AVIC

Chinese aircraft manufacturer

By Kurt Hofmann
The Austrian aerospace company recorded significant revenue growth in the first quarter of 2024 but is staying flexible as aircraft deliveries remain uncertain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
The China Aviation Planning and Design Institute says it has won the bid to construct the second phase of the Comac C919 assembly plant in Shanghai.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC has opened a dedicated UAS production base with a production capacity of 200 drones annually at Zigong, Sichuan province.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Another Chinese startup has emerged to fly a full-scale electric vertical-takeoff-and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Novel hydrogen storage; Solar Skydweller flies uncrewed; Avic’s large cargo UAV; and UK integrated electric ducted fan.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
China’s AVIC is preparing to fly the HH-100, an uncrewed cargo aircraft developed by the civil aircraft division of Xi’an Aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, Matthew Jouppi
Aviation Week experts dissect recent comments from a Chinese general on the secretive Xian H-20 and look at where the bomber would fit in the PLAAF's structure.
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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