Update on J-11B Project

[Lankan Ranger]

Update on J-11B Project

Recently surfaced photos indicate that the WS-10A turbofan engine is now operational with the J-11B heavy fighter.

According to the PLAAF 60th Anniversary Warplane Show, the J-11B conducted its maiden flight on December 2003 and entered service with the 1st PLAAF Fighter Division on December 2007. The initial batch of the J-11B was powered by the imported Russian AL-31F turbofans engine instead of the delayed WS-10A.

In addition to the engine, the J-11B differs from the J-11A in other areas; it features a new quadruple-redundant digital fly-by-wire flight system with mechanical backup, a new multimode pulse Doppler radar for indigenous armaments against land/sea/air targets, and a new cost of composite material to reduce weight. It's redesigned cockpit is equipped with a new set of instruments ranging from a holographic HUD, four LCD MDFs, to a new missile warning system.

China Defense Blog: Update on the J-11B Project.

 

[Lankan Ranger]

 

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[Lankan Ranger]

I THINK NOW CHINA CAN EXPORT J-11B

 

[grey boy 2]

Shenyang J-11B Sino-Flanker

Known differences include:


A Chinese IRST set located in the centreline position as with the OLS-27 in early Su-27S.

A planar array multimode radar which resembles the Phazotron Zhuk-27 series. It includes an IFF interrogator array.

An Onboard Oxygen Generator System (OBOGS). Only the most recent Russian variants have an OBOGS.

A unique glass cockpit design, with an asymmetric layout quite different from the Su-30MKK/MK2 and Su-27SMK.

An optical MAWS system claimed to operate in the UV band.

Dielectric panels on the stabilators not seen on any Russian variant.

The differences between the J-11B, Su-27SK and Su-27SMK are sufficiently great that this must be considered a unique offshoot of the Flanker family of fighters, not a subtype of the baseline Su-27SK/J-11A.

 

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[azfar]

can someone compare them with MKIs?

 

[MZUBAIR]

can someone compare them with MKIs?

MKI is capable to use western weapons.......no other significant difference.

 

[Lankan Ranger]

J-11B ROCKS

 

[TaimiKhan]

MKI is capable to use western weapons.......no other significant difference.

MKI has Canards, Israeli, French, Indian, Russian avionics and other systems. TVC. MKI tandem seat version, J-11B single seat. And some other features.

The basic J-11B is more like a much better version of Su-27 with All Made in China.

Yeah J-11BS can be thought as a Chinese equivalent to Su-30MKK.

MKI sets apart with multi national systems in it.

 

[zagahaga]

so can we get em?

 

[gambit]

J-11B ROCKS

Is that how it flies? Or is that its aerodynamics, as in 'like a rock'?

 

[TaimiKhan]

so can we get em?

Not for now, not in foreseeable future and then may be.