Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) or Shenyang Aerospace Corporation is a Chinese civilian and military aircraft manufacturer located in

Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...

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, a subsidiary of the state-owned aircraft manufacturer AVIC. Founded in 1951 as the classified 112 Factory, it is the earliest aircraft manufacturer in the People's Republic of China. Many aircraft manufacturers in China such as Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group or

Guizhou Aircraft Industry Co. Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation (GAIC) or Guizhou Aviation Aircraft Co Ltd (GAC) is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and military aircraft based in Guiyang, Guizhou. It is a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). Th ...

were founded with help from Shenyang. The company mainly focuses on designing and manufacturing civilian and military aircraft, as well as their related components including

jet engine A jet engine is a type of reaction engine discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion. While this broad definition can include rocket, Pump-jet, water jet, and hybrid propulsion, the term ...

s. It is also involved in the development of UAVs and drones. Shenyang Aerospace has been cited for its success in developing China's second fifth-generation aircraft and stealth fighter jet, after Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, and the first line of Chinese fighter jet engines. Its achievements, together with Chengdu Aircraft, led China to become the second country in the world (after the U.S.) to possess fifth-generation and stealth technology, as well as the production of its own domestic engines.

Partnership with Cessna

On 27 November 2007,

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announced that the Cessna 162 Light Sport Aircraft would be produced by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation. The first production Cessna 162 took flight at Shenyang on 17 September 2009. The aircraft was not a success and production ended in January 2014 after 192 were sold.

Facilities

* Shenyang Airframe Plant *

Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute (; or 601 Institute) is a Chinese aircraft design institute of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, specializing in the design of military aircraft.

Shenyang J-31 (F60) at the 2014 Zhuhai Air Show

Fighters

* J-2, Chinese variant of the

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (russian: Микоя́н и Гуре́вич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of ...

. * Shenyang J-5, Chinese variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. * Shenyang J-6, Chinese variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19. * Chengdu J-7, Chinese variant of the

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet aircraft, jet fighter aircraft, fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan, Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB, De ...

. Production was moved to

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

in the 1970s. *

Shenyang J-8 The Shenyang J-8 (Simplified Chinese characters, Chinese: 歼-8; NATO reporting name: Finback) is an interceptor aircraft developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute, 601 Institute (Shenyang) in the People's Republic of China (PRC). It ...

, Indigenously developed 3rd generation fighter aircraft. NATO reporting name Finback. * Shenyang J-11, Chinese variant of the Russian

Sukhoi Su-27 The Sukhoi Su-27 (russian: Сухой Су-27; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large US fourth-generation jet ...

. *

Shenyang J-13 The Shenyang J-13 (Chinese: 歼-13; traditional: 殲-13) was a long-running Chinese project by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation to develop a light-weight, single engine fighter aircraft, that was ultimately cancelled. Development As early as 1971 ...

, Cancelled air superiority fighter project. * Shenyang J-15, Carrier-borne naval multirole fighter * Shenyang J-16, Strike fighter aircraft

In development

Shenyang J-31 The Shenyang FC-31 Gyrfalcon ( zh, s=鹘鹰, p=Gǔ yīng), also known as the J-31 is a Chinese prototype mid-sized twinjet 5th-generation fighter aircraft developed by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC). The official nickname published by SAC ...

, A mid weight fifth-generation fighter aircraft in testing phase.

Civilian jetliners

* ACAC ARJ21 Xiangfeng, collaborating with other companies of AVIC I.

Bombers

* Xian H-6 bomber: Chinese variant of the Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 Badger. Collaboration with Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation. *

Nanchang Q-5 The Nanchang Q-5 (; NATO reporting name: Fantan), also known as the A-5 in its export versions, is a Chinese-built single-seat, twin jet engine ground-attack aircraft based on the Shenyang J-6. The aircraft is primarily used for close air suppo ...

fighter bomber. Designed in Shenyang and later moved to

Nanchang Aircraft Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi, Jiangxi Province, China, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, ...

for production.

General aviation aircraft

* Shenyang type 5: Chinese production version of the Russian Yakovlev Yak-12 utility aircraft. * Cessna 162

Engines

* Turbofan

WS-10 The Shenyang WS-10 (), codename Taihang, is a turbofan engine designed and built by the People's Republic of China. Chinese media reported 266 engines were manufactured from 2010 to 2012 for the J-11 program. Unofficial estimates placed pro ...

, ''Taihang'' * Turbojet WP-14, ''Kunlun'' * Turbofan

WS-20 The WS-20 () is a high-bypass turbofan currently powering the Y-20 family of strategic airlifters in limited numbers. It is based on the core of the low-bypass turbofan Shenyang WS-10A. The thrust range is . Testing with the Ilyushin Il-76 began ...

Parts

* Associated Lyulka AL-31 turbofan engine * Whole tail sections and cargo doors for Boeing * Parts for Bombardier Aerospace ( CSeries fuselage) and McDonnell Douglas

UAVs and Drones

Shenyang BA-5 The Shenyang BA-5 was a target drone developed in the People's Republic of China, from Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis fighters withdrawn from manned use at the end of their service life. Guidance and control equipment was installed in the cockpit in ...

Canceled

: a cancelled 1971 Chinese light fighter aircraft

References

Shenyang Aircraft Corp

External links

* {{AVIC Aero Products 1953 establishments in China Aircraft manufacturers of China Companies based in Shenyang Defence companies of the People's Republic of China Manufacturing companies established in 1953