircraft on our own to improve the capability of military transport," spokesman Yang Yujun said at a monthly news briefing held days after photos of a Y-20 appeared on the internet.

The advanced long-range aircraft is being developed to serve the military modernization drive, as well as to meet demands in disaster relief work and humanitarian aid in emergency situations, he added.

Sri Lankan Air Force To Purchase JF-17

JF-17 Thunder Aircraft

The Sri Lanka Air Force is due to is arranging to purchase six JF -17 planes, according to the progress report of Ministry of Defense. These aircraft are due to be purchased under the 2013 finalised projects.

The JF-17 Thunder co-developed by Pakistan Air Force and China Aero Technology Import Export Cooperation (CATIC) and co-produced by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC).

The JF-17 Thunder is an all weather, multi-role, light combat aircraft that has the potential to be the main stay & work horse of any Air Force.

In addition, 17 Mi-17 helicopters are also due to be purchased. These are to be utilized for passenger transport.

China Says Its J-15 Carrier Fighter Is Superior to Russian Su-33

J-15 carrier-borne fighter jet

China Says its J-15 carrier fighter jet has successfully go through a series of sailing and technological tests on the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, marking a big success of the carrier-borne fighter jet individually developed by China and a major revolution in the development of aircraft carrier technology.

The J-15 is equipped with two high-power  jet engines and a brand-new system of high lift device, takeoff and landing device and arrester hook. Its wing can be folded up to both maintain the outstanding combat capability and meet the special condition of landing on the Liaoning. Featuring large combat radius, excellent maneuvering performance and high bombs carrying capacity, the J-15 has a fighting capability of full sea and full airspace.

Foreign media especially Russian media guessed that the J-15 is a copy of Russian Su-33 carrier-borne fighter jet because its appearance is similar to Su-33. In this regard, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense of China Geng Yansheng said  "The world military affairs have an objective law of development. Many weapons have the same design principle and some command and protection methods are also similar. Therefore, it at least is non-professional to conclude that China copied the aircraft carrier technology of other countries only by simply comparison.”

First, J-15 has an avionics more advanced than Su-33. Su-33 is equipped with old-fashioned ARINC429 discrete avionics system of one-way low-speed data bus, while J-15 adopts joint avionics system of bidirectional data bus.

TS-100, the Su-33's fire-control computer, has a computing speed of only 170,000 times per second, while the J-15's fire-control computer has an estimated computing speed of over several million times per second.

The J-15 owns a much more advanced radar system than the Su-33. Due to its backward avionics system, the Su-33 can only serve as interceptors, and is incapable of air-to-ground precision strike.

The J-15 adopts improved materials and production techniques, and thus has greater strength and lighter weight.

Finally, the J-15 is powered by home-made Taihang (WS-10) turbofan engine, which is more powerful than the Su-33's engine. Overall, the J-15 is superior to the Su-33, and is comparable to world-class carrier-based aircraft such as the United States' F-18 and France's Rafale.

India's Jaguar Darin III Makes Maiden Flight

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) successfully carried out the maiden flight of avionics upgraded IAF Jaguar aircraft "Darin III". "This is important flash for HAL as the upgrade will result in major operational development with regard to all weather air to ground, air to sea and air to air capabilities through incorporation of multi-mode radar".

IAF Jaguar Darin III upgraded Aircraft

IAF Jaguar Darin III upgraded Aircraft

Chinese Hypersonic Sino-Waverider Unveiled At Beijing Aviation Museum

Concept model of the Chinese Sino-Waverider being unveiled at the Beijing Aviation Museum which seems similar to the American X-51 WaveRider unmanned scramjet hypersonic aircraft.

Chinese Hypersonic Sino-Waverider

Chinese Hypersonic Sino-Waverider

J-15 FLYING SHARK FLIGHT JET LANDING AT LIAONING CV16 AIRCRAFT CARRIER

J-15 FLYING SHARK FLIGHT JET 

J-15 FLYING SHARK FLIGHT JET 

J-15 FLYING SHARK FLIGHT JET 

J-15 FLYING SHARK FLIGHT JET