This fighter is based on a licensed-built ... made in China with home-built avionics and weapons. The J-11B has an improved cockpit with a heads-up display. Its early warning system can detect ...

J-11B: China’s Reverse-Engineered Fighter Jet That Outgrew Its Russian ... Not only would they cease purchasing the aircraft from Russia, but they would stop trying to build their own fleet ...

At least three examples (#523, #524, and #525) of the J-11B have been delivered to the China Flight Test Establishment (CFTE) for flight test and evaluation since 2006. The aircraft was based on the ...

Over the next few years, it appeared Chinese engineers simply reverse-engineered the Flanker platform to create its J-11B fighter series. The resulting aircraft was nearly identical to the Russian ...

The Flying Shark, the world’s heaviest ship-borne aircraft, is powered by two ... production lines to speed up delivery of J-11B and J-15 fighter jets in the early 2010s. The J-15 was upgraded ...

The J-11B radar is a mechanically scanned array ... PLA use in 2015), the J-15 was the PLA’s most capable multirole fighter aircraft by virtue of its overall kinematic performance, payload ...

J-11B: China’s Reverse-Engineered Fighter Jet That Outgrew Its Russian ... Not only would they cease purchasing the aircraft from Russia, but they would stop trying to build their own fleet ...