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CAC J-20

In production

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Multi-role, single-seat, twin engine fighter. Includes a two seat variant: J-20S.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turbofan

Application

Fighter

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

Bleed air

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Mid

Planform

Delta

Tail

Canard

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Certification

Military

Minimum crew

Notable technologies — each tag names a technology on our research record for this aircraft, with its fitting status: Primary, Standard, Option or Planned.

Head-up display Standard

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
CAC J-20	2008 / 2011		Fifth-generation, all-weather, single-seat, twin-engine fighter aircraft.
CAC J-20S	2024 / 2021		Twin-seat variant, speculated as J-20B or J-20AS.

Airframer

Chengdu Aircraft Industrial (Group) Co. Ltd.

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