Russian training plane SR-10. The first flight took place on December 25, 2015. The engine cannot.Don't worry, very soon you will see a Chinese copy of the SR-10, which they will call JF-10:
I can't comment - I'm not aviation expert.President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during his visit to the enterprise “Zaporozhye machine-building design Bureau “Progress” named after academician Ivchenko familiarized with the project of the new Ukrainian twin-engine multipurpose fighter, according to military-informant.com.
Ukrainian aircraft designers submitted sketches of the project of creation of the Ukrainian multi-purpose fighter, which was called LBL ( Leghiy Boyovy Litak – Light Combat Aircraft ). The new aircraft will superficially resemble Soviet MiG-29 and combine Ukrainian powerplant of two engines developed on the basis of AI-322F and avionics of Western and Ukrainian production.
At the moment the development of the new fighter is at the stage of draft. According to its characteristics and purpose, the plane will be close to the Russian MiG-35, Swedish JAS 39 Gripen and the Chinese FC-1 Xiaolong.
Ukraine is looking for partners for the production of aircraft. In the beginning, wanted to develop an attack helicopter jointly with Poland, but the poles decided to buy American helicopters. I do not presume to predict the situation, because a bad analyst. In that year there appeared the information that the Odessa aircraft plant will collect Chinese training L-15. But it turns out - a training aircraft of Ukraine is not necessary. Need a light fighter. However, the L-15 has no guns and radar. Now with our Chinese colleagues develop it.Airshow China 2016: Ukraine's Motor Sich to begin licensed production in China
Ukrainian aero-engine maker Motor Sich is to begin the licensed manufacture of several of its products in China, based on an agreement the company signed this year with Chinese industry to form the Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry Investment Co Ltd, it emerged at Airshow China 2016.
The joint venture will produce a series of engines originally designed by the Ivchenko Design Bureau and produced by Motor Sich; the entities are co-located in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaparozhye.
The outline of the agreement calls for several classes of engines to be assembled at a new plant in Chongching, Sichuan Province, including the D-136, MS-500V and TV3-117VMA-SBM1V turboshaft helicopter engines; the AI-450S general aviation aircraft engine; the D436-148FM and D-18T high-bypass turbofan engines; the D-27 counter-rotating, dual-propeller turboprop engine that was originally designed for the Antonov An-70 programme; and the AI-222 series of military jet engines.
