KEY INTELLIGENCE TAKEAWAYS & SUMMARY

• Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) has achieved a modular reusability rate exceeding 80 percent in aircraft assembly fixtures and production tooling.
• The new modular tooling system reduced tooling development costs by 20 percent while shortening tooling preparation times by approximately 25 percent.
• The 163 basic modules standardized across five main hardware categories provide the Chinese aviation defense industry with the flexibility to rapidly scale up military production capacity (surge capacity) during crisis periods.