Zhuhai Air Show: Pay Equal Attention To Aerospace And Defense System, Defense Industry Goes Abroad

On September 28, the 13th China International Aviation and space Expo kicked off in Zhuhai. The exhibition has a strong lineup. 700 manufacturers from 40 countries and regions will participate in the exhibition online and offline. A batch of new products, new technologies, new services and new achievements in the field of aerospace and defense, which represent the world's advanced level, will appear. Most of them will be the world's first and domestic first exhibitions, and the series of "land, sea, air, space and power" will be fully covered.

"I feel that now Zhuhai Air Show is more and more inclined to comprehensive defense exhibition, not just aviation exhibition," laughs Li Zhongqin, senior engineer of CETC Network Communication Research Institute. It is not only Li Zhongqin's view that several exhibitors who have participated in the Zhuhai Air Show for many times have found that more and more land combat equipment have joined in, and more and more systematic military defense equipment have appeared, which has made Zhuhai Air Show deviate from its original intention and become a more comprehensive display of comprehensive defense system and aerospace system.

Behind this change is "China's confidence in its own industrial capabilities." Xiao Ning, executive editor of Beijing's ordnance magazine, pointed out to the 21st century economic report that China has a whole system of industrial manufacturing capacity, which is reflected in its defense. It can not only sell some land, sea, air, air and space products such as tanks, airplanes and radars, but also help some countries build their own national defense systems, This is an advantage that other countries do not have.

This is also why China weapons industry group and China Weapon Equipment Group have continuously expanded the equipment scale and the latest specifications displayed at the Zhuhai Air Show in recent years, while CETC has also brought about 500 products, nearly 50 of which are large-scale actual equipment.

Xiao Ning believes that Zhuhai Air Show has rapidly become one of the world's well-known air shows in the aviation industry. If it wins the same reputation in the Defense Exhibition, then the equal emphasis on aerospace and defense may become the most special point that distinguishes Zhuhai Air Show from other individual exhibitions.

The 25-year-old Zhuhai Air Show seems to be in a new historical stage.

"National heavyweight" appeared in batch

The scale of this year's Pavilion is actually slightly smaller than that of the last one. It is understood that 43 countries and regions participated in the 12th air show, with 770 domestic and foreign exhibitors. This year, the number of online and offline exhibitors has been reduced to 700 enterprises from nearly 40 countries and regions.

The 21st century economic reporter's tour of the exhibition found that although some foreign exhibitors were absent, the wonderful degree of the booth was not inferior to that of the previous ones. For example, NASA made its debut as the sponsor of the air show this year, focusing on the achievements in space science, space technology, space application and other fields in the exhibition area of nearly 500 square meters, as well as the important initiatives and achievements of China's international cooperation in aerospace. There are lunar soil samples retrieved by chang'e-5, and physical displays such as chang'e-5 re-entry module and parachute.

In the aerospace science and technology exhibition area, a number of models of domestic launch vehicles were displayed in an array, showing great momentum. Perhaps the most attractive thing in the exhibition hall is the re-entry module of the new generation manned spacecraft test ship which has experienced the high temperature above 3000 ℃ and the recovery and landing system composed of three red and white parachutes and six large buffer airbags after its return to the atmosphere.

At the air show, China's first experimental satellite for solar exploration science and technology, the sun double super satellite, also appeared for the first time. The main scientific payload of this satellite is the sun H α Imaging spectrometer, which will realize space solar h for the first time in the world α The spectral imaging detection in the band provides the key data for the study of the dynamic process and physical mechanism of the solar burst.

The most "old" sponsor of Zhuhai Air Show, China aviation industry group, also brings a lot of "national heavyweights". Zhou Guoqiang, general manager of the group, said that it would organize 149 items of self-developed aviation equipment and technology projects to participate in the exhibition, including more than 50 leading exhibitions, the first flight display of ag600 large amphibious aircraft, AC series helicopters and AG series general aircraft.

China Aviation Development Corporation made its debut with Taihang engine development type, civil turboprop engine aep500, aep60e and turbofan aef100. Compared with the last air show, China Air development has a larger scale of participation, more first show exhibits and more comprehensive products.

The signing and cooperation related to aviation were also intensively launched on the first day of the air show. Boeing and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd. announced on the 28th that they will create more production capacity for 767-300 Boeing modified freighters to meet the continued strong market demand. Boeing also signed a pilot training agreement with Xiang Peng aviation.

Airbus Beijing Engineering Technology Center has signed cooperation agreements with Hubei Hangyu Jiatai aircraft equipment Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Shenglong fiber material Co., Ltd., which will jointly explore the application of green coconut in aviation seat cushion.

