Hongdu

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Chinese aircraft manufacturer

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::summary Chinese aircraft manufacturer ::

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FieldValue
nameHongdu Aviation Industry Group
logoAVIC Hongdu logo.png
logo_size210px
typeSubsidiary
foundation, as Sino-Italian National Aircraft Works
, as Hongdu
locationNanchang, Jiangxi, China
key_peopleSong Chengzhi (Chairman)
industryDefence
productsMilitary aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicles
parentAviation Industry Corporation of China
num_employees20,000
homepage
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|name = Hongdu Aviation Industry Group |logo = AVIC Hongdu logo.png |logo_size = 210px |type = Subsidiary |foundation = , as Sino-Italian National Aircraft Works , as Hongdu |location = Nanchang, Jiangxi, China |area_served = |key_people = Song Chengzhi (Chairman) |industry = Defence |products = Military aircraft Unmanned aerial vehicles |assets = |parent = Aviation Industry Corporation of China |num_employees = 20,000 |homepage = |footnotes = Hongdu Aviation Industry Group Ltd. (HAIG) (), formerly China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation or CNAMC, is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and supplier to the Chinese military. It is based in Nanchang, Jiangxi and is a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

History

Republic of China

Hongdu's predecessor was the Sino-Italian National Aircraft Works (SINAW), established in December 1934 in Nanchang. It was a joint venture between the Republic of China and the Kingdom of Italy, after Chiang Kai-shek signed an agreement with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini a year before. In 1935, factories were built at Qingyunpu Airport (then known as Sanjiadian) and Laoyingfang Airport. (T. L. Soong) served as the first chairman, and an Italian served as general manager.

After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, SINAW factories were severely damaged by Japanese aerial bombing. When the Chinese government discovered that Italians served as guides for Japanese pilots, it broke off its relationship with Italy, and all Italian employees left the company by the end of the year, with 300 Chinese employees remaining. On 9 December 1937, Chiang Kai-shek confiscated Italian shares and properties and renamed the company Central Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (中央南昌飛機製造廠). To evade Japanese attacks, it was relocated to Nanchuan, Chongqing, and was renamed No. 2 Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (第二飛機製造廠). After the end of the war, the company was moved back to Sanjiadian Airport in Nanchang in 1947.

People's Republic of China

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the company was re-established in 1951 as the state-run Hongdu Machinery-building Factory and later as Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. In March 1998 the company's name was changed to Hongdu Aviation Industry (Group) Corporation.

Since its founding, Hongdu used Qingyunpu Airport for test flights. On 23 December 2009, the Jiangxi provincial government reached an agreement with Aviation Industry Corporation of China to build the new Nanchang Yaohu Airport in the Nanchang Aviation Industrial City to replace Qingyunpu Airport. Construction began in November 2016, and Yaohu Airport was opened on 16 August 2018.

Products

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Nanchang_Q-5.jpg" caption="Nanchang Q-5 Fantan"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Nanchang_CJ-6_corner_20060729.jpg" caption="[[Nanchang CJ-6"] ::

Attack aircraft

  • Q-5 "Fantan"(exported under the designation A-5) - single-seat dual-engined supersonic attack aircraft based on the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19.
  • Q-6 - variable sweep-winged attacker, similar to MiG-23BN; cancelled.
  • GJ-11, unmanned combat attack aircraft with stealth design.

Cancelled Fighters

  • J-12 - a 1970 Chinese lightweight supersonic fighter; development abandoned in 1977. Only Prototypes built.

Trainers

Utility

  • Hongdu N-5 - multi-use agriculture & forest aircraft.

Helicopters

  • MD500E - light and multi-purpose helicopter.
  • MD520N - light and multi-purpose helicopter.
  • MD530F - light and multi-purpose helicopter.
  • MD600N - single-turbine engine helicopter, stretched version of MD600.

Transport

Vehicles

Missiles

References

References

  1. "吴晓军主任会见洪都航空工业集团公司董事长宋承志一行".
  2. Zhu Weiguo 朱伟国. (2015-09-01). "历史的记忆". Hongdu Aviation.
  3. "Enterprise Brief Introduction".
  4. Mondey, David. (2000). "The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft". Quantum.
  5. (2018-08-17). ""83岁"青云谱机场今年要"退休"".
  6. (3 June 2019). "洪都航空（600316）：首家大中型导弹公司横空出世". DONGXING SECURITIES.
  7. (9 October 2009). "美媒：中国售巴6架直9舰载直升机 或配天龙10导弹".

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