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-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 pr ...
A. The thrust range is .
Testing with the
Ilyushin Il-76
The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comm ...
began by 2013.
Development continued in 2021. Images of Y-20 equipped with WS-20s emerged in 2022.
Applications
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Xian Y-20
The Xi'an Y-20 Kunpeng () is a large military transport aircraft developed by the Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation for the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The aircraft is nicknamed "Chubby Girl" () in the Chinese aviation industry becaus ...
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CJ-1000A
The AECC CJ-1000A ( Chang Jiang-1000A/长江-1000A) is a Chinese high-bypass turbofan jet engine currently in development.
Design
The CJ-1000A is developed for the Comac C919 narrow-body airliner with a thrust of .
It has a diameter of and a ...
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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 ...
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WS-15
The WS-15 (), codename Emei, is a Chinese afterburning turbofan engine designed by the Shenyang Aeroengine Research Institute and manufactured by the Xi'an Aero-Engine Corporation.
The WS-15 is intended to power and enable supercruising on th ...
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High-bypass turbofan engines
2010s turbofan engines