An Update on China’s Aviation Manufacturers

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(1) Sijia Jiang, Beijing Dream in Doubt After Losses at Jet Maker; Slow product deliveries push Avic Aircraft into the red in the first half. South China Morning Post, Aug 20, 2014
www.scmp.com/business/china-busi ... st-half-losses-avic
(net loss of 136.8 billion yuan for the first half; Joy Air 幸福航空有限责任公司 [based in Xian] signed an order on August 1 for at least 30 Modern Ark 新舟 jets)


(2) Wendell Winnick, Experts: China Still Lags West in Advanced Aircraft Technologies. Defense News, Aug 3, 2014.
www.defensenews.com/article/2014 ... rcraft-Technologies

Note:
(a) Boeing C-17 Globemaster
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III
( a large military transport aircraft; Introduction 1995; Status  In service)
(b) "Cliff, who co-authored the Rand book 'Ready for Takeoff: China’s Advancing Aerospace Industry,' said this all raises questions about the design capabilities of China’s military aviation sector."

Roger Cliff, Chad JR Ohlandt and David Yang, Ready for Takeoff; China’s advancing aerospace industry. RAND Corp, 2011.
(c) "Western aviation primes continue to outpace China when it comes to most military aircraft and technologies, particularly in propulsion, navigation systems and defense electronics, and high-end composites."

prime (n) “the chief or best individual or part: PICK <prime of the flock, and choicest of the stall--Alexander Pope>”
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prime

(d) "Raska, who co-authored the book 'China’s Defense Aviation Industry,' said these barriers can be seen in the research and development and production of select advanced materials and composites needed for their fifth-generation fighters, including high-end aluminum alloy products, aramid fiber, carbon fiber, high-performance steel, nitrocell, titanium alloy and tungsten alloys."
(i) Michael Raska and Alanna Krolikowski, China’s Defense Aviation Industry; Toward stealth innovation?  East Asia Forum, 2013.
(ii) aramid
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramid
(The name is a portmanteau of "aromatic polyamide")

is used in bullet-proof vest, for example.
(iii) The "nitrocell" seems to refer to nitrocellulose, which is used in explosives. I do no know why it is broached here.

(e) "China’s only two domestic makers of aramid fiber, Suzhou Zhaoda and Tayho, commenced production in 2010 and 2011, respectively. "
(i) Suzhou Zhaoda Specially Fiber Technical Co, Ltd  苏州兆达特纤科技有限公司
www.zdtq.net/english/jinru.asp
(ii) Yantai Tayho Advanced materials Co, Ltd  烟台泰和新材料股份有限公司
en.tayho.com.cn/