The money earned from the new generation Aerospace Fighter project is actually secondary. The total budget allocated by the higher-ups for this plan is only 20 billion yuan, which includes the cost for constructing the first batch of four fighters!
The profit is decent, but the biggest attraction for Xinyuan is the advantage gained from being the national defense contractor.
Xinyuan will obtain tremendous aerospace permissions, even greater than those of some national agencies, allowing it to independently manufacture any level of aircraft or spacecraft and to test-fly them freely in designated airspace without any formalities.
Moreover, for commercial operations, it can issue licenses and permits through internal channels and establish connections with the national talent system, which has already far exceeded the capabilities of an ordinary enterprise.
