Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
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Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation (aka Xi'an Aircraft Company Limited aka XAC) is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and developer of large and medium-sized airplanes. It is joint partners with 602nd Aircraft Design Institute of military aircraft. XAC was established in 1958 and has more than 20,000 employees.
Its key clients include the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force and People's Liberation Army Air Force. Currently, it is a subsidiary of AVIC I.
[edit] Products
Turboprops
- Xian MA60 turbo-proper airliner
Bombers
- Xian H-8 stealth, strategic, heavy bomber
- Xian JH-7 twin engine fighter-bomber
- Xian H-6 twin engine bomber - Chinese-upgraded variant of the Tupolev Tu-16 Badger
Trainers
- Y-7H trainer based on Y-7-100
Parts
- ACAC ARJ21 -wings and fuselage
Transport
- Yun-7 (Y-7) twin-engine turboprop transport
- Yun-8 (Y-8) four-engine Tactical transport
- Yun-9 (Y-9) Extended version of Yun-8 (Y-8)
- Yun-14 (Y-14) twin-engine turboprop transport
[edit] See also
- Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation
- Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group
- China Aviation Industry Corporation
- ACAC consortium
- China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- Guizhou Aircraft Industry Co.
- Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation
- Shanghai Aviation Industrial Company
- Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
- Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation
- People's Liberation Army Air Force
