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Chinese aircraft developers dubbed the Xi’an KJ-600 carrier-based airborne early warning aircraft “Nezha,” which is a protective deity from Chinese mythology.

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The seventh China (Tianjin) International Helicopter Exposition had 52 aircraft on display, including new uncrewed eVTOL designs.

China’s long-delayed AVIC MA700 turboprop has broken cover as video footage surfaced online showing the aircraft conducting taxi testing, giving the clearest view of the aircraft since its engine supplier changed.

China is rapidly advancing its uncrewed cargo aircraft capabilities—ostensibly for commercial use but with potential military applications.

Advanced rotorcraft have been flown by Changhe and Harbin, helicopter manufacturers within AVIC.

AVIC unit Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation has flown a dual-thrust compound rotorcraft demonstrator, just days after a Chinese tiltrotor test flight.

China has flown its first full-scale crewed tiltrotor aircraft, developed by state-owned company AVIC.

As expanding wind tunnel test capability emerges in China, NASA prepares to mothball similar test sites under pressure from shrinking budgets.

Satellite images of China’s vast wind-tunnel complex suggest the existence of a nearly complete cryogenic facility able to test large transonic transport aircraft while NASA is preparing to mothball several sites because of budget issues.

China’s AVIC Xi’an Aircraft International (XAT) has commenced outfitting work on Airbus A321 fuselage sections in Tianjin.

With Navy acquisition programs already in a “mess,” the Pentagon is skeptical about adding a second sixth-generation fighter onto a strained defense industry.

China’s Air Force has completed a series of military drills in Egypt, ending one of the largest deployments of Chinese aircraft outside Asia.

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Another Chinese eVTOL flies; artificial intelligence beats human in drone race; detonation-powered hypersonics.

China’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer AVIC has flown a full-scale demonstrator of its AR-E3000 electric vertical-takeoff-landing-landing aircraft.

The AVIC AG600 has attained type-certification from the CAAC; at a MTOW of 60 tons, it is the world’s largest commercial amphibian aircraft.

China’s AVIC has completed a 30-hr. flight with a hydrogen-powered uncrewed aircraft system, breaking the domestic record for fuel-cell-powered aircraft.

The state-linked aircraft manufacturer said the four AG600s conducted 2,014 sorties totaling 3,560 hr. over the last two years.

The Advanced Air Mobility Institute has named Jim Ives as new executive vice president of its board of directors.

The debut of two new Chinese military aircraft prototypes shows the country’s steady progress, but with several head-scratching design choices.

Aviation Week editors unpack the design details of two new Chinese combat aircraft and what makes them so odd.

Stop-fold tiltrotor tests; EcoPulse lessons learned; Black Hawk advanced controls; China’s AAM avionics supplier.

Aviage Systems, the joint venture between Avic and GE Aerospace that supplies avionics for the Comac C919, has formed a subsidiary to develop AAM systems.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.