Tuesday, April 19, 2011

K-8 accounted for 70% of the world export market for Chinese Air Force become the largest user of

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K8 aircraft is 80 years of the late 20th century in the development and production based on subsonic jet trainer, but also by China's first self-financing, with Pakistan and to overseas markets as the main design, manufacture jet basic trainer.

Air Force to meet the people's primary trainer for advanced jet needs Hongdu Group was established in 1982, a group of trainers program to Shiping, head of the program, he served as chief designer. By studying the comparison, the specific situation in our country, Hongdu Group proposed "to improve training efficiency and reduce training costs," the research idea, the basic performance requirements and meet the needs of different countries, two training system. Since then, the Hongdu Group and the original CATIC cooperation, to raise funds and expand the market sights on international markets, joint ventures, K8 aircraft to carry out preliminary selection of work. CATIC outreach needed facelift to attract a new type of trainer's attention to Pakistan's military.August 1986, the Ministry of Aviation Industry of Pakistan signed a "new generation of trainers and Pakistan co-production agreement." This is our first development by attracting foreign investment and cooperation agreement on the aircraft. In order to fully reflect the significance of Sino-Pakistani cooperation, both sides agreed to the junction of the Karakoram Mountains Pakistan (Karakorum) the first letter of the English name for the new trainer named K, namely K8 aircraft, as a symbol of friendship between China and Pakistan as Kara stand forever as the Kunlun Mountains.

April 1987, National Defense officially approved the development project K8 trainer.October 1987, K8 aircraft began wind tunnel testing. May 1988, approved by the Ministry of Aviation Industry of total K8 aircraft development programs, the same year began Aug. 30 trial. November 21, 1990, K8 trainer successful first flight. December 1, 1992, K8 aircraft to complete identification test, on December 11 to complete the time setting. In 1994, the first batch of six K8 trainer aircraft of Pakistan Air Force delivery.Thus, K8 aircraft began to flex its muscles on the international market. Up to now, K8 aircraft successfully sold to Pakistan, Egypt, Myanmar, Zambia, Namibia, 9 Asian and African countries, with China's largest overseas export of the aircraft fleet. The past 10 years, K8 series aircraft trainer kind in the world export delivery accounted for 70% of total exports. K8 aircraft had developed a K8E, K8S, K8P, K8V other models.
K8 aircraft, the initial research and development, to meet the needs of international market competition, to ensure that K8 aircraft in the competitive international market place, put forward a higher target, to design a more advanced pneumatic platform, equipped with an advanced turbofan engine , ejection systems, electronic flight instruments, the main airborne equipment are mainly imported, have excellent flight performance and flying qualities, motor ability, speed, range, cabin and comfortable environment, high reliability, easy maintenance, life cycle cost-effective higher than, and can meet the user base for pilots and some advanced flight training requirements, formed at a considerable competitive basic / advanced trainer.

To meet today's highly competitive international trainer aircraft market, and constantly made to meet the diverse needs of domestic and foreign users, the research and development in the K8 aircraft, always adhere to technical innovation, continuous improvement through modification, to enhance the core competitiveness of K8 aircraft.Developed with independent intellectual property rights of turbofan engines, HUD multi-function display systems, electronic flight instrument systems and ejection seat and other equipment, through continuous improvement remodeling, has formed a series development. In 2004, it is the successful completion of the HUD / multi-function display system design, modification, test identification of the work to achieve the K8 aircraft avionics system upgrade, the K8 series of aircraft produced K8P state aircraft. K8P aircraft, once identified, in June 2005 with the Pakistan signed a package of 27 users K8P aircraft export contracts.

In 1998, the Egyptian Air Force retiring L39 trainer aircraft, the Egyptian Air Force is seeking a suitable alternative products, items sent to the world bids. Hongdu CATIC Group and seize the opportunity to jointly launch K8E aircraft, eventually come to the fore, one fell swoop. Including China and Egypt signed a co-production of 80 K8E trainer, built a local production capacity with Egypt aircraft production lines and R & D center and the establishment of an aircraft integrated logistics support system K8E trainer's trainer project K8E package contract, the total contract amount up to $ 345,000,000. Later, with Egypt in 2005 and renewed export 40 K8E aircraft contract, creating a single product of a national export 120 records.

Actively explore the international market, other than promote, the broadening of domestic-type K8 aircraft market. Dress made by some of the engine and avionics, the country's national project developed the K8 aircraft, that K8J trainer, have won the domestic air, naval large orders, the Chinese Air Force has become the largest series K8 trainer users Thus, K8 aircraft to form the domestic and international markets rely on each other, mutual promotion and common development of the fortunate situation.

Currently, K8 aircraft, the improvements in progress, and its comprehensive competitiveness of the market will be greatly enhanced, the original trainer K8 series users will also increase the number of aircraft procurement, to further promote the increase in market demand, the market will achieve a substantial expansion of the scope of export market prospects.

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