- Revenue up 15.8% to 75.4 billion yuan in 2025: report.
- The company’s profit rose 6.5% to 3.4 billion yuan in 2025.
- Chengdu sales in the first quarter rose nearly 80% year-on-year.
China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, the maker of J-10C aircraft used by Pakistan to down India’s French-made aircraft last May, has reported a significant increase in profits, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Revenue rose 15.8% to 75.4 billion yuan ($11 billion) in 2025, with profits up 6.5% to 3.4 billion yuan in 2025, the publication quoted the jet maker as saying in a statement.
The figures are the highest ever for the company, Bloomberg reported, adding that Chengdu’s first-quarter sales rose nearly 80% year-on-year.
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) inducted the J-10C in March 2022, as a major boost to the country’s military capabilities to defend the airspace.
At the time, the government said the fighter could carry more advanced, fourth-generation air-to-air missiles, including the short-range PL-10 and the beyond-visual-range PL-15.
The fighter jet saw its first combat use in May 2025 when India launched an unprovoked attack on Pakistan on 6 May following an attack on tourists in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan, during the 87-hour conflict, shot down seven Indian fighter jets, including the French-made Rafale, and dozens of drones.
In the four-day war, Pakistan successfully used the Chinese-made HQ-9 air defense system, PL-15 air-to-air missiles and J-10C fighter jets, credited with downing several Indian aircraft.
The PAF also used its JF-17 Thunder jets to destroy India’s S-400 air defense system at Adampur using hypersonic missiles.
The war between the two nuclear-armed nations ended on May 10 with an armistice agreement brokered by the United States.
Months after the conflict, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry praised the performance of Chinese-made weapons, saying they performed “exceptionally well.” The news reported, with reference Bloomberg.
“Of course, lately, the latest Chinese platforms have demonstrated exceptionally well,” Lt. Chaudhry said in an interview last October.
Last November, a report presented to the US Congress acknowledged Pakistan’s “military success over India” in the war.
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission report – which reviews US-China security and foreign affairs – stated that Pakistan was using advanced Chinese weapons to strengthen its military edge over India.
