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koxinga

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The People's Liberation Army Air Force declassified its latest hardware, the J-35A stealth fighter jet, on Tuesday, saying the model will make its public debut at an upcoming airshow.

Colonel Niu Wenbo from the PLA Air Force's Equipment Department told reporters at a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday morning that the J-35A will take part in the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, set for Nov 12-17 in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.

According to him, the J-35A is a mid-size stealth combat plane with multiple roles.

Beside a picture of the J-35A at an airport, the officer did not give details about the new aircraft such as whether it has been commissioned or in which way it will be shown to the public at the exhibition.

The announcement marked that the Chinese military has eventually made public the long-anticipated J-35 series, a hot topic of speculation and analysis among military observers at home and abroad.

Upon its commissioning, China will become the second nation, following the United States, which has two types of stealth fighter jets in active service.
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koxinga

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Comparision between the prototype (T-510) that was brought to the airshow versus the production run. Volk2 on X has a complete set of photos for comparision. The prototypes are definitely more rough around the edges literally, but not by much.

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seaspear

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The unavoidable comparision, courtesy of Deino.

Other than a choice of a twin engine setup, they probably were "inspired" by the design and layout of the F-35.


The F 35 does look to have a wider diameter which comes from its core design including the f35b stovl , I would imagine comparing these two aircraft are like comparing apples and oranges and until we know more about this aircrafts capabilities we should not assume this aircraft has abilities that match those of the f35a
 

John Fedup

The Bunker Group
The J-20S, a seat version is described in the link. A second person in the jet for handling loyal wingman jets and other stuff, a huge plus IMHO. Other than 6th Gen projects, which may or maybe not have a second seat, the West has no stealth 2-seat jet. Might explain why the US is expanding the Raider’s role and possibly an increased buy.

 

SolarisKenzo

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Turkey close to finalizing deal for 40 Eurofighter Typhoons after years of Airbus veto.

Typhoon is by far the most popular european fighter jet of the 3 currently in production (Typhoon, Rafale, Gripen).
As of today, 750 planes were ordered (Turkey not included) and the consortium plans to reach 850 planes ordered very soon.
More than 600 planes have been delivered as of early 2024.

EF-2000 ORDERS:
Tranche 1: 148 planes
Tranche 2: 275 planes
Tranche 3: 200 planes
Tranche 4: 103 planes
Potential orders: Turkey (up to 40), Poland (up to 32), Saudi Arabia (up to 54) and Qatar (up to 12).
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are currently negotiating with the consortium and are already operating the plane.
 

Ananda

The Bunker Group

Deino put the article as well rounded assessment, thus I take his word on that, as Deino himself quite well rounded analysts on PLA. If we see the article, seems Rick Joe believe that J-35 will hold considerable future within PLAAF inventory.

Don't forget PLAN also already shown use J-35 Naval variance mock up aboard Fujian. Thus J-35N potentially will be use on considerable population also by PLAN. This is also China 5th gen that being offered to export market. They don't offer J-20 for export.

Add:

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From Deino X : x.com

Both J-35 PLAAF and PLAN variance.
 
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Sandhi Yudha

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Some potentially bad news for the GCAP program, Reaction Engines seems to be in distress. They have reported several interesting developments for several years now but......?

MOD in discussions over Reaction Engines collapse
It would be a loss if this company, specialized in highly advanced products/developments, closes its doors permanently. The British government should financially support or take over the ownership of this company and make it state property.
If they don't to this, a certain country is absolutely willing to reach put a helping hand and take over the company with all its knowledge and expertise.
 
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koxinga

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Some potentially bad news for the GCAP program, Reaction Engines seems to be in distress. They have reported several interesting developments for several years now but......?

MOD in discussions over Reaction Engines collapse
This has nothing to do with GCAP. RR has interesting ideas but they were far from an actual working engine, much less Skylon. Just the pre-cooler was built and tested, which at best was a proof-of-concept. The UK Space Agency seems to just focus on space science and ignores any attempt to fund or encourage domestic launch vehicles.

 
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