J-XX Stealthy Fighter Aircraft - (China stealth fighter)

Sino Defense ^ | July 10, 2005

[Flavius]

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According to the reports of the Jane's Defence Weekly, China has already launched its next generation stealthy fighter aircraft programme, and Shenyang Aircraft Industry Co. (SAC) has been selected to head research and development of a new fighter for the PLA Air Force (PLAAF).

PROGRAMME

According to the report from Jane's, development of the subsystems including the engine and weapon suite for the next generation fighter, which was codenamed by the Western intelligence as J-XX, has been underway for some time. Images of the concepts show a twin-engine aircraft sharing some design traits with Lockheed Martin's stealthy F/A-22 "Raptor" multirole fighter such as the internal carriage of its weapons.

Not too much public information about the programme is available at the moment. The aircraft, which could be designated as J-13 or J-14, is still going through initial concept work, the same stage as the USAF Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) programme in the early 1980s, which later led to the F/A-22 Raptor. Sources within China's confirmed that the SAC is looking at a twin-engine, single-seat, single vertical tale fin design, but other design proposals has yet been ruled out.

As China has developed close ties with Russia's aerospace industry and has license produced many planes of formal Soviet designs, it can be predicted that the J-XX would include some, if not many Russian technologies and designs. China has been offered a 'joint development and production' of a new fifth-generation fighter by Russia -LFI. Russia has been trying to sell this concept both to China and India for some time, but neither of them has committed fully yet. According to Russian resources, the LFI will be able to counter U.S. second fifth-generation Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

Stealth and thrust vectoring are two must-have features in all aircraft being designed in the 21st century. If is not clear that how much progress Chinese designers have made in these areas, and Chinese aircraft industry may have to take Western/Israeli/Russian helps to make the J-XX truly fouth-generation (or fifth-generation using the Russian standards). Once introduced, the J-12's immediate rival will be U.S. F/A-22, JSF and India's MCA (Medium Combat Aircraft).

Date Last Updated: 10 July 05

[Flavius]

[Joe Brower]

Ping.

[Cornpone]

Pretty bird.

[Uriah_lost]

Isn't that cute!! The silk fabric covering is supposed to be very stealthy....lol!

[Flavius]

im not even sure if those pictures are real

[Caipirabob]

"Yoo shore got a purty bird..."

Cool looking plane, let's hope it's built and works like a tool from Wal-Mart.

[Smokin' Joe]

I wonder if this was built using tooling the Clintons allowed to be sold to them--for building non-military aricraft, of course...

[skinkinthegrass]

You can bet; Shrillary (& her Ilk) is selling the ChiComs, all "the wares", they'll ever need....the Klintoons, the pair that keeps goin'...no dealin' too shady/no lie too big.

[Shery]

Thank the Clintons! They've done it again!

[Dallas59]

It's a knock-off.

[FreeAtlanta]

Our money, hard at work. Thanks to everyone for buying, made in China products.

[FreeAtlanta]

I think more of the credit goes to the American people for buying "Made in China". Although, Clinton does deserve his share.

[sully777]

"...designated the J-14...it is actually a full-scale engineering mockup..."

More engineering mock-ups of chinese stealthy aircraft. This one is called J-1 and was developed several thousand years ago. At the turn of the 20th century two brothers used the J-1 concept vehicle to launch what they called an aeroplane at Kittyhawk.

[Ninian Dryhope]

"single vertical tale fin design"

Tale fin? Are they telling tails?

[jamaksin]

Truly a "Fly By Wire" design - actually two wires!

[spetznaz]

bump

[LIConFem]

"It's a knock-off."

Given that it's based upon Russian technology, it's a knock-off of a knock-off.

[boomop1]

Um canard configuration, they copy everything and stole it from us they always do, as did the Russians.

[ICE-FLYER]

Somehow I can't escape the feeling that this "design" also meant $100,000 into DNC coffiers somewhere.

[tanknetter]

Sources within China's confirmed that the SAC is looking at a twin-engine, single-seat, single vertical tale fin design, but other design proposals has yet been ruled out

The text doesn't seem to match the picture (although there is the "has yet been ruled out" caveat).

Single vertical tail aircraft are decidedly non-stealthy, as the vertical stab(s) need to be canted (as with the F-117, F-22, F-35 and even the cancelled RAH-66) in order to properly reflect radar. A single vertical tail reflects radar about as well as a barn door.