Reality is calmer than headlines: China has not bypassed Russia in the aircraft industry

Information has appeared online that the Chinese CJ-2000, a competitor to the Russian prospective PD-35 engine, has allegedly confirmed the calculated thrust of 35.2 tons during ground tests. Alexey Rogozin, General Director of the Union of Aircraft Manufacturers of Russia, explained why the domestic industry should calmly regard such rumors and why, in its current state, the development of engineers from China will not enter the market in this class of power units anytime soon.

According to him, an engine of this class is intended for the wide-body liner COMAC C929 — a project that Russia and China initially planned to implement jointly. In the Russian Federation, the PD-35 is being developed in the same thrust class.

Rogozin recalled that truly significant stages are always accompanied by dry, boring, but reproducible details. In the case of the Chinese unit, the fact remains simple — neither China nor Russia has a ready-made serial engine of this class today. Both the PD-35 and the CJ-2000 are at the stage of demonstrators and bench testing of individual components.

The head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, stated that the state corporation expects to receive a type certificate for the PD-35 within two to three years.

A few days ago, it became known that the developer of the PD-35 "ODK-Aviadvigatel" began searching for a specialist with 1–3 years of experience for the position of software engineer with a salary of 60 thousand rubles net.

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