You mean factory primer paint, rather than camo?
J-35 carrier fighter (PLAN) thread
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You mean factory primer paint, rather than camo?
I'm not sure who has speculated that, but overall SAC has seen some expansion of production capacity even before that big new facility they have built.
It's not unreasonable to say that aircraft production footprint is finite therefore they have to build a mix of different aircraft in any given footprint, but the idea that the entire production of an aircraft type has to be "stopped" to produce a new aircraft type, is a gross oversimplification.
It may be in the process of gradual production reduction. If you pay a little attention to AVIC Shenyang Aircraft Corporation's annual report, you will find that after 7 consecutive years of revenue growth, Shenyang Aircraft's revenue fell by 7.37% year-on-year for the first time in 2024, and by 18.54% year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2025.
Considering the increase in aircraft carriers, the production of the J-15 will not be reduced. Therefore, it is very likely that Shenyang Aircraft is in a transition phase where production of the J-16 has been reduced and the J-35 has not yet entered mass production, leading to a significant year-on-year decline in revenue over the past two years.
I dont think they will stop J-15 and J-16 in the near future. Since PLAAF and PLANAF still more EW variants of both aircraft.
lol no. J-15T/D have just started production and J-16D is needed too. According to Yankeesama they are ramping down the production of vanilla J-16 though. Production capacity will go to J-35/A/E and it seems that the naval variant will be given the highest priority.