SAC J-16 - program supplier guide | Airframer

SAC J-16

In production

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Twin-seat, multirole fighter aircraft. Includes the J-16D electronic warfare variant with pods mounted on wingtips and AESA radar in nose radome.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turbofan

Application

Fighter, Trainer

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

Primary structure

Mixed

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

Swept

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Tail

Conventional

Certification

Military

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
SAC J-16	2010 / 2011		Baseline version, with twin nosewheels and fintips cut down at rear.
SAC J-16D	2011 / 2015		Electronic Warfare variant, with reshaped nose radome and cannon removed to accomodate mission equipment.

Airframer

AVIC Shenyang Aircraft Industries (Group) Company Ltd

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