Ukraine plans to license produce Chinese L-15

[Dungeness]

Ukraine plans to license produce Chinese L-15

Ukraine is seeking to license produce the Hongdu L-15 advanced jet trainer. Odessa Aviation Plant will assemble the aircraft locally.

Ukraine hopes to start the process next year. The number of planes and the cost is not revealed.

The Chinese jet is currently powered by Ukraine’s AI-222-25F engines.



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[Beast]

Ukraine plans to license produce Chinese L-15

Ukraine is seeking to license produce the Hongdu L-15 advanced jet trainer. Odessa Aviation Plant will assemble the aircraft locally.

Ukraine hopes to start the process next year. The number of planes and the cost is not revealed.

The Chinese jet is currently powered by Ukraine’s AI-222-25F engines.



Alert 5 » Ukraine plans to license produce Chinese L-15 - Military Aviation News

Ukraine is now in a mess. They owe China 7billions of money and given the very slow progress of L-15 induction. I doubt whether even the Ukaraine can deliver the engine to China for our L-15 and not to mention license produce our L-15.

 

[Dungeness]

Ukraine is now in a mess. They owe China 7billions of money and given the very slow progress of L-15 induction. I doubt whether even the Ukaraine can deliver the engine to China for our L-15 and not to mention license produce our L-15.

Ukraine is not those developing countries, and they should be able to pay China back one way or the other in the long run. They still have things that China needs.

 

[Beast]

Ukraine is not those developing countries, and they should be able to pay China back one way or the other in the long run. They still have things that China needs.

Ukraine technology is all the legacy of Soviet Union. They have a very incompetent government and corruption level is very high. Ukrainian is highly anti russian and we are an allies of Russian. So it a messy load of situation.

 

[yugocrosrb95]

Ukraine technology is all the legacy of Soviet Union.

...and you're assuming that Ukraine's military technology didn't advanced at all, how naive...

I wonder if L-15 can use a variant of Ukranian engine that can do thrust vectoring...

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Lucky that soviet facilities was created in Ukraine.

 

[yugocrosrb95]

Lucky that soviet facilities was created in Ukraine.

You're ignorant...

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

You're ignorant...

Ok Mr. Knowall. Let me be.

 

[Beast]

...and you're assuming that Ukraine's military technology didn't advanced at all, how naive...

I wonder if L-15 can use a variant of Ukranian engine that can do thrust vectoring...

Indeed. Most of the stuff is inherit from Soviet Union times. Most importantly, most of those top scientist has left and joined China institution or others where good pay and better life awaits them.

Look at the expertise of Ukraine military industries, it mostly link to previous Soviet Union industries they work on like transport plane, turboshaft ,tank and naval industries. That is why they couldn't design a decent trainer or fighter jet and need China help for license production.

 

[Dungeness]

Ukraine technology is all the legacy of Soviet Union. They have a very incompetent government and corruption level is very high. Ukrainian is highly anti russian and we are an allies of Russian. So it a messy load of situation.

This opportunity is precisely due to their current relationship with Russia, otherwise they would buy Yak-130. China is the master of relationship balancing, so it should not be a problem to get Russian's consensus. It is just a trainer.

 

[black-hawk_101]

T-50 is a better option.

 

[Beast]

T-50 is a better option.

Nonsense. T-50 is inferior to L-15. L-15 equipped with PESA.

 

[zestokryl]

Odessa Aviation Plant is not in a good shape. They are barely capable of overhauling MiG 21. Most of the workers are in the retirement age

 

[aliaselin]

Rumors said Ukraine had failed to produce a single engine last year.

 

[Economic superpower]

Rumors said Ukraine had failed to produce a single engine last year.

Forget producing jet engines. Ukraine is completely bankrupt and is now a failed state.