CCTV 2’s finance talk show scored an interview with AVIC chairman Lin Zuoming during the Zhuhai airshow. Using the J-31 as backdrop, Lin and the design team behind the J-31 spoke on the development of the aircraft.
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Video: Testing of Skybow 3 and Hsiung Feng III
Taiwan’s Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) has released a video showing its testing of the Skybow 3 air defense missile and Hsiung Feng III supersonic anti-ship missile.
Updated with YouTube video.
Wang Xiaomo, father of Chinese AWACS
Wang Xiaomo is hailed as the father of airborne early warning radar development in China. Under his leadership, China produced the KJ-200, 2000 and ZDK-03 platforms.
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Former Tejas chief test pilot murdered
The former chief test pilot of the Tejas fighter was found murdered in his home on Nov. 24.
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Japan’s next fighter to focus on range, payload
Aviation Week analyses Japan’s fighter development program and concluded that the next fighter from the land of the rising sun will place emphasis on range and payload, sacrificing speed.
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