J-XX | |
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General information | |
Type | Combat aircraft |
National origin | People's Republic of China |
Designer | |
Primary user | People's Liberation Army Air Force |
History | |
First flight |
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Outcome | Chengdu develop and produce the Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang develop and produce the Shenyang J-35 |
J-XX[2] J-X,[2][3] and XXJ[2] are names applied by Western intelligence agencies to describe programs by the People's Republic of China to develop multiple fifth-generation fighter aircraft.[3][2] General He Weirong, Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), stated that China had several such programs underway and that an undesignated fifth-generation fighter developed jointly by Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (CAC) and Shenyang Aerospace Corporation (SAC) would be in service by 2018.[4]