Honeywell and SF airlines signed the purchase agreement of spare parts, and announced to sign a memorandum of cooperation with China Eastern Airlines to support domestic large aircraft. Honeywell said that it will further explore in-depth cooperation with China Eastern Airlines to upgrade the maintenance and overhaul capability of Honeywell hgt750 auxiliary power unit (APU) assembled on C919 aircraft, so as to help it establish a complete repair capability for this type of APU in China.

Defense proportion rises

The normal situation of aerospace is still continuing, but the new changes are worth noting.

Compared with the previous Zhuhai Air Show, an obvious change is that the proportion of participants in the defense system is increasing. A number of the newest and familial military trade products of China Aerospace Science and technology will appear, including m20a / B surface to surface missile weapon system and ly-70 air defense missile weapon system for the first time.

China Aerospace Science and engineering will systematically display the overall capabilities and main products of air defense system, coastal defense system, ground strike system, unmanned combat system, early warning and surveillance security system, commercial space system, command, communication and support system. The exhibition scale is the largest in all previous air shows. Among them, there are dozens of equipment for the first time, and the number of exhibits for the first time is the highest in all previous air shows.

Huang Xingdong, deputy general manager of China Electronics Technology Group, disclosed that it will build four professional exhibition areas of electronic equipment, network information system, industrial foundation and network security, covering the whole industry chain of electronic information, including land, sea, space and sky electronic equipment, and display the latest research results in the fields of core electronic components, characteristic electronic function materials and high-end electronic manufacturing equipment, And system solutions in the field of network security. A total of 500 products were exhibited, of which nearly 50 were large-scale practical equipment, which was the largest exhibition of CETC.

Reporters from 21st century economic report found that military officers from embassies of Egypt, Angola, Tanzania, Israel, Philippines and other countries have been staying in the exhibition area for a long time to learn about UAV Systems and command and control vehicles. Li Zhongqin told reporters that the UAV Ground command and control station is the combat command center of the entire UAV system, with the ability to monitor and control the UAV platform and various mission loads, which is equivalent to the "brain" of the UAV system. The company independently designed and developed one station multi machine command and control vehicle, with a number of patents and intellectual property rights, is the most advanced UAV Ground command and control station in China. At the same time, it can control four UAVs to perform tasks cooperatively.

It is reported that CETC Network Communication Research Institute has been deeply engaged in UAV command and control field for more than 40 years. At present, it has provided command and control, line of sight / satellite communication measurement and control links for main export-oriented UAVs such as "pterosaur" series UAVs and "Rainbow" series UAVs, and has been exported to more than 10 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, with a turnover of nearly 2 billion yuan. It is worth noting that most of the orders were obtained in the past three or four years.

Defense industry going abroad

In fact, for CETC, Zhuhai Air Show is like an opportunity to show the company's latest equipment and technology to potential global target customers. Therefore, the company is more and more confident to show products suitable for foreign trade.

Coincidentally, China Ordnance Equipment Group Corporation and China Ordnance Industry Group also think so. Zou Wenchao, deputy general manager of China ordnance industry group, said that 153 high-tech exhibits such as mobile assault, Firepower Strike and unmanned equipment will be displayed in a systematic way, of which 62 will be the first exhibition. It will fully demonstrate the highest level of foreign trade weapons and equipment of China's army, as well as its strong scientific and technological innovation, independent research and development and advanced manufacturing capabilities.

He Jiwu, deputy general manager of China Ordnance Equipment Group, said that the company will bring 294 products from 8 fields, including global mobile synthetic battalion, individual team combat equipment, wheeled fire strike equipment, terminal defense combat system, precision damage ammunition, unmanned equipment and civilian firearms, among which more than one third of the equipment will be exhibited for the first time.

Xiao Ning has participated in many Zhuhai Air shows, he recalled, "In 2008, China Ordnance Equipment Group came in for the first time. At that time, it was just a small museum. After several sessions, the exhibition area was gradually expanded, and more and more contents were displayed, as well as the latest equipment and technology. In 2018, China Shipbuilding Group also joined in. This year, China Shipbuilding Corporation brought 60 maritime defense exhibits, including unmanned combat systems, underwater weapons and intelligent equipment. It can be said that This year's Zhuhai Air Show is not limited to Aerospace Exhibition

For China's defense system industry, Zhuhai Air Show is also an excellent opportunity for them to go abroad and show their strength and technology to the world. After all, there are some difficulties in the export of defense equipment, which is far less convenient than that in China.

Xiao Ning believes that the Zhuhai air show can be transformed into a dual exhibition of aerospace and defense system. After all, there is no global exhibition combining the two. Zhuhai air show can make its own characteristics.

What's more, global defense spending is a huge cake of nearly $2 trillion. In 2020, even when the global economy suffers a great setback, defense spending of all countries will rise to $1.93 trillion.

How much cake can China's defense industry cut? The future of Zhuhai Air Show seems to tell us the answer.

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