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  "id": "kj-600",
  "name": "KJ-600 (Sea Plate)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Airborne early warning and control aircraft",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 2021,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The KJ-600 (Sea Plate) Chinese Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft is being developed indigenously by the Xi'an Aircraft Company Limited in China. It will be the first fixed-wing carrier-based airborne early warning aircraft to be operated by the People's Liberation Navy (PLAN).",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": [
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        6
      ],
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 18.14,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 25,
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Wingspan"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 5.72,
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 25401,
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Empty weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 30481,
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Max takeoff weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "2 × Zhuzhou WoJiang-6C",
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thrust / power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "5,103 hp each",
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 1200,
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Ferry range",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "2,800 km",
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kmh",
      "v": 693,
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 15000,
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft Equipment: radar",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Radar mounted on aircraft roof above wings. Aircraft believed to be fitted with CETC No 14 research institute sourced D band KLC-7 AEW radar in the rotodome.",
      "src": [
        "weg-kj-600"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "bomber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/kj-600.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-kj-600": {
      "title": "KJ-600 (Sea Plate) Chinese Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/KJ-600_Sea_Plate_Chinese_Airborne_Early_Warning_and_Control_AEW_C_Aircraft",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}