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Wikipedia / Hongdu

Hongdu Aviation Industry Group Ltd. (HAIG) (), formerly China Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation or CNAMC, is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer and supplier to the Chinese military. It is based in Nanchang, Jiangxi and is a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

History

Republic of China

Hongdu's predecessor was the Sino-Italian National Aircraft Works (SINAW), established in December 1934 in Nanchang. It was a joint venture between the Republic of China and the Kingdom of Italy, after Chiang Kai-shek signed an agreement with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini a year before. In 1935, factories were built at Qingyunpu Airport (then known as Sanjiadian) and Laoyingfang Airport. (T. L. Soong) served as the first chairman, and an Italian served as general manager.

After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, SINAW factories were severely damaged by Japanese aerial bombing. When the Chinese government discovered that Italians served as guides for Japanese pilots, it broke off its relationship with Italy, and all Italian employees left the company by the end of the year, with 300 Chinese employees remaining. On 9 December 1937, Chiang Kai-shek confiscated Italian shares and properties and renamed the company Central Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (). To evade Japanese attacks, it was relocated to Nanchuan, Chongqing, and was renamed No. 2 Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (). After the end of the war, the company was moved back to Sanjiadian Airport in Nanchang in 1947.

People's Republic of China

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, since Hongdu is the ancient name of Nanchang city, the company was re-established in 1951 as the state-run Hongdu Machinery-building Factory and later as Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. In March 1998 the company's name was changed to Hongdu Aviation Industry (Group) Corporation.

Since its founding, Hongdu used Qingyunpu Airport for test flights. On 23 December 2009, the Jiangxi provincial government reached an agreement with Aviation Industry Corporation of China to build the new Nanchang Yaohu Airport in the Nanchang Aviation Industrial City to replace Qingyunpu Airport. Construction began in November 2016, and Yaohu Airport was opened on 16 August 2018.

Products

Attack aircraft

  • Q-5 "Fantan" – single-seat dual-engined supersonic attack aircraft based on the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19, exported under the designation A-5.

  • Q-6 – variable sweep-winged attacker, similar to MiG-23BN; cancelled.

  • GJ-11 – unmanned combat attack aircraft with stealth design.

Cancelled fighters

  • J-12 – a 1970 Chinese lightweight supersonic fighter; development abandoned in 1977. Only prototypes built.

Trainers

Utility

  • Hongdu N-5 – multi-use agriculture & forest aircraft.

Helicopters

  • MD500E – light and multi-purpose helicopter.

  • MD520N – light and multi-purpose helicopter.

  • MD530F – light and multi-purpose helicopter.

  • MD600N – single-turbine engine helicopter, stretched version of MD600.

Transport

Vehicles

Missiles

References