[Rilzik]

Jet Engine Development in China
http://www.chinasignpost.com/wp-content ... 110626.pdf

A long but good read. Nothing too surprising.

For some defense blogs this has been the story for the last few days. I'm a bit surprised Igor hasn't jumped on it. Given his lack in coverage for the last few days I thought I would provide for conversation.

It basically deals with Chinese development of high-end jet engines, a known trouble spot and bottleneck for western 5th gen/Chinese 4th gen aircraft.

[Igor Antunov]

We estimate that based on current knowledge and assuming no major setbacks or loss of mission focus, China will need ~2-3 years before it achieves comprehensive capabilities commensurate with the aggregate inputs in the jet engine sector and ~5-10 years before it is able to consistently mass produce top-notch turbofan engines for a 5th generation-type fighter.

Good article. Thanks for posting.

[Typhoon]

Interesting summary, China does certainly have a huge weakness with its engine manufacturing, its saving grace being that it does have a lot of money to throw at the problem.