China's first domestically produced large-type aircraft will be named as C919
Xinhua Beijing March 6 (Xinhua Sun Wen) CPPCC National Committee, China Commercial Aircraft Co., Ltd. Vice General Manager, WU Guang-hui, chief architect of a large passenger plane on the 6th revealed that the development of large passenger aircraft is now in full swing, the first China-made large-type plane will be known as "C919".
WU Guang-hui, said: "C is the first letter of China, Chinese commercial aircraft is also a limited liability company COMAC initials initials, at the same time there is a meaning that we are determined to enter the international market, large passenger aircraft, with Airbus (Airbus) and Boeing (Boeing) to join in the international large-scale aircraft manufacturing industry exist side by side to form the pattern of ABC. "
WU Guang-hui said that the first "9" and it implies is everlasting and unchanging, "19" represents the type of China's first large passenger capacity of the largest 190. He said, "C919" models after the future may also be named as "C929", one of "29" represents the model of the largest capacity of 290.
WU Guang-hui said that China's large passenger aircraft will be 150 single-channel level as the breakthrough point, under supercritical wing, wing hanging advanced high bypass ratio turbofan engines, conventional tail and the former three-point retractable landing gear of the conventional layout of the form. Strive to achieve weight reduction, drag reduction, emission reduction, and strive to develop with similar models in the current international security, economy, comfort is more competitive large passenger aircraft, used for 8 years to complete development.
He said that the large aircraft engines, airborne equipment, materials, etc. will be used the way the world's preferred choice of bidding at the same time encourage foreign suppliers to cooperate with domestic manufacturers, the development of my national machine industry.
"Development of large passenger aircraft, we will be firmly in the hands for their own intellectual property rights standpoint, self-development, breakthroughs in core technologies and key technologies, while taking full advantage of international resources." WU Guang-hui said, "in large passenger aircraft will initially select a number of foreign products, such as engines, but we synchronize the development of domestic arrangements. "
WU Guang-hui said that China-made large passenger aircraft on international supplier selection, priority will be given selection has cooperative relations with the domestic manufacturers; selection of domestic suppliers in the area, "regardless of state-owned enterprises or private enterprises, as long as have the ability, we will select. We should focus on support a number of enterprises, especially private enterprises, add to large passenger aircraft industry chain. "
WU Guang-hui, the company officially launched in 2008 a large passenger plane project feasibility studies, to cite the nation, and poly-chi in China, inviting 47 units at home and abroad 468 Expert Group has become a large passenger aircraft United Engineering team, set up by 20 academicians, experts Expert Advisory Group on large passenger aircraft, forming a large passenger aircraft preliminary overall technical program, completed a large passenger aircraft project techno-economic feasibility study report, combing out the first start of the 14 required special technical research project.
WU Guang-hui said that in 2009 the development of large passenger aircraft project arduous mission, comprehensive access to pre-development stage, it is necessary to the completion of 14 key technologies and to start a number of key technologies, selected major systems, the structure of suppliers, to make new breakthroughs for project development.