China's self-developed plane engine completes test run

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China's self-developed demonstrator CJ-1000AX aircraft engine has completed a successful test run in Shanghai, the engine's maker said Sunday.

AECC Commercial Aircraft Engine Co., Ltd. (ACAE) designed the CJ-1000AX for China's homemade large C919 passenger jet, developed to rival global leading airliners such as Airbus A320 and Boeing B737.

The engine reached a rotational speed of up to 6,600 revolutions per minute in the test run, ACAE said.

AECC Commercial Aircraft Engine Co., Ltd. designed CJ-1000AX for China's homemade large C919 passenger jet. /VCG Photo

The company inked a deal with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, the maker of the C919 jetliner, to develop its engine system in December 2016, and completed assembling the CJ-1000AX a year later in December 2017. All the debugging work was finished this March and the engine passed the pre-test assessment.

ACAE has more than 110 global and domestic partners in the commercial aircraft engine industry.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency