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GABORONE, Botswana \u2014 A Chinese aviation company The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has <\/span>reported progress in its ambitious African expansion plans to set up an aviation training center, two regional marketing offices, two maintenance and support centers, and three spare-parts warehouses to promote\u00a0sales and maintenance for Chinese-made aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at the Aviation Expo China 2015 held in Beijing last month, Zhang Guangjian,\u00a0general manager of\u00a0AVIC subsidiary <\/span>International Aero Development Corp.\u00a0(IADC), a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC),\u00a0general manager Zhang Guangjian <\/span>said the strategy African developments <\/span>includes the construction of a civilian aviation training center in South Africa, and two maintenance and product support offices in Tanzania and the Republic of Congo. (RoC).<\/span>\u00a0Three aircraft spares<\/span>\u00a0warehouses for spare parts also are planned for Kenya, Zimbabwe and the Republic of <\/span>Congo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IADC was set up under AVIC\u00a0International Aero Development Corporation is a AVIC subsidiary set up <\/span>to promote global exports of Chinese-made civilian aircraft. The new centers will also promote the provision of <\/span>sales and maintenance services to a large fleet of Chinese-made African military aircraft,\u00a0including fighter jets, trainers, helicopters and UAVs. unnmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We plan to use these installations to help our civil aircraft industry expand its presence in Africa’s central and northwestern regions. Compared with Western counterparts, our aircraft have proven more suitable for operations in Africa because they are more adaptable to tough use and bad infrastructure. They have enabled our African friends to operate good aircraft at an affordable cost,” Zhang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AVIC says at least 80 percent of the trainer aircraft fleet operated by African air forces are Chinese-made. These include 24 variants of the Y-12 turbo-prop trainer aircraft, which are operated by several African air forces including\u00a0Kenya, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Zambia, Uganda, Sudan, Namibia, Tanzania and Eritrea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft is produced by China Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corp.\u00a0(HAMC). <\/span>AVIC’s regional field service center in Nairobi will include a\u00a0training center and spare parts warehouse meant to provide technical support and after-sale for African customers of the\u00a0Y-12 military aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AVIC subsidiary Hongdu Aviation Industry Corp.\u00a0(HAIC) <\/span>also established itself on the continent with the 2012 sale of six L-15 trainer jets to Zambia, followed by an\u00a0a success which was followed up with the<\/span>\u00a0order of 12 more L-15s by an unnamed African country during the 2013 edition of the <\/span>Paris Air Show.\u00a0The customer is widely believed to be Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corp., another\u00a0AVIC subsidiary, has sold 35 variants of its Karakorum K-8 light attack and trainer aircraft to the air forces of Zimbabwe (12), Zambia (16), Ghana (five) and an unspecified number to Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Chinese military aircraft models operated by African air forces include the Chengdu JF-7, \u00a0the MA-60 and Y-12 turbo-props and Harbin\u00a0Z-9 helicopters, spread across numerous countries including\u00a0Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Mauritania and Djibouti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the AVIC used the recent <\/span>Aviation Expo China, AVIC 2015 airshow to <\/span>exhibited newer versions of the FC-1 Xiaolong and JF -17 Thunder multirole aircraft for export to global markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company also unveiled a multirole combat UAV called the Wing Loong II. The UAV is a medium-altitude, long-endurance multirole drone capable of performing surveillance and reconnaissance as well as air-to-ground strike.\u00a0It is manufactured by AVIC subsidiary Chengdu Aircraft Design and Research Institute. Its predecessor, the Wing Loong I, has been sold to African and Middle Eastern countries which include Nigeria, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese defense and aerospace writer and analyst Wang Yanan said the Wing Loon II will help China to claim a substantial stake of the international UAV market, especially among African and Middle Eastern countries that already operate Chinese aircraft and air defense\u00a0systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The advanced drone will help China obtain a bigger share in the international market because it will be one of the most capable military drones in the market. The Wing Loong II is equipped with a satellite data link system, so it can operate in an environment with bad ground signals, which means it can be of great use to nations that have vast mountainous areas or plateaus. In addition, the drone will be very attractive to countries that operate the Wing Loong I as they have realized the capabilities and reliability of Chinese-made drones,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:\u00a0onkala@defensenews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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