China aircraft maker to promote new generation planes at air show

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

The plane certainly shows the best engineering qualities of Chinese Engineers.
Just a amazing platform for Transportation, 10 Units would be excellent , with gradual introduction over years

I would be keen on the J31 - since it is available for Immediate needs

36 - J31 (Immediate Consideration)
10 - Y20 (Nice to have)

Y20 is beautiful machine , and if you want to Modernize Military , it is a must have

State of the art

Pakistan really should have 50 Transport planes based on the size of its Army
We only have 18 planes , so certainly a shortage & not to mention Technology upgrade is needed

 

[ahojunk]

China Set to Show Off J-31 Stealth Fighter, Y-20 Heavy Transport Aircraft Later This Year

Beijing will tout its two indigenous military aviation platforms at the 2016 Zhuhai airshow.

By Ankit Panda
September 13, 2016

China is set to show off its J-31 advanced stealth fighter and Y-20 heavy transport aircraft later this year at a trade show. According to Xinhua, China’s state-owned news agency, the Aviation Industry Corp. (AVIC) of China, a major state-owned defense aviation enterprise, will feature the two aircraft prominently at the upcoming 11th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in the southern city of Zhuhai, in Guangdong province. The show will open on November 1.

The two aircraft are built by AVIC subsidiaries; the J-31 (also known as the “Gyrfalcon”) is built by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and the Y-20 (codenamed the Kunpeng and nicknamed “Chubby Girl”) by Xian Aircraft Industrial Corporation. The Y-20 was introduced into service with China’s People’s Liberation Army-Air Force (PLAAF) earlier this summer while the J-31 is set to enter service with the PLAAF in roughly two to three years by most independent estimates.

Both aircraft fulfill drastically different strategic roles for the PLAAF. The Y-20 will abet Chinese expeditionary military operations with heavy transport and strategic airlift duties, much like the U.S. and the J-31 serving an agile multirole function, much like the U.S. C-117 Globemaster and Soviet Antonov An-70. F-35 Lightning Joint Strike Fighter. Indeed, the design of the J-31 is believed to have been the product of industrial espionage of the F-35. The two aircraft share common hardware elements, including a similar airframe design and two internal weapons bays. Though much the aircraft’s detailed specifications remain publicly unknown, aviation experts estimate that the J-31 features inferior avionics to the F-35.

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The Zhuhai show later this year will be far from the first time AVIC has promoted the J-31. As my colleague Franz-Stefan Gady reported last year, AVIC promoted the aircraft for the first time overseas at the Dubai Air Show in the United Arab Emirates. Moreover, AVIC promoted the J-31 at the Zhuhai airshow in 2014, kicking off a spate of speculation that Beijing was interested in offering the aircraft as an export model–a low-cost F-35 competitor of sorts for states with tighter budgets and less geopolitical amity with the United States. (The Chengdu J-20, meanwhile, much like the U.S. F-22 Raptor, is restricted for PLAAF use exclusively and barred for export.)

 

[Ultima Thule]

10 - Y20 (Nice to have)

4 to 6 are enough for pakistan

Pakistan really should have 50 Transport planes based on the size of its Army

what are you talking about, 50 is overcapacity for pakistan armed forces, i must say we should have at-least 25 to 30 transporters that is enough for pakistan

 

[Mentee]

4 to 6 are enough for pakistan

what are you talking about,
50 is overcapacity for pakistan armed forces, i must say we should have at-least 25 to 30 transporters that is enough for pakistan

Sir pharva lo gy ksi din

The plane certainly shows the best engineering qualities of Chinese Engineers.
Just a amazing platform for Transportation, 10 Units would be excellent , with gradual introduction over years

I would be keen on the J31 - since it is available for Immediate needs

36 - J31 (Immediate Consideration)
10 - Y20 (Nice to have)

Y20 is beautiful machine , and if you want to Modernize Military , it is a must have

State of the art

Pakistan really should have 50 Transport planes based on the size of its Army
We only have 18 planes , so certainly a shortage & not to mention Technology upgrade is needed

Considering the upcoming strategic challenges and the size of our military at least 50 transport aircrafts are a must

 

[Mrc]

I think both are must have

 

[Ultima Thule]

Considering the upcoming strategic challenges and the size of our military at least 50 transport aircrafts are a must

why we need 50 tranporters? give me the reasons?

 

[Mentee]

why we need 50 tranporters? give me the reasons?

Today is Eid, so plz don't get me started, Qurbani Kr Li?

 

[Ultima Thule]

Today is Eid, so plz don't get me started, Qurbani Kr Li?

Yes and you bro

 

[Mentee]

Yes and you bro

G, as we are talking now, goat's liver heart and lungs have been put into a pan , kitchen's and my stomach's temperature is heating up

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

The plane certainly shows the best engineering qualities of Chinese Engineers.
Just a amazing platform for Transportation, 10 Units would be excellent , with gradual introduction over years

I would be keen on the J31 - since it is available for Immediate needs

36 - J31 (Immediate Consideration)
10 - Y20 (Nice to have)



Y20 is beautiful machine , and if you want to Modernize Military , it is a must have

State of the art

Pakistan really should have 50 Transport planes based on the size of its Army
We only have 18 planes , so certainly a shortage & not to mention Technology upgrade is needed

These are must haves only if u intend to project power across vast distances, between different theaters. Just 4-5 would be sufficient for Pakistan.

 

[S10]

Is Pakistan interested in acquiring the Y-20 planes? PAF might need something bigger and faster than the C-130s for transport and paratroop operations. I can see PAF acquiring at least six or more.

Pakistan doesn't need strategic transport due to its smaller geographical area compared to India.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Once again no news release from our Air Chief that he is planning to visit and sign an order

 

[PakEye]

Is Pakistan interested in acquiring the Y-20 planes? PAF might need something bigger and faster than the C-130s for transport and paratroop operations. I can see PAF acquiring at least six or more.

U.S Glob Master for PAF

 

[lcloo]

U.S Glob Master for PAF

Sorry guy, US production line for this plane is closed.

 

[Beast]

Sorry guy, US production line for this plane is closed.

I think he means Y-20.