AVIC

Chinese aircraft manufacturer

Aviation Week Staff
Aura Aero is to receive €13.2 million ($14.1 million) in government funding to support development of the Era hybrid-electric 19-seat regional airliner.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
AVIC has brought a Changhe Z-10ME to the Singapore Airshow this year, marking the attack helicopter’s first trip to a foreign event.
Singapore Airshow

By Graham Warwick
NASA eyes Martian eVTOL; China’s electric LSA flies; Lithium-metal batteries for UAM; Wisk’s autonomous air taxi ConOps.
Emerging Technologies

By William Garvey
With a capital infusion from a stock offering, what are Cirrus’ next moves?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC is in the process of certifying the firefighting variant of the MA60 turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Dubbed the AR-2000, the new RWUAS at Dubai Airshow is the latest in an evolving line of more capable, Chinese-developed unmanned rotary-wing vehicles.
Dubai Airshow

By Chen Chuanren
Nepal Airlines has put a price tag of NPR200 million ($1.5 million) on two Xian MA60s and three Harbin Y-12Es.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bradley Perrett
New designs will enable China to extend airpower reach to U.S. forces in the Western Pacific.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Abating long-haul climate impact; Automotive power for e-aviation; CycloRotor flies; Pentagon battery move; and Avic’s eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
AVIC's AR300 bears a close resemblance to the U.S. Lift Aircraft Hexa ultralight eVTOL vehicle, although there are some notable design differences.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Chachaty
Authors of a new study see increasingly autonomous UAS as helping China limit the number of casualties it might face in a conflict and boost its industrial base.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
The U.S. and its G7 allies could use sanctions to hobble China’s foreign-part-dependent aerospace sector in a Taiwan Strait conflict, a new report says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Bradley Perrett
As it expands, Chinese carrier air power must cope with an increasingly complex air fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
U.S.-based Cirrus Aircraft—owned by AVIC subsidiary China Aviation Industry General Aircraft—is seeking $300 million in an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Developed by China's AECC, the CJ-1000A has been developed as an alternate powerplant for the Comac C919 narrowbody airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Marketed as an aircraft designed to conduct humanitarian operations, AVIC's 60-tonne AG600 is also expected to serve the People’s Liberation Army.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
A decade since first flight in January, 2013, China's AVIC is looking at more missions for the Xian Y-20 strategic airlifter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
This is the first FAA TSO-certified avionics component to be developed and manufactured by a company in China.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC’s Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group unveiled the Wing Loong III uncrewed combat aerial system at Zhuhai Airshow 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The research arm of China’s state-owned airframer AVIC is forecasting that the country will need 7,576 new aircraft by 2039.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
More highly integrated composite structure is a possible technology for a future Chinese fighter.
Defense and Space