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China Hexi Chemical and Machinery Corporation

中国河西化工机械公司

DIRECTOR: Ye Dingyou

OTHER NAMES: The Fourth Academy of the China Aerospace Corporation; Hexi Chemical Corporation; Solid-Propellant Rocket Academy; Hexi Chemical and Manufacturing Company; Solid Rocket Motor Academy; Academy of Rocket Motor Technology (ARMT)

The Fourth Academy is one of the seven design academies under the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). It was established in 1 July 1962 and is located in Xian, Shaanxi Province and employs 14,000 people.

The Fourth Academy is primarily involved in the research, design, development, and production of solid-fuel rocket motors. It pioneered China's solid rockets and has developed more than 30 types of solid-rocket motors for various purposes. The Fourth Academy currently designs, develops, and produces motors for China's space launch vehicles (SLVs), the M-9 and M-11 ballistic missiles, and the JL-1 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Hexi also produces engines and kick motors (e.g. EPKM) for satellites, e.g. for positioning and recovery tests.

Institutes under Hexi include:

• "7414 Factory"

• "7416 Factory"

• "7422 Factory"

• "7424 Factory"

• "43rd Research Institute"

• "44th Research Institute"

• "46th Research Institute"

Located in Hexi.
 
• SHAANXI INSTITUTE OF POWER MACHINERY, "41st Research Institute"

Involved in quality control in the design of tactical and strategic rockets; involved in assembly and testing of rocket ignition devices. Located near Hohhot; established in August 1992.

• SHAANXI XIANFENG INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY

• XIANGYANG CHEMICAL MACHINERY CORPORATION, "47th Research Institute"

Involved in missile and rocket research, development, and evaluation. Located in Xian, Shaanxi Province; Chief engineer: Jianding Huang.

[Sources: CASC Company Information, 1999; Major Mark A. Stokes, China's Strategic Modernization: Implications for US National Security, October 1997, Appendix One; Yan Kong and Tim McCarthy, "China's Missile Bureaucracy," Jane's Intelligence Review, January 1993, p. 40; Michael Mecham, "Long March Successful In Crucial Asiasat-2 Launch," Aviation Week & Space Technology, 4 December 1995, p. 25; Air and Cosmos (Paris), 25 October 1996, in FBIS-CST-96-020, 25 October 1996. "China's International Defense-Industrial Organizations Organizational Chart", Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Reference Document DI-1921-60-98, 15 June 1998; The Fourth Academy of China Aerospace Corporation literature; Chinese Defence Today, 26 November 2003.]

Updated 10/31/2003

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