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Honestly, I don't see any point in this by naming, which should be done by the aircraft design institute. It's like having a child that you've had a hard time raising until he graduates from college only to have a stranger jump in and change your child's name. According to LAOSHI, "As far as I know, the chief engineers got angry for the naming."The images below show a list of AVIC trademark applications. There are several intriguing names for unknown projects: 天龙, 腾龙, 蓝鲨, 火神, 天神, 鳌鹏, 鹗鹏, 云鹏, 金鹗, 雀鹰, 岩鹰, 新鹰, 磐鹰, 祥云.
Given the existing naming convention by AVIC, such as using Dragon (龙) for fighters and UAVs, God (神) for bombers, Peng (鹏) for transports, Hawks/Falcons (鹰) for trainers, we can speculate the possible natures of these projects. Again, just speculation.
Fighter/UAV: Sky Dragon (天龙), Rising/Prancing Dragon (腾龙)
Carrier Fighter: Blue Shark (蓝鲨)
Bombers: God of Fire (火神), God of Sky (天神)
Transport aircraft: Ao Peng (鳌鹏), E Peng/Osprey (鹗鹏), Yun Peng (云鹏)
Trainer: Sparrow Hawk (雀鹰), Cliff Eagle (岩鹰), New Eagle (新鹰), Boulder Eagle (磐鹰)
Uncategorized : Golden Osprey (金鹗), (祥云)
The naming rules are still a little confused.I think the naming method of weapon category + serial number is already very representative.
As for the J-35, it is unclear whether the project belongs to the air force or the Navy.
"Flying shark（J-15）" and "Flying Leopard（JH-7）" are fighters named earlier.What they have in common is that the navy is their main customer.
So if the future J-35 is first equipped by the Navy, it should be named "flying+animal"
Note that this is just my personal guess.
Simply translate：
Dragon（龙） series - land-based fighter
God（神） series - bomber
Roc （鹏）series - military transport aircraft
Clairvoyant（千里眼） series - early warning / detection aircraft
Sea Eagle（海雕） series - anti submarine patrol aircraft
Thunder（雷电） series - electronic warfare aircraft
Eagle（鹰） series - Trainer
Divine Eagle（神雕） series - tactical general purpose helicopter
Fierce Thunderbolt（ 霹雳火）- series - armed helicopter
Lucky Bird(吉祥鸟） series - Civil Helicopter
Pterosaur（翼龙） series - high-altitude UAV
Cloud Shadow(云影) series -high-altitude high-speed UAV
Rotary Dagger-axe(旋戈) series - rotor UAV
Propitious Cloud（祥云） series - airships and balloons
Other series - civil aircraft
Dragon（龙） series - land-based fighter
God（神） series - bomber
Roc （鹏）series - military transport aircraft
Clairvoyant（千里眼） series - early warning / detection aircraft
Sea Eagle（海雕） series - anti submarine patrol aircraft
Thunder（雷电） series - electronic warfare aircraft
Eagle（鹰） series - Trainer
Divine Eagle（神雕） series - tactical general purpose helicopter
Fierce Thunderbolt（ 霹雳火）- series - armed helicopter
Lucky Bird(吉祥鸟） series - Civil Helicopter
Pterosaur（翼龙） series - high-altitude UAV
Cloud Shadow(云影) series -high-altitude high-speed UAV
Rotary Dagger-axe(旋戈) series - rotor UAV
Propitious Cloud（祥云） series - airships and balloons
Other series - civil aircraft
A new domestic software named Sabre was introduced at the 7th Aviation High Technology Conference. According to the Weibo poster, Sabre will solve a major bottleneck by replacing an imported equivalent. Does anyone know what Sabre does? Simulation or CAD or something else?
SABRE stands for "Structural Analysis BREezing". The developer is the Aircraft Strength Research Institute of China. They started the development in 2018.
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Can anyone identify this airbase? It's located somewhere in the south and is currently undergoing a major renovation and expansion.
Suixi, Zhanjiang. Home of the 6th Brigade.
It seems they will receive something new to replace their Su-35s.
Probably some J-20s to give the pilots a chance during golden helmet. I doubt all of them will be replaced though. Probably eliminating the legacy flankers first.