Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group
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Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group is a Chinese aerospace company with business in building fighters and aircraft parts manufacturer. It was founded in 1958 (as Chengdu State Aircraft Factory No.132 Aircraft Plant) as a supplier of military aircraft for China's military. Currently, it is a subsidiary of AVIC I.
The 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China has damaged the facilities of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation [1]. Significant damage has been done to China's defense industry by the earthquake, specifically the Chengdu aerospace complex that is just northwest of the city and comprises a large production facility, the largest military aircraft design center in all of China, and a jet engine production plant. This conglomerate designed and now produces the Jian-10 (J-10)/FC-20 single-engine medium weight fighter that is considered to be the most advanced in China's inventory, and the FC-1/JF-17 lightweight fighter that is produced in cooperation with Pakistan.
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[edit] Products
Parts
- ACAC ARJ21 nose section
- Chinese licensee of McDonnell Douglas MD-80 / MD-90
- parts supplier for Northrop Grumman
- empennage (horizontal stabilizer, vertical fin and tail section) for the Boeing 757
- parts and maintenance tools for Airbus Industries
Fighters
- J-7 fighter - Chinese variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21; examples built for export are designated "F-7"
- JF-17 Thunder/FC-1 single-seat lightweight multi-purpose fighter - single-engine derivative of the Soviet-era MiG-29
- Chengdu J-10
- Chengdu Super-10
- Chengdu J-13
- Chengdu J-14
Trainers
- JianJiao-5 (JJ-5) basic trainer
- JianJiao-7 (JJ-7) advanced fighter trainer
Engines
- WP13 turbojet engine for the F-8 fighter
[edit] Facilities
- Chengdu Airframe Plant
- Chengdu Engine Company
- Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute
[edit] See also
- Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation
- China Aviation Industry Corporation
- ACAC consortium
- China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- Guizhou Aircraft Industry Co.
- Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation
- Shanghai Aviation Industrial Company
- Shanxi Aircraft Company
- Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
- Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
- People's Liberation Army Air Force
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