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Photo: Su Dong GLOBAL TIMES, April 30: China has successfully sent the first section of its own space station - the Tianhe core module cabin - into preset orbit via a Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket from Wenchang spaceport in South Chinas Hainan Province on Thursday, kicking off an intense construction phase of the project. Encased in the extra-large fairing of the countrys state-of-the-art Long March-5B launch vehicle, the 16.6-meter-long, 4.2-meter-diameter Tianhe (literally meaning Harmony i...

JF-17 fighter jet gets J-20’s combat missile: reports Liu Xuanzun Published: Apr 29, 2021 06:19 PM A JF-17 fighter jet attached to the Pakistan Air Force flies towards the designated airspace during an air-to-ground offensive operation drill conducted by two Chinese JH-7 fighter bombers and two Pakistani JF-17 fighter jets on Sept. 20, 2017, which is part of the "Shaheen VI " joint training exercise launched by the air forces of China and Pakistan on Sept. 8 and scheduled to conclude on Sept...

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a major defense contractor, plans to produce a reusable aerospace plane and put it into commercial flight by 2030.   The plane will take off from and land on a conventional runway like a jetliner and will be capable of flying in near space or even into outer space. The low-cost aircraft will have high-quality safety features and will be used to fulfill a wide range of operations such as space tourism, astronaut commuting, satellite deployment, cargo t...

21 Apr in 1:07 Global Times Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after reaching its planned lifespan in 2024 and is working on a new station to replace it, Russian media reported on Sunday. Chinese observers said that Russias decision to build its own space station is consistent with its self-reliant principle of developing the aerospace industry but it will not overlook the option to cooperate on Chinas upcoming space station, as the craft might be the only operat...

SOURCE / ECONOMY By Ma Jingjing Published: Apr 07, 2021 07:28 PM A Mars probe is launched on a Long March-5 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south Chinas Hainan Province, July 23, 2020.(Photo: Xinhua) East Chinas Zhejiang Province plans to build an international spacecraft launch center in five years with total investment of 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) that will carry out 100 missions per year. However, industry experts on Wednesday called for prudence in approving the pro...

Or will it just be an upgrade of an existing stealth aircraft? The Shenyang Aircraft company, which manufactures China’s most advanced warplanes, recently announced plans to develop a new fourth-generation fighter (in Chinese nomenclature, “fourth generation” is equivalent to Western “fifth-generation” aircraft such as the F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters). “The company aims to make breakthroughs in its fourth-generation fighter jet program by boosting related technologies, including ...

The PLA will soon be able to airlift full-scale Chinese Main Battle Tanks. Heres What You Need to Remember: An ability to transport a Type T99 main battle tank would be massively significant to any kind of ground war effort, especially since the U.S. Army M1Abrams tanks need to deploy overseas by boat. Air deployment of a massive tank exponentially decreases deployment attack timelines and would enable a heavy mechanized force to strike on a vastly different timetable.  The People’s Liberat...

From:ChinaDaily   |  2021-03-12 07:46 Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nations major aircraft maker, is developing an airship to meet potential demand from tourists, according to a project insider. Zhang Jinhua, a senior designer at the Special Aircraft Research Institute, an AVIC subsidiary in Jingmen, Hubei province, that designs blimps and other types of special aircraft, said engineers are finalizing the design work for the AS700 airship and expect to carry out its maiden flight in...

AVIC floats idea of airships for tourists 1 An artists impression of the AS700 airship. (Photo provided to China Daily) Aviation Industry Corp of China, the nations major aircraft maker, is developing an airship to meet potential demand from tourists, according to a project insider. Zhang Jinhua, a senior designer at the Special Aircraft Research Institute, an AVIC subsidiary in Jingmen, Hubei province, that designs blimps and other types of special aircraft, said engineers are ...

China should learn from Russia’s Su-57 stealth fighter, according to Chinese media. The article in Chinamil.com, the Chinese military’s English-language news site, was peculiar in that it both criticized and praised the Su-57, of which Russia has only built ten so far, with thirteen more slated for 2020. This first appeared earlier and is being reposted due to reader interest. “The Su-57, Russias fifth-generation fighter jet comparable to Chinas J-20 and the US’ F-22, is usually conside...