China Accelerates production of J-20 Mighty Dragon against American F 22 and F 35
China has accelerated production of its Mighty Dragon, the jengdu J-20 stealth fighter, at world-class manufacturing facilities in the country, to match US airpower technology in the region. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is using "world-class" pulsating production lines to speed up the delivery of its advanced fighter jets, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on Sunday.
“The increased J-20 production is intended to balance the growing U.S. deployment to the region of its dominant air superiority aircraft, the F-22, and another fifth-generation stealth fighter, the 'F-35,” said a military insider. “The application of the new pulsating production lines and domestic engines has pushed the number of J-20s to equal, or even exceed, the number of US F-22 Raptors”
Based on serial and operating numbers painted on the aircraft displayed at this month's air show in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, previous estimates suggested that China may have built at least 200 J-20s .
Serial numbers painted on two of the four J-20s displayed at the air show revealed that Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, the developer of the aircraft, has delivered at least 140 of them in its most recent third and fourth blocks, said US Defense News earlier this month, quoting military aviation expert Andreas Rupprecht. The US sending more than 100 F-35s to Japan and South Korea in 2017 is claimed to have led to the introduction of the J-20s into the PLA.
An aircraft can be assembled using a continuous production line once it reaches the final assembly stage, which requires the careful assembly of large structural components and flight control systems, including the cockpit, engines, wings , tail, landing gear and weapon system.
According to Lockheed Martin, the fact that the stations of the standardized electronic coupling and alignment system are all arranged vertically with moving platforms allows more jobs to be completed in a shorter time.
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