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Shenyang Aircraft Corporation is a Chinese state-owned aircraft manufacturer in Shenyang, Liaoning, and part of the AVIC aerospace-defense industrial system. Its public record spans early People's Republic fighter production, later indigenous interceptor and Flanker-family aircraft work, civil-aircraft structures, aircraft repair, and unmanned-aircraft activity.
5 weaponsThe manufacturer traces its public lineage to the early 1950s, when Shenyang became one of the foundational fighter-aircraft production centers in China's aviation industry. Forecast International's archived company study describes Shenyang as one of China's oldest aircraft corporations and records early Soviet-assisted production of Yak-18, J-5/MiG-17, and J-6/MiG-19 aircraft before later J-8 and J-11 production.
Current public filings for AVIC Shenyang Aircraft Company Limited identify aviation product manufacturing as the core business, with aviation-defense equipment and civil aviation products as the main product areas. The 2025 annual report lists Shenyang Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary whose business covers fighters, special-mission aircraft, unmanned aircraft, civil-aircraft parts, and aircraft maintenance.
Twin-engine, two-seat multirole strike fighter in the Shenyang Flanker-family line; the catalog record links it to public PLAAF service and variant reporting.
Sources: J-16, AVIC Shenyang 2025 Annual Report
Chinese Su-27-derived air-superiority fighter family built by Shenyang, with later domestic J-11B/J-11D branches covered in the catalog record.
Sources: J-11, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC)
Twin-engine interceptor family that illustrates Shenyang's transition from Soviet-derived fighter production toward indigenous Chinese air-defense aircraft.
Sources: Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC)Public company histories and reference reporting place Shenyang's origin in the early 1950s, making it one of the earliest major aircraft production centers in the People's Republic of China.
Sources: Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), AVIC Shenyang 2025 Annual Report
Forecast International records roughly 750 J-5/MiG-17F aircraft produced at Shenyang between 1956 and 1959, followed by substantial J-6/MiG-19-series production.
Sources: Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC)
Forecast International describes the 2007 separation of Shenyang's civil-aviation activities into AVIC SAC Commercial Aircraft, while later Shenyang municipal reporting highlights that unit's civil fuselage-structure work for Airbus A220 and COMAC programs.
Sources: Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), Shenyang aviation industry develops rapidly
The 2025 annual report identifies AVIC Shenyang Aircraft Company Limited as the listed company and defines Shenyang Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. as Shenyang's fighter, unmanned-aircraft, civil-parts, and maintenance subsidiary.
Sources: AVIC Shenyang 2025 Annual Report
The U.S. Defense Department's June 2026 Section 1260H list names AVIC Shenyang Aircraft Company Limited among Chinese military companies and places it in the AVIC group context.
Sources: Entities Identified as Chinese Military Companies Operating in the United States
Chinese military-aircraft program details are often disclosed through state-linked filings, official media, trade reporting, and third-party defense references rather than full public manufacturer datasheets. Organization-level manufacturing context is kept separate from conflict-use claims, which remain on the individual aircraft records.
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Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.
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