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a bumpeer to protect the rear loanding ramp/doors
You are right. I thought it's smaller

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What is the expected timeline for the CJ-1000A program to reach maturity?
hard to tell. Civil engine is much harder to reach maturity, safety standard is very high.
 
What is the expected timeline for the CJ-1000A program to reach maturity?


No idea ... I think the first image of a WS-20 under the mentioned Il-76SK appeared in January 2014

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You are right. I thought it's smaller

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hard to tell. Civil engine is much harder to reach maturity, safety standard is very high.
Also it’s a moving goal post, to have a modern engine that is competitive with the Leap Engine from GE/Safran

No idea ... I think the first image of a WS-20 under the mentioned Il-76SK appeared in January 2014

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I think I saw a timeline where the hope was by 2028-2030; to equal Leap 1C engines. Let see what redevelops by the end of the decade. Wasn’t sure if they were keeping up with the timeline due to any potential delays.
 
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