Manufacturer catalog

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation is a major Chinese state-owned aerospace and missile manufacturer whose catalog-relevant role spans anti-ship missiles, air-defense systems, launch vehicles, and defense electronics.

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China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, usually shortened to CASIC, is one of China's central state-owned aerospace-defense groups. Public reference sources describe it as a defense and aerospace manufacturer with a long lineage that reaches back to the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of Defense in 1956.

In this catalog, CASIC anchors the builder context for the company's missile and air-defense families, including the C-801, C-802, and HQ-9 entries, while keeping the broader aerospace and defense-electronics role visible on the catalog page.

Missile systemsAir defense systemsCruise missilesLaunch vehiclesDefense electronicsAerospace applications

Notable Systems

C-801 anti-ship missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, Munitions

C-801 anti-ship missile

Anti-ship cruise missile

The C-801/YJ-8 family is part of CASIC's missile lineage and anchors the catalog's builder connection to the company's early anti-ship cruise-missile work.

Sources: A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier
C-802/Noor anti-ship cruise missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, Munitions

C-802 anti-ship missile

Anti-ship cruise missile

The C-802 export family is one of the clearest catalog links to CASIC's anti-ship missile production and development line.

Sources: C-802 Chinese Short-Range Anti-Ship Cruise Missile, A Potent Vector: Assessing Chinese Cruise Missile Developments
HQ-9, Long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense

HQ-9 air-defense system

Long-range surface-to-air missile system

HQ-9 is CASIC's best-known long-range surface-to-air missile family and a central air-defense product line in the catalog.

Sources: HQ-9

Manufacturer History

  1. Origin traces to the Fifth Academy

    China Daily and Devex describe CASIC as growing out of the Fifth Academy of the Ministry of Defense in 1956.

    Sources: Directory of Central SOEs, Devex profile

  2. Profiled as a central SOE

    China Daily's central-SOE directory entry identifies CASIC as a large state-owned hi-tech military company under direct central-government administration.

    Sources: Directory of Central SOEs

  3. Beijing headquarters building documented

    A Commons photograph documents the CASIC Building in Beijing and provides a reusable, rights-clear image reference for the builder profile.

    Sources: CASIC Building (20211016151805).jpg

Website links
Official websiteChina Daily directory entryOpenSanctions profile

Public English-language references vary between CASIC, China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited, so the profile normalizes those spellings as aliases. CASIC is a centrally administered state-owned defense conglomerate, so address and lineage claims are kept to what the cited sources explicitly state.

Manufacturer Sources

  • Directory of Central SOEsPublisher: China Daily / govt.chinadaily.com.cn | Note: Supports the 1956 origin, central-SOE status, defense and aerospace role, Beijing address, and official website context for CASIC. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • OpenSanctions profilePublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Supports the current legal-name variants, website, and Beijing address used in current public reference records for CASIC. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • Devex profilePublisher: Devex | Note: Supports the 1956 Fifth Academy lineage and the company's long-running state-owned aerospace and defense manufacturing role. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • A Low-Visibility Force MultiplierPublisher: National Defense University Press | Note: Supports the C-801/YJ-8 family background, CASIC Third Academy manufacturing context, and core technical specifications relevant to the catalog's builder linkage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • C-802 Chinese Short-Range Anti-Ship Cruise MissilePublisher: U.S. Army ODIN | Note: Supports the C-802 family background, manufacturer context, and technical profile used to connect this builder to the catalog's C-802 entry. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • A Potent Vector: Assessing Chinese Cruise Missile DevelopmentsPublisher: National Defense University Press | Note: Supports the C-802 family background and the broader CASIC cruise-missile production lineage. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • HQ-9Publisher: Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | Note: Supports the HQ-9 family's manufacturer context, air-defense role, and technical profile relevant to CASIC's product line. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • CASIC Building (20211016151805).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for a CASIC Building photograph described on Commons as the uploader's own work and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; the file page also shows the image used on the CASIC Commons category page. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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HQ-9, Long-range surface-to-air missile system, Air Defense2025 India-Pakistan Conflict, South China Sea DisputesHQ-9Long-range surface-to-air missile systemBuilt in: ChinaThe HQ-9 is a Chinese road-mobile long-range surface-to-air missile family associated with CASIC and CPMIEC export marketing. Four-canister 8x8 launchers, HT-233-family fire-control radars, naval HHQ-9 and FD-2000 export designations make it a layered air-defense system rather than a single missile round; public conflict coverage now centers on Chinese island deployments in the South China Sea and Pakistan's HQ-9/P/HQ-9BE layer in the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict.

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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A200/M20 missile launcher, Road-mobile guided rocket and short-range ballistic missile launcher, Artillery2020 Tigray WarA200/M20 missile launcherRoad-mobile guided rocket and short-range ballistic missile launcherBuilt in: ChinaThe A200/M20 launcher is a Chinese road-mobile launch platform marketed around ALIT/CASC A200 and A300 guided rockets plus CASIC M20 short-range ballistic missiles. Public export reporting describes A200, A300, and M20 weapons sharing a general launcher platform, while the Belarusian Polonez family shows an A200-derived launcher path and the AR2/PHL-03 remains a separate Ethiopian 300 mm MLRS. In the 2020 Tigray War, Tigrayan forces captured elements of Ethiopia's A200/M20 force and used the capability for deep strikes before Ethiopian government forces recaptured or found abandoned launchers, missiles, rocket canisters, and loaders.

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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C-801 anti-ship missile, Anti-ship cruise missile, Munitions2014 Yemen Civil WarC-801 anti-ship missileAnti-ship cruise missileBuilt in: ChinaThe C-801 is the export designation of China's YJ-8 family, a solid-propellant, sea-skimming anti-ship missile built by CASIC's Third Academy. Open references place the surface-launched YJ-8/C-801 in 1987 service with a 42 km range and 165 kg warhead, while later YJ-81/C-801K and YJ-82 members carried the same short-range family into air- and submarine-launched roles. Yemen's pre-war C-801 stocks and the C-801/C-802 identification caveat make the missile relevant to Houthi anti-ship attacks in the 2014 Yemen Civil War.
M20 short-range ballistic missile, Road-mobile short-range ballistic missile, Munitions2020 Tigray WarM20 short-range ballistic missileRoad-mobile short-range ballistic missileBuilt in: ChinaThe M20 short-range ballistic missile, also known as DF-12, is a Chinese road-mobile SRBM built by CASIC for transporter-erector-launcher operations. CSIS describes it as a single-stage, solid-fueled missile with an export range around 280 km, 480 kg payload, PLA service from 2013, and M20A/M20B derivatives. In the 2020 Tigray War, Oryx identified captured Ethiopian M20 missiles used by Tigray forces for long-range strikes.