XAC Y-20 Kunpeng - program supplier guide | Airframer

XAC Y-20 Kunpeng

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High wing, four engined transport aircraft.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turbofan

Application

Passenger medium, Tanker

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

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

Bleed air

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis + autoland

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Swept

Tail

T-tail

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Certification

Military

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
XAC Y-20 Kunpeng	2011 / 2013	Baseline variant, inlcudes Y-20B variant with Chinese engines.
XAC YY-20	2018 / 2018	Tanker variant, formerly Y-20U.
XAC KJ-3000	2025 / 2024	Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) variant, derived from Y-20B.

Airframer

AVIC XAC Commercial Aircraft Co., Ltd. (AVIC XCAC) (was Xi'an Aircraft Industry)

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