Xi Jinping said Wednesday the Communist Party of China (CPC) will strive to fully transform the people’s armed forces into world-class military by the mid-21st century. By the year 2020, mechanization will be basically achieved, with IT application coming a long way and strategic capabilities seeing a big improvement. The modernization of the national defense […]

Leonardo announced today that the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) has purchased an AgustaWestland AW169 light intermediate helicopter. The aircraft, which is planned to be delivered in early 2019, will be provided with a dedicated configuration to support Chinese Polar Scientific Exploration Tasks and perform a range of roles including passenger transport, iceberg sighting, […]

The People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force has released photos of a KJ-200 AWACS early warning aircraft attached to an aviation regiment of the North China Sea Fleet during a flight training exercise in late September, 2017. The Shaanxi KJ-200 AWACs platform was introduced sometime in 2009 and is based on the Y-8 transport platform. The KJ-200 is said to […]

China’s latest J-20 stealth fighter has been officially commissioned into military service, according to Wu Qian, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense on Thursday. The flight tests are being conducted as scheduled, Wu said at a press conference. The J-20 is China’s fourth-generation medium and long-range fighter jet. It made its maiden flight in […]

The Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) released images of mountain offensive operation drill when Chinese soldiers used flamethrower. A flamethrower operator assigned to a brigade with the PLA Army 75th Combined Corps uses a flamethrower to ignite a controlled fire to burn down the simulated targets during the mountain offensive operation drill at a training […]

The Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China has released the new images of the newest AFT-10 anti-tank missile system with the HJ-10 missile during the live-fire training. The AFT-10 anti-tank missile vehicles attached to a brigade with the PLA Army’s 76th Combined Corps fire missiles down range during the live-fire training on September 20, […]

Chinese, Pakistan Air Force has dispatched newest aircraft and early warning aircraft to join air forces joint ongoing training exercise Shaheen VI. The “Shaheen VI ” joint training exercise launched by the air forces of China and Pakistan on Sept. 8 and scheduled to conclude on Sept. 27, 2017. China has dispatched J-11 fighters, JH-7 […]

Chinese defence company SZMID High Technology Co., Ltd offers new counter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system against illegal intrusion. The new counter-UAV system can disrupt the navigation of an unmanned aircraft, forcing it to land or return to base. With more and more civil UAV increasing, which brought big threat to the security, if UAV “With more and more civil UAV […]

China has unveiled the new version of its new Z-19 attack helicopter during the China Helicopter Expo. An improved Z-19 attack helicopter is equipped with the millimeter wave radar, which looks very similar to the fire control radar on US AN/APG-78 Longbow. The Z-19 is designed and developed by China solely for both reconnaissance and attack missions. “Z-19 is slightly lighter […]

Chinese state-owned aircraft giant, Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) has unveiled its new AV500W unmanned autonomous helicopter at the China Helicopter Expo in Tianjin. The 7.2m long aircraft, developed and produced at the AVIC Helicopter Research and Development Institute in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, has a maximum takeoff weight of 450kg, a maximum speed of 170km […]