Hiina WS-15 mootor, mis on valmistatud masstootmiseks

Initial production units of China’s fifth-generation fighter aircraft, the CAC J-20, are powered by the Russian-origin Saturn AL-31FN engines. However, from 2022, reports indicated that the Shenyang WS-10 Taihang turbofan engine is also being installed in the J-20s as an interim powerplant. The WS-15 is intended to replace both of these engines in the J-20. (Janes)

An official of China’s Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) has said that the country’s Shenyang WS-15 engine for fighter aircraft is ready for mass production.

Speaking during the Seventh China Aviation Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (CAIEC) in March, Zhang Yong, a project director of AECC’s Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials, said that from “a technical point of view” the institute has “tackled all bottlenecks” associated with the production of the WS-15 engine.

"WS-10 ja WS-15 [mootorite] tarnimise masstootmine on saavutatud. Materjalide läbivaatus ja kontrollimine on lõpule viidud, ”ütles Zhang.

Hiina riikliku ringhäälinguorganisatsiooni China Central Television (CCTV) andmetel toimus CAIEC 16.–17. märtsil.