2012-02-14 (China Military News cited from businessweek.com and by Jasmine Wang) -- Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, maker of the nation’s first large passenger jet, expects to sign all key suppliers for the C919 aircraft by June as it works toward a 2014 deadline for the jet’s maiden flight.
The company, ... READ MORE

2012-02-13 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) -- China's first independently-developed large civil helicopter, the AC313, has passed a cold weather flight test, establishing a good performance in polar region temperatures, said the producer -- China Aviation Industrial Helicopter Co (CAIH) -- on Monday.
The flight testing period for the 13-tonne ... READ MORE

2012-02-10 (China Military News cited from Bloomberg and by Kyunghee Park and Jasmine Wang) -- China’s surging defense budget, the world’s second-biggest, is helping spur military spending across Asia, offering U.S. and European suppliers a chance to offset slowing demand at home.
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. fighters will be on display at next week’s ... READ MORE

2012-02-09 (China Military News cited from flightglobal.com and by Greg Waldron) -- Chinese airframer AVIC is investing yuan (CNY) 20 million ($3.2 million) in the U8 unmanned helicopter programme, which is being designed for civilian use.
The investment is being made through Jingdezhen Helicopter, said AVIC in a Hong Kong stock exchange statement. ... READ MORE

2012-02-07 (China Military News cited from CNN) -- The skies above China are set to become a lot more crowded as wealth and air travel in the country take-off.
China is going to need around 5,000 more commercial jets over the next 20 years to fulfill the needs of the country's burgeoning ... READ MORE

2012-02-06 (China Military News cited from ria.ru) -- Russian helicopter maker Rostvertol and Chinese Xi'Ao Aeroplane Manufacturing will build a plant in northern China capable of manufacturing 100 lightweight civil Mi-2A helicopters annually, Xinhua said on Monday.
The first phase of the plant, located on 47 hectares in Hebei Province, will ... READ MORE

2012-01-21 (China Military News cited from atwonline.com and by Katie Cantle) -- The Aviation Industry Corp. of China(AVIC) reported a net profit of CNY12.2 billion ($1.94 billion) in 2011, up 18.8% over a net income of CNY10.3 billion in 2010. Operating revenue increased 23% to CNY258.1 billion, according to AVIC ... READ MORE

2012-01-21 (China Military News cited from cnngo.com) -- China has become the world's biggest aviation profit source. The country’s airlines brought in a total of RMB 26 billion net profit (about US$4.1 billion) in 2011, reported Guangzhou Daily.
This number accounts for nearly 60 percent of the worldwide aviation net profit, ... READ MORE

2012-01-19 (China Military News cited from manufacturing.net and by Mike Collins) -- One word seems to be popular with all politicians -- from the right or left -- innovation. Everybody likes the idea of innovation and agrees that it is key to American competitiveness, if not the future.
China and other ... READ MORE