1. United States. Whether it is civilian passenger aircraft or military fighter aircraft, the United States is the undisputed number one. The world's largest aircraft manufacturing company is the American Boeing Aircraft Manufacturing Company.
The United States has manufacturing companies such as Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Sikorsky, General Dynamics, etc. The aviation industry has the neatest and most complete lineup. It can independently complete the entire process from design to testing to production to service without relying on external forces. It can build any type of aircraft and spacecraft they need.
2. France. The world's second largest aircraft manufacturing company is Airbus Aircraft Manufacturing Company of the European Union. Airbus should be considered as belonging to France, not the EU, because France is the largest shareholder of Airbus. Although production is distributed throughout the EU, it is just that parts are produced everywhere.
They can independently complete most aircraft and spacecraft, but their basic aerospace research is at a lower level than the United States and Russia. They must rely on the United States for some special technologies or materials.
3. United Kingdom. It is also considered a major aviation country and can independently complete most of its aircraft and spacecraft. However, its basic aviation research is at a lower level than the United States and Russia. Some special technologies or materials are heavily dependent on the United States. Manufacturing companies include Dassault, EADS, BAE, etc.
4. Russia. If we only count military fighters, Russia ranks second. But the production capacity of civilian aircraft is very weak. Russia's vitality was greatly weakened by the disintegration of the Soviet Union, causing its aviation industry to gradually lag behind that of the United States. Russia has Sukhoi, Mikoyan, Tupolev, Ilyushin, Kamov, Miri and other manufacturing companies.
5. China. It can be considered a quasi-powerful country in the aviation manufacturing industry, because China's aviation industry is also relatively well-organized, even more complete than the United Kingdom. In addition, China can independently develop jet engines, independently conduct wind tunnel tests, and can imitate or independently design and produce most types of aircraft and spacecraft. It is currently working hard to conduct research on large jet aircraft.
Representative companies include: China: Hafei, Chengdu Airline, XAC, Guizhou Airlines, and Hongdu Airlines.
6. Brazil. The world's third largest aircraft manufacturing company is Embraer.
7. Canada. The world's fourth largest aircraft manufacturing company is Canada's Bombardier.
8. Other countries and companies that can manufacture aircraft are: Sweden (Saab), Japan (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ishikawa Harima Heavy Industries), South Korea (Daewoo Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries), India (Hindustan airline).
Countries at this level do not have or only partially have the ability to independently develop and produce aircraft, and basic research is also very weak.
Extended information:
There are only five countries in the world that can independently manufacture aircraft engines.
In the field of jet aero engines, there are several facts that cannot be ignored:
1. The countries in the world that can independently produce jet engines: the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and France. , Russia, the five permanent members of the United Nations;
2. Countries that can independently produce jet engines for large passenger aircraft: the United States and the United Kingdom, General Motors (GE) of the United States, Rolls-Royce (RR) of the United Kingdom, P&W of the United States );
3. Countries that can independently produce jet engines (thrust exceeding 100KN) for heavy fighter jets: the United States, China, and Russia.
At present, our country's fighter technology is developing rapidly. It has successfully developed fifth-generation aircraft J-20 and J-31, and carrier-based aircraft used on aircraft carriers have also been successfully commissioned. However, the jets mounted on fighter jets have also been successfully commissioned. The reliability of the engine is a difficult problem. Jet engines, jet engines, jet engines, there are always obstacles that cannot be avoided.
In the field of jet engines, our country started late, and jet engines used in fighter jets are different from rocket engines. Rocket engines are disposable products and do not have requirements for fuel efficiency and material durability. So high, for example, a rocket engine only needs to have a life span of less than 2 hours, while the service life of a jet engine is of course the longer the better.
So the requirements for engine manufacturing materials are too high, and the formulas of these materials are only owned by a few companies in the world.
In fact, we have no reason to belittle ourselves in the field of aero-engines. After all, we are one of the countries that can completely independently develop aero-engines. What we need to do now is to seek improvements in materials.
Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia-Aircraft Manufacturing
Baidu Encyclopedia-Boeing Company
Baidu Encyclopedia-Airbus Company