China’s Introduction of Ukrainian Large Aircraft Technology Will Benefit the Manufacturing Industry

China’s Introduction of Ukrainian Large Aircraft Technology Will Benefit the Manufacturing Industry


Just recently, the well-known Antonov Company of Ukraine announced that it would provide China with the technology of the An-225 transport aircraft and restart the consumption of the aircraft with China, which required 4 billion US dollars, equivalent to more than 30 billion RMB. This also marks that the technology of China's transport aircraft can be advanced by 20 to 30 years, which is too valuable for China to spend 30 billion yuan. This super-large aircraft can fly at an altitude of 10,000 meters, and it also has a long voyage of 15,400 kilometers. Its speed is 850 kilometers per hour. Therefore, this super-large aircraft plays a great role in both civil and military affairs. Besides, it can quickly strengthen defense. This kind of large aircraft not only has commercial value, but also represents a unique national image.

In recent years, China has made great progress in aviation industry. Not long ago, the first flight of the large aircraft C919 at Shanghai Pudong International Airport amazed people all over the country, marking that China's aviation industry has entered a new stage. The ability and reliability of Chinese-made aircraft have been greatly improved, especially in the field of aviation. It is necessary to know that the R & D of aircraft in China is always a weakness, but in recent years it has achieved a breakthrough, such as the domestic turbo-fan 10B,  "Taihang" launcher, is comparable in function to the original Russian AL-31F launcher. According to aerospace experts, if it takes 20 years or even longer to develop a new launcher with advanced functions, then this time will be greatly reduced by introducing advanced foreign technology and writing it into domestic code. As the biggest assistance to China in many technical aspects, Ukraine has sent a small amount of technology to China, including AI-222-25 launcher technology.

I believe that our country can make a further step in the field of aircraft manufacturing by studying the automation equipment in some details of this aircraft and receiving some technical services from Ukraine to China. Such a large and technologically advanced aircraft must include many advanced equipment which is already very intelligent. You only need to give it a password, and I believe he will help you execute it well. The operation is absolutely fine to the extent that cannot be achieved manually. Moreover, for some parts of this aircraft, it definitely needs to apply some robot arms to cooperate with a complete set of automation equipment to operate. In production, considering the environment of the operation, we definitely needs to use some mechanical automation equipment such as welding robots and palletizing robots. Because in some places, people can't enter that environment to operate. There are many other factors that cause the replacement for manpower by robots and other customized automation equipment in many of the current production processes. I believe that we can see more intelligent things in the near future, and the future manual work will be less and less.

It is believed that the aircraft purchase cooperation between China and Ukraine will help China greatly enhance its aircraft manufacturing technology in the future.