By WENDELL MINNICK
SINGAPORE — At this year’s Singapore Airshow, Chinese aviation companies AVIC and CATIC are pushing into the export defense market for Southeast Asia.
Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC) provided brochures and models of their platforms at this year’s airshow.
On display were models of the L-15 Falcon advanced jet trainer, FC-1/JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft, Z-9WE attack helicopter, Wing Loong (Pterodactyl) unmanned combat aerial vehicle, ASN-209 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and the K-8 basic jet trainer.
Missing this year from the AVIC/CATIC booth are models and brochures of the J-10 fighter.
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