On October 26, BJKD Group (hereinafter referred to as "BJKD Group" or "BJKD") and Italian LEONARDO Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "LEONARDO") jointly established an aviation advanced material industry base with international advanced level. Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu. The construction of this project is a major upgrade of the carbon fiber lightweight industrial platform (high-end carbon fiber manufacturing, carbon fiber composite material design, R & D and manufacturing) created by Kant Group and Kant Group. It will form an important part of China's "big aircraft strategy" Strategic support.
The total investment of the BJKD Aviation Composite Industrial Park project is 30 billion yuan, and it is planned to be completed in 2025 in four phases. The first-phase investment is 5 billion yuan, covering an area of 400 acres, and the construction period is 2 years. After completion, it will provide the fuselage components of carbon fiber composite materials for CR929 wide-body passenger aircraft, master the core technologies of advanced design, research and development and manufacture of fuselage carbon fiber composite materials for large passenger aircraft, and promote the design, manufacturing and inspection technology of composite component components for large passenger aircraft in China and take new steps.
Large passenger aircraft R & D and manufacturing capabilities are an important indicator of a country`s aviation level and an important symbol of a country`s international competitiveness. China has long positioned domestically produced large aircraft as a major strategic project that “acts as a driving force and is iconic”. However, the development of large passenger aircraft is a huge system project, and many aerospace core technologies such as aero engines, avionics systems, and high-end materials need to be broken through. The Aviation Composites Industrial Park has undertaken the most important part of CR929-the R & D and manufacturing of the middle fuselage, with a diameter of up to 6 meters. After the completion of production, it will use Zhangjiagang's important location advantage-the Yangtze River port, to conveniently transfer large aircraft The components arrived directly in Shanghai and entered the assembly base of COMAC's large aircraft.
As a well-known Chinese aviation composite material industry platform created by BJKD , and is moving to scale to meet high-end technologies such as automobiles, civil aviation, wind power, rail transportation, and ships. Lightweight needs in the equipment and civilian sectors. These have laid a solid foundation for the aviation composite material industrial park.
The project partner Italy LEONARDO Group is one of the world's top ten military industry groups and the second largest aerospace company in Europe. Its advanced composite material design, manufacturing and testing technology, especially the processing of large-scale structural components in composite materials are in the international aviation market It enjoys a high reputation and is a partner of major civil aircraft projects in North America and Europe. Mr. Giuseppe Sernicola, Senior Vice President of LEONARDO, said in a speech: "LEONARDO and Kant Group are working together to help COMAC to promote and build a new CR929 large aircraft. This groundbreaking ceremony is also important for Italy and China in the high-tech field. A great start for cooperation. "