The J-35A: What Do We Know About China’s New F-35A Copy?

China has now publically unveiled its new Shenyang J-35A fighter jet and offered another glimpse into the Chinese combat aircraft of tomorrow. The jet stems from the J-31/FC-31 Gyrfalcon, which lost the competition to be the stealth fighter of the Chinese Air Force to the J-20 “Mighty Dragon.” Undeterred, Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) continued to develop the jet as a low-end fifth generation fighter for export and to build a naval variant for China’s growing fleet of aircraft carriers.