Xi'an KJ-600

The Xian KJ-600 is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft and airborne early warning and control aircraft to be deployed on Type 003 aircraft carriers of the People's Liberation Army Navy of China from around 2022.

Xian KJ-600
Role Carrier-capable transport / Carrier onboard delivery Airborne Early Warning and Control
National origin China
Manufacturer Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation
First flight August 29, 2020
Status Flight test
Primary user People's Liberation Army Navy
Number built 1
Developed from Xian JZY-01

Design and development

The aircraft has a striking resemblance to the Grumman E-2 Hawkeye and only a non-flying mock-up has been seen on a concrete mock-up carrier at Wuhan.[1]

The aircraft made its first flight in August 2020.[2]

Specifications (KJ-600)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 5-6
  • Length: 18.14 m (59 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 25 m (82 ft)
  • Height: 5.72 m (18 ft 9 in)
  • Empty weight: 25,401 kg (56,000 lb)
  • Gross weight: 30,481 kg (67,200 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Zhuzhou WoJiang-6C turboprop engines, 3,805 kW (5,103 hp) each (FWJ-6C)
  • Propellers: 6-bladed constant-speed feathering and reversible propellers

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 693 km/h (431 mph, 374 kn)
  • Range: 1,250 km (780 mi, 670 nmi)
  • Ferry range: 2,800 km (1,700 mi, 1,500 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 15,000 m (50,000 ft)

Avionics
AESA Radar

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References
  1. "KLC-7 / KJ-600 Carrier-Based Airborne Early Warning (AEW)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. Suciu, Peter (5 September 2020). "The Xian KJ-600 Could Make China's Aircraft Carriers Far More Powerful". nationalinterest.org. Center for the National Interest. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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