There are more and more news about Shen Fei's Falcon fighter, netizens have given it a name, called J-35, and some people say that it should be called J-3, so what does the Falcon FC-31 look like, whether we produce it ourselves, and see if the military department will approve it.
Now, his "temporary residence permit" is the FC-31, but then again, one of the models we export is the FC-20, have you heard of it?
There are many reasons for how our military aircraft was decided, first, we need to know who is leading, where to start, from which level, initiated by the army or manufacturers, and the specific model.
What you mean is that these models are not necessarily made for the sake of being made, or rather, these are all about proving a new technology, a new design, a kind called the J-7 FS, which looks earthy, but it's beautiful, it's a very rare jaw structure, it's a very rare design, it's an engine that's specifically designed to test the engine, this kind of engine, this kind of engine, only Chengfei can make it.
Take the FC-1 Thunder that we are familiar with, this fighter was originally our intention to upgrade the J-7 to the greatest extent, at the beginning, we did have this plan, but over time, for various reasons, especially after the J-10 was listed as a national strategic plan, this Thunder was retained as an important technology.
"Thunder" is not a Thunder, nor is it FC-1, we once called them once, and then we had a lot of military cooperation with Pakistan, and then we joined forces with Pakistan to conduct in-depth research on the J-7, so that our J-7 got a new life, which is what we call FC-1, which is what we call Thunder.
And Pakistan also has its own system, just changed his Thunderbolt to his JF-17, because we don't have our own Thunder yet, and we haven't gotten the official equipment yet.
The FC-31 fighter was originally not Chinese, but exported, so it was named FC-31, that is, the aircraft belonged to Type 31, not Type 31.
If one day, our army will use the J-35, then all this, will have to wait until the final result.