J-XX

J-XX
J-XX
General information
Type	Combat aircraft
National origin	People's Republic of China
Designer	Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group ; Shenyang Aircraft Corporation
Primary user	People's Liberation Army Air Force
History
First flight	Chengdu J-20: January 11, 2011; FC-31, the Shenyang J-35 prototype: 31 October 2012; Chengdu J-36: 26 December 2024 (publicly observed); Shenyang J-50: 20 December 2024;
Outcome	Chengdu develop and produce the Chengdu J-20 and Shenyang develop and produce the Shenyang J-35

J-XX J-X, and XXJ are names applied by Western intelligence agencies to describe programs by the People's Republic of China to develop multiple fifth-generation fighter aircraft. General He Weirong, Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), stated that China had several such programs underway and that an undesignated fifth-generation fighter developed jointly by Chengdu Aerospace Corporation (CAC) and Shenyang Aerospace Corporation (SAC) would be in service by 2018.