Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KHI) is a Japanese public multinational corporation manufacturer of motorcycles,engines,heavy equipment,aerospace and defense equipment,rolling stock and ships,headquartered in Minato,Tokyo,Japan. It is also active in the production of industrial robots,gas turbines,pumps,boilers and other industrial products. The company is named after its founder,ShōzōKawasaki. KHI is known as one of the three major heavy industrial manufacturers of Japan,alongside Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI. Prior to the Second World War,KHI was part of the Kobe Kawasaki zaibatsu,which included Kawasaki Steel and Kawasaki Kisen. After the conflict,KHI became part of the DKB Group (keiretsu).
Soko was a Yugoslav aircraft manufacturer based in Mostar,SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company was responsible for the production of many military aircraft for the Yugoslav Air Force.
The Shenyang J-5 is a Chinese-built single-seat jet interceptor and fighter aircraft derived from the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. The J-5 was exported as the F-5 and was originally designated Dongfeng-101 and also Type 56 before being designated J-5 in 1964.
The Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon,is a medium-weight,single-engine,multirole combat aircraft using a delta wing and canard design. It is produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF),Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF). The J-10 is mainly designed for air-to-air combat,but can also perform strike missions.
J-XXJ-X,and XXJ are names applied by Western intelligence agencies to describe programs by the People's Republic of China to develop multiple fifth-generation and sixth-generation fighter aircraft. General He Weirong,Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF),stated that China had several such programs underway and that an undesignated fifth-generation fighter developed jointly by Chengdu Aerospace Corporation and Shenyang Aerospace Corporation would be in service by 2018.
The PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is a Russian aerospace and defense corporation. With a majority stake belonging to the Russian government,it consolidates Russian private and state-owned aircraft manufacturing companies and assets engaged in the manufacture,design,and sale of military,civilian,transport,and unmanned aircraft. Its corporate office is at Leningradsky Avenue,Khoroshyovsky District,Moscow.
Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer in Shenyang,Liaoning and a subsidiary of AVIC. Founded in 1951 as the classified 112 Factory,it is the oldest aircraft manufacturer in the People's Republic of China. The company mainly focuses on designing and manufacturing civilian and military aircraft and related components including jet engines,as well as UAVs such as SYAC UAV.
Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation (GAIC) or Guizhou Aviation Aircraft Co Ltd (GAC) is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and military aircraft based in Guiyang,Guizhou. It is a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). The company's core products include trainers,turbojets,UAVs,missiles and launchers. Within a joint venture with Subaru named Yunque (云雀),they've also built Chinese license versions of cars like Subaru Rex and Subaru Vivio.
The JSC Yakovlev Corporation is a Russian aircraft manufacturer,headquartered in the Aeroport District,Northern Administrative Okrug,Moscow,It is the manufacturer of the Sukhoi Su-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft. The company was founded in 1932 in the Transbaykal region of the Soviet Union as the Irkutsk Aviation Plant (IAP). It was formerly known as Irkut Corporation.
China International Aviation &Aerospace Exhibition (中国国际航空航天博览会),also known as the Airshow China (中国航展) and Zhuhai Airshow (珠海航展),is a once-two-year international aerospace trade expo held in Zhuhai,Guangdong,since 1996. It is the largest airshow in China.
The Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin is a Japanese experimental aircraft for testing advanced stealth fighter aircraft technologies. It is being developed by the Japanese Ministry of Defense Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI) for research purposes. The main contractor of the project is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Many consider this aircraft to be Japan's first domestically made stealth fighter. ATD-X is an abbreviation for "Advanced Technology Demonstrator –X". The aircraft is widely known in Japan as Shinshin although the name itself is an early code name within the Japan Self-Defense Forces and is not officially in use. The aircraft's first flight was on 22 April 2016.
The Guizhou JL-9,also known as the FTC-2000 Mountain Eagle,is a family of two-seat transonic advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft developed by the Guizhou Aviation Industry Import/Export Company (GAIEC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF).
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is a Chinese state-owned publicly-traded aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Beijing. AVIC is overseen by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. It is ranked 140th in the Fortune Global 500 list as of 2021,and has over 100 subsidiaries,27 listed companies and 500,000 employees across the globe. AVIC is also the sixth largest defense contractor globally as of 2022 and second largest Chinese defense contractor with total revenue of $79 billion.
A fifth-generation fighter is a jet fighter aircraft classification which includes major technologies developed during the first part of the 21st century. As of 2024,these are the most advanced fighters in operation. The characteristics of a fifth-generation fighter are not universally agreed upon,and not every fifth-generation type necessarily has them all;however,they typically include stealth,low-probability-of-intercept radar (LPIR),agile airframes with supercruise performance,advanced avionics features,and highly integrated computer systems capable of networking with other elements within the battlespace for situational awareness and C3 (command,control and communications) capabilities.
A sixth-generation fighter is a conceptualized class of jet fighter aircraft design more advanced than the fifth-generation jet fighters that are currently in service and development. Several countries have announced the development of a national sixth-generation aircraft program,including China,the United States,and Russia. Whilst other countries have joined collaborative multinational projects such as Japan,Italy,and the United Kingdom with Global Combat Air Programme,and France,Germany,and Spain with FCAS;in order to spread development and procurement costs. The first sixth-generation fighters are expected to enter service in the 2030s.
The WS-13,codename Taishan,is a turbofan engine designed and manufactured by Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation to power the CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder lightweight multirole fighter jointly developed by China and Pakistan,and in the near future the Shenyang FC-31 fifth-generation stealth fighter currently under development.
Aircraft manufacturing is an important industrial sector in Russia,employing around 355,300 people. The dissolution of the Soviet Union led to a deep crisis for the industry,especially for the civilian aircraft segment. The situation started improving during the middle of the first decade of the 2000s due to growth in air transportation and increasing demand. A consolidation programme launched in 2005 led to the creation of the United Aircraft Corporation holding company,which includes most of the industry's key companies. After 2022,reviving the passenger aircraft industry in Russia became the main goal.
The Chengdu J-20,also known as Mighty Dragon,is a twin-engine all-weather stealth fighter developed by China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The J-20 is designed as an air superiority fighter with precision strike capability. The aircraft has three notable variants:the initial production model,the revised airframe variant with new engines and thrust-vectoring control,and the aircraft-teaming capable twin-seat variant.
The Shenyang J-35 is a series of Chinese twin-engine,all-weather,stealth multirole combat aircraft manufactured by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC),designed for air superiority and surface strike missions. The aircraft reportedly has two variants,a land-based variant designed for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF),and a carrier-based variant optimized for catapult-assisted takeoff (CATOBAR) for the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF).
The Shenyang WS-15,codename Emei,is a Chinese afterburning turbofan engine designed by the Shenyang Aeroengine Research Institute and manufactured by the Shenyang Liming Aircraft Engine Company.
