China's first-ever large homegrown airliner was delivered to its first customer after lengthy delays — meet the Comac C919
However, China wants to eventually use its own engine on the plane to alleviate its reliance on foreign-made technology.So, the country is developing the AECC CJ-1000A, a turbofan jet engine that it hopes will be complete by 2025.But, the country doesn't want to just make its own engines, it wants to manufacture all of the C919's parts in-house.
To do this, China has been accused of launching a multi-year hacking operation to acquire the intellectual property of the foreign companies that supply parts for the jet, according to a Crowdstrike report published in 2019 and a Department of Justice indictment.Between 2010 and 2015, the hackers successfully infiltrated entities like Honeywell, Safran, and General Electric, the report says.
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