Guizhou JL-9
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Role | Trainer/attack |
Manufacturer | Guizhou Aviation Industry Import/Export Company (GAIEC) |
Designer | Aero Engine Research Institute of Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation |
First flight | 13 December 2003 |
Status | In service |
Primary user | People's Liberation Army Air Force |
Developed from | Chengdu JJ-7 |
The Guizhou JL-9, also known as the FTC-2000 Mountain Eagle (Shanying), is a two-seat fighter-trainer developed by the Guizhou Aviation Industry Import/Export Company (GAIEC) for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) and the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF).[1]
Development
The FTC-2000 started as a GAIEC private venture to develop an inexpensive trainer for fourth generation aircraft. The trainer was revealed at the 2001 China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition.[2] The aircraft are reported to be produced at a GAIC assembly line in Anshun, Guizhou.[3]
The FTC-2000, as the JL-9, competed with the Hongdu JL-10 to meet the advanced trainer requirements of the PLAAF and PLANAF. The JL-10 is more technologically advanced, but also more expensive, than the JL-9. In 2013, both had entered production.[4]
A carrier-landing trainer variant was revealed by Chinese state media in 2011.[4] Designated the JL-9G, it has strengthened undercarriage, enlarged wing and diverterless supersonic inlets, but has proved to be unsuitable for arrested landings and is limited to land-based operations.[5]
On 5 September 2018, Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that GAIC had begun mass production of the FTC-2000G variant.[6], on 28 September it was reported that the first mass-produced FTC-2000G performed its maiden flight.[7][8]
Design
The FTC-2000 is a JJ-7/FT-7 with a new wing, a forward fuselage with side air intakes, and a glass cockpit. The engine, empennage, and mechanical controls of the JJ-7/FT-7 are retained.[2]
The FTC-2000G uses a diverterless supersonic inlet[9] and has more hardpoints.[10] The FTC-2000G is heavier,[10] slower,[11][9] and has less endurance[10] than the FTC-2000.
The JL-9G is a modified JL-9 for aircraft carrier training. It is designed for ski-jump ramp takeoffs and simulated arrested landings (land-based).[12] and includes a tailhook.[12]
Operational history
The PLANAF had a regiment of JL-9s in 2014.[13]
The PLAAF began using the JL-9 for training on 18 October 2015.[14]
Variants
Operators
Specifications (FTC-2000)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: ()
- Wingspan: ()
- Height: ()
- Powerplant: × Guizhou Liyang WP-13[14] afterburning turbojet[14]
Performance
- Maximum speed:
- Maximum operating mach: Mach 1.5[11]
- Maximum indicated airspeed: 1,100 kilometres per hour (680 mph)[11]
Armament
- Guns: 1 x 23 mm cannon[14]
- Hardpoints: 5[14] and provisions to carry combinations of:
- Other: up to 3 x fuel tanks[14]
Avionics
Pulse-Doppler radar[11]
See also
Related development
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (MiG-21 Bison, Type 88 India)
- Chengdu J-7
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Hongdu L-15
- BAE Systems Hawk
- Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master
- Aero L-159 Alca
- KAI T-50 Golden Eagle
- Yakovlev Yak-130
- HAL HJT-36 Sitara
References
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- ↑ Jackson, Paul (ed.). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2010-2011. Surrey: Jane's. p. 117. ISBN 9780710629166.
- 1 2 Fisher, Richard D., Jr (18 June 2015). "Paris Air Show 2015: China close to first FTC-2000 supersonic trainer sale in Africa". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ Grevatt, Jon (June 6, 2017). "China promotes FTC-2000 trainer for export". Jane's Information Group. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
Commenting on the development, the State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) – the agency responsible for Chinese defence industrial development – said the aircraft represented the first export aircraft produced at GAIC’s assembly line in city of Anshun in Guizhou province.
- 1 2 Caffrey, Craig (2013). Aiming high: China's air ambitions (PDF) (Report). Jane's Information Group. p. 5. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ Rupprecht, Andreas (March 2018). "China: Naval Aviation Training". Air International. pp. 46–49. ISSN 0306-5634.
- ↑ Dominguez, Gabriel (6 September 2018). "China begins series-producing FTC-2000G aircraft". IHS Jane's 360. London. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ↑ Waldron, Greg (1 October 2018). "FTC-2000G conducts maiden flight". FlightGlobal. Singapore. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ↑ Dominguez, Gabriel (28 September 2018). "China's first series-produced FTC-2000G makes maiden flight". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- 1 2 3 "FTC-2000 G". Aviation Industry Corporation of China. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 wminnick (20 November 2012). "China's FTC-2000 Upgraded". Defense_News. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "FTC-2000". Aviation Industry Corporation of China. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- 1 2 COVERT AFFAIR A. Mladenov, Air International, March 2013, p. 93
- ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies (2014). Hacket, James, ed. The Military Balance 2014. Oxfordshire: Routledge. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-85743-722-5.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Waldron, Greg (29 October 2015). "Chinese cadets start using JL-9 advanced jet trainer". Flight International. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ↑ NEWS - Asia & Australasia, Air International, August 2011, p. 16.
- ↑ Binnie, Jeremy (16 May 2018). "Sudan's new FTC-2000 jets arrive". IHS Jane's 360. Retrieved 16 May 2018.