China’s Air Force equipped with domestic-made new-generation fighter

http://english.people.com.cn/200612/29/eng20061229_336997.html

Sources with the Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said Friday that it has been equipped with China-made new-generation fighter aircraft, the Jian-10, or Fighter-10.

An Air Force officer told Xinhua the force’s “overall battle effectiveness has been noticeably enhanced” after being equipped with the aircraft and through intensive drills and training.

He disclosed that Jian-10 was capable of launching “precision attacks while hedgehopping and making long-distance assaults at altitude above 10,000 meters”. Air fleet drills have also been successfully carried out, he said.

The Information Office of the State Council also said on Friday in a white paper on national defence: “The Air Force is working to build an ‘informationized’ air fighting force with both offensive and defensive capabilities.

“It is reducing the number of combat aircraft, giving priority to the development of new fighters as well as air and missile defense weapons,” it said.

The military sources have never revealed the specifications of Jian-10, but foreign observers have said it is comparable to mainstream fighter aircraft in the West.

Source: Xinhua

Great news!

The declassifying J10 means Chinese Aviation industries now moving to the next generation of fighter jets. It was said China’s official Central TV station will run a special report on J10 as well, Hope the J10 footage will be available for download soon

What I mean F-22 class fighter here is that the fighter belongs to the same generation of F-22 identified by its 4”S”. I’m trying not to mention 4th or 5th Gen fighter which is quite confused from my previous experiences.

J-XX most likely will not have the same level of stealth of F-22, but more similar to that of F-35, I don’t think PLAAF will purchase a J-XX as expensive as F-22.

Well, I check the original words in Chinese from Prof Zhang Daguang from Chinese National Defense University and what he said in the interview is “China is also developing technologies for stealth bombers ” not “stealth bombers” so the title: Chinese Stealth Bomber Plan Unveiled is not accurate. Most likely Chinese is building up relevant technologies databank for future the real stealth bomber developments.

China has clearly told Russia to remain quiet.

offcourse Russians are not doing the same job. they are doing some thing better.

1,Funny, how clearly is that clearly, Kanwa, which has close link to the Russian source, already deny any Russian involvements in the Chinese KJ2000 project, all you quote either out of date or your own vision,

2.OK, you mean you’re better than Jane’s Radar experts who work on the world electronically scanned radar because the Jane’s experts failed to pick up Russians’ better job yet you did

and what Janes said in 2004 than

Jane’s has ever since updated its information on Chinese AWACS, how about you?

Jane’s Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems

A four horse race:

As this edition of Jane’s Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems went to press, the global Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW & C) market was effectively dominated by four architectures: Ericsson Microwave’s Erieye surveillance radar mounted on either an Embraer ERJ-145 or Saab 340/2000 airframe, Lockheed Martin’s AN/APS-145 radar installed (predominantly) aboard Northrop Grumman’s Hawkeye platform, Northrop Grumman’s Multirole Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) sensor mounted on a Boeing 737 airframe and Elta System’s Phalcon AEW & C suite installed aboard either a Beriev A-50/Ilyushin Il-76 or Gulfstream G500 series airframe. Of these, Erieye-based systems are in service with the air forces of Brazil, Greece, Mexico and Sweden and are being bid to South Korea and Pakistan (Saab 2000 aircraft), while Northrop Grumman continues to produce E-2C Hawkeye 2000 aircraft for the US Navy and is gearing up to produce the next generation E-2D platform which features a new ESA/mechanical scanning radar that is being developed by Lockheed Martin. For its part, the Boeing 737/MESA combination has been ordered by Australia and Turkey and is a strong contender to meet South Korea’s long standing E-X AEW & C requirement. Variants of Elta’s Phalcon suite are mandated for an Indian Il-76 application and Israel’s Gulfstream G500 series compact AEW platform, with the latter application forming the basis of a South Korean E-X bid. While these four architectures are currently pre-eminent, readers should also note that India has restarted its indigenous AEW & C programme and is developing an indigenous ESA radar which, in the first instance, will be applied to an ERJ-145 platform. Elsewhere, China has embarked on a two-pronged national AEW & C effort that centres around AEW & C variants of the Y-8 and Il-76 transport aircraft. Here, the Y-8 application makes use of what is believed to be an AESA radar that features a ‘plank’ antenna not dissimilar to that used with the Erieye sensor, while the Il-76 platform is equipped with a fixed, dorsal ‘rotodome’ that is suggestive of an ESA/AESA radar that makes use of three fixed transceiver arrays arranged in a triangular configuration to provide 360º coverage in azimuth.

So you may be surprised to find out who’s the shareholder behind the south Korean company you mentioned!

So when did China develop these electronics or do they just produce? Russia can produce such things too… where do you think electronics boards from S-300 electronics come from? It doesnt’ all come from South Korea…

Or really, have a close check on the Godson 2E CPU a 90nm processor developed by Chinese scientists.

So next time when you come across a Godson powered PC made by Lonovo, don’t be too much surprised. Anyway, it’s good news for consumers like you and me.

Chinese made great progress in the PD radar area in recent years as acknowledged by no other but Russians. So for next generation radar developments, like those fashionable AESA, actually the principle of the newer radar still the same, but the features are enriched by the introduction of active T/R units and greater computing power that backs up the use of such active array. In these 2 areas, T/R units are a semiconductor issue and computing power more a chip design issue, where China seems to have better industries,

http://www.isuppli.com/marketwatch/default.asp?id=307

U.S. in the Lead…
The fact the United States is the largest nation for electronic design contrasts sharply with the country’s propensity to outsource manufacturing to other regions, noted Greg Sheppard, executive vice president for iSuppli. While actual production of electronic equipment is decreasing in the United States, the influence of the nation’s design activity is on the rise.

More than 40.2 percent of new semiconductor sales in 2005 will be driven by design activity in the United States, according to the DIT. This is by far the largest growth among the top-10 design nations. Japan will be second, accounting for 15.5 percent, followed closely by China/Hong Kong at 14.8 percent and then Taiwan at 10.1 percent.

The U.S. design industry is being aided by relatively strong shipment growth in 2005 in the markets for industrial and automotive equipment, although the nation has robust activity in all application markets, including consumer electronics and computers, Sheppard said.

…but China Has Designs on Design
While still trailing its manufacturing activities, China is gaining electronic-design momentum and is moving rapidly into the upper echelons of the market. China in 2005 will surpass South Korea to take the number-five rank in design- driven semiconductor purchasing, and is on track to pass Germany to take fourth place next year, according to Sheppard.

When combining China/Hong Kong and Taiwan together, the region’s performance is even more impressive, with the three regions collectively generating almost as much design activity as Japan this year. By 2006, China/Hong Kong/ Taiwan likely will surpass Japan and become the world’s second-largest region for design-driven semiconductor sales after the United States, according to Sheppard.