J-XX

J-XX
General information
TypeCombat aircraft
National originPeople's Republic of China
Designer
StatusUnder development
Primary userPeople's Liberation Army Air Force
History
Introduction date2017 (Chengdu J-20)[1]
First flightJanuary 11, 2011 (J-20)[2]
October 31, 2012 (J-31)

J-XX[3] J-X,[3][4] and XXJ[3] are names applied by Western intelligence agencies to describe programs by the People's Republic of China to develop one or more fifth-generation fighter aircraft.[4][3] General He Weirong, Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), stated that China had several such programs underway and that an undesignated fifth-generation fighter developed jointly by Chengdu Aerospace Corporation and Shenyang Aerospace Corporation would be in service by 2018.[5]

  1. ^ "New Chinese fighter jet expected by 2018: U.S. intelligence". Reuters. 21 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Chinese Stealth Fighter Makes First Test Flight". Fox News. 11 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d Coniglio 2006, P.44
  4. ^ a b Chang 2002
  5. ^ Govindasamy, 2009