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China Conducts FC-31 Fighter Jet Flight Test

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China Conducts FC-31 Fighter Jet Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting eventChina has performed a flight test of the Shenyang Aircraft-built FC-31 Gyrfalcon fighter jet, Business Standard reported Monday.

The fifth-generation fighter jet, which costs approximately $70 million per aircraft, is a cheaper version of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft and is designed to carry weapons that weigh up to 8 tons.

FC-31 is the updated version of the J-31 aircraft and is designed to lift off with a maximum weight of 28 metric tons at a speed of Mach 1.8, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.

Wu Peixin, an aviation industry expert, told China Daily that the new FC-31 aircraft has modified airframe, vertical tails and wings designed to make the jet “more maneuverable.”

Sergey Kornev, chief of Russia’s air force equipment export department, said in a statement to RIA Novosti news agency that the fighter jet will run on Russian-built RD-93 aircraft engines.

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Written by Jane Edwards

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