Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group

Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group
Chengdu Aerospace (成飞)
Native name
航空工业成都飞机工业(集团)有限责任公司
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAerospace, defense
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
HeadquartersChengdu, Sichuan, China
Key people
Wang Guangya (Chairman)[1]
ProductsMilitary aircraft
Number of employees
20,000
ParentAviation Industry Corporation of China
Websitecac.avic.com
Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group
Simplified Chinese成都飞机工业集团
Traditional Chinese成都飛機工業集團
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChéngdū Fēijī Gōngyè Jítuán

Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, traditionally known as Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (CAC; commonly known as Chengdu Aerospace), a subsidiary of AVIC, is a Chinese aerospace conglomerate that designs and manufactures combat aircraft and is also a manufacturer of aircraft parts. It was founded in 1958 as the National 132th Factory in Chengdu, Sichuan to be an aircraft supplier for the Chinese military.

Chengdu Aerospace designed and now produces the Chengdu J-10 light-weight multi-role fighter and Chengdu J-20 fifth-generation jet fighter, that are considered to be two of the most advanced weapons in China's inventory, as well as the CAC/PAC FC-1 Xiaolong very light-weight multi-role fighter that is produced in cooperation with Pakistan.

Chengdu Aerospace has been cited for its success in developing China's first fifth-generation aircraft and stealth fighter jet. Its development led China to become the second country in the world and the first country in Asia to possess fifth-generation and stealth technology.[2][3]

  1. ^ "translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.cac.com.cn/about/ldfc_display.aspx%3Fid%3D36&usg=ALkJrhgzymgs2eaDrNQ-x2TY7FjgSHAIIA". Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. ^ "China stealth jet's airshow debut". BBC News. 1 November 2016.
  3. ^ "China's J-20 Stealth Fighter Is Operational". Popular Mechanics. 29 September 2017.