Highlights of PLA Equipment Reform in 2014

Navy of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN): establish multi-platform landing equipment system

BEIJING: The Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) will establish multi-platform landing equipment systems in 2014, reporters learnt from the Armaments Department of the PLAN in early spring.

Previously, the PLAN troops have reaped many ends up in promoting the event of multi-platform landing equipment. New forms of equipment including dock landing ship and air cushion landing craft was commissioned to the PLAN in succession, and the research on large landing ship also harvested success. The rapid development of varied landing equipment has laid a legitimate foundation for systematic construction.

According to a briefing, the Armaments Department of the PLAN will continue to tackle key problems to facilitate the establishment of multi-platform landing equipment systems and eliminate the loopholes. To illustrate of the efforts, a brand new form of air cushion landing crafts once serving inside the Chinese naval escort taskforces may be commissioned to the PLAN in a row. Such landing crafts adopt home-made high-power gas turbines and hover-fans for stable driver , showing sound adaptability to varied battlefields.

In addition, the navy will even take care of enhancing the entire information level of landing equipment systems so to further elevate the data exchange and precise-strike capabilities of landing equipment.

PLA Air Force: promote development of kit reliability

The Armaments Department of PLA Air Force (PLAAF) will install two new scientific research centers to deal with reliability problems with aeronautical rubber-chemicals, the reporters learnt in mid-January, 2014.

According to Zhang Wenjian, director of the Armaments Scientific Research and Procurement Department of the PLAAF, through enhanced management on equipment reliability, the dep. has standardized and extended the service lifetime of dozens of airplane models, which in turn lengthens the flying time by millions of hours for the troop units.

The Second Artillery Force (SAF) of the PLA: over 100 new achievements applied to equipment development

In 2014, over 100 new achievements could be applied to development, manufacturing and restructuring of strategic guided missiles and weaponry systems, reporters learnt from the Armaments Department of the second one Artillery Force (SAF) of the PLA in mid-January, 2014.

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