"I can't tell you what's going on in China today, except they are planning to hold the 20th National Party Congress," said Mark Kelly, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force Association Air Force Association Air Force, Space and Cyber ​​Conference.

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A U.S. official warned that China is "entering" the sixth-generation fighter project and that the U.S. Air Force needs to advance its own development. "I can't tell you what's going on in China today, except they are planning to hold the 20th National Party Congress. But I can tell you what's going on. They're not going on. They're not going on a debate on the relevance of the sixth generation air superiority. I can tell you that they're on track," said Mark Kelly, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Air Force, Space and Cyber ​​Conference at the Air Force and Space Force Association. "I can't tell you what's going on today, except that they're planning to hold the 20th National Party Congress. But I can tell you that nothing's going on. They're not going to debate the relevance of the sixth generation air superiority. I can tell you that they're on track."



Kelly said that China's approach to the sixth generation fighter jets is similar to what the United States has taken in the Next Generation Air Advantage (NGAD) program, with a focus on stealth, advanced sensors and processing capabilities.

According to reports, Kelly said that China is also constantly improving the Sukhoi Su-27 platform and using its experience to carry out iterative development of jet .

According to reports, Kelly said at the meeting: "The U.S. Air Force needs to ensure that we have achieved six generations of air superiority at least one month ahead of our competitors."

Although China's sixth-generation fighter development projects are far more mysterious than similar projects in the United States, Europe and Japan, Chinese officials have given some hints.

In 2019, Wang Haifeng, chief designer of
of Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute, revealed that the unit is conducting pre-study on the next generation of fighter jets and is expected to be put into use by 2035. At least several aircraft that can be interpreted as the concept of the sixth-generation fighter jet appeared during the

2021 Zhuhai Air Show, although their status is still unclear.

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