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Pentagon designates Cirrus (Vision Jet maker) a Chinese military-linked company over AVIC ownership

The US Department of War added Cirrus Aircraft—manufacturer of the Cirrus Vision Jet—to its in-country list of Chinese military companies under the agency’s AVIC-linked criteria. The designation brings Cirrus and its US operations under an expanding federal contracting ban framework, according to the report.

Discovered 2026-06-10T12:47:14.785375-07:00 | 2026-06-10T12:47:14.785375-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

Cirrus’s AVIC-linked ownership now places the Vision Jet manufacturer within a federal Chinese-military-linked designation regime, directly affecting its ability to participate in certain US contracting channels.
The move escalates a live compliance risk for business jets and their suppliers: it follows prior coverage of the Pentagon adding Cirrus to the Section 1260H list (see source:7e0be4c1-b87a-4866-a2b1-ed794c7b7f8d).
For Vision Jet commercial timelines and customer/sales planning, the classification adds a regulatory headwind right before the broader market calendar around type-certification-driven growth (see source:58c13320-c3cc-4cfe-8fb4-7d1d55270fe9).

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