Chinese MALE, HALE (and rotary, small, suicide) UAV/UCAV

[by78]

Another large cargo UAV has broken cover. It's being developed by a company (Chang Ying) affiliated with Beihang University.

 

[by78]

Tethered drones being used to illuminate the landing site at a rehearsal for recovering Shenzhou-20 taikonauts, who are due to return soon.

 

[by78]

TXZ suicide drone/loitering attack munition:
– Wingspan: 2.42m
– Length: 2.76m
– Max takeoff weight: ≤230kg
– Payload: 50kg
– Max speed: 250km/h
– Cruising speed: 220km/h
– Cruising altitude: 200 to 500m
– Max range: 1500km
– Ceiling: >4000m
– Endurance: 9 hours
– CEP: <20m

 

[by78]

KL-3 man-portable UAV/loitering attack munition. Electric propulsion, can also be launched from air.
– Wingspan: 900mm
– Length: 750mm
– CEP: <2m
– Range: 10km
– Endurance: 30 min
– Takeoff weight: 3kg
– Max speed: 140km/h
– Loitering altitude: 100 to 3000m
– Launch prep time: ≤10 min

 

[banjex]

Department of War when they learn China's drone production volume:

 

[by78]

CH-3D undergoing flight testing. Apparently AVIC was slightly annoyed by the export success of Bayraktar TB2, a product niche AVIC previously ignored. CH-3D is the remedy.

CH-3D in weapons testing, firing what appears to be a TL-2 missile.

 

[by78]

A hydrogen powered UAV co-developed by AVIC Chengdu and Tsinghua University recently flew continuously for 30 hours, breaking a domestic endurance record for this class of drones.

That hydrogen powered UAV (Tianchi-11/天翅-11) developed by AVIC Chengdu and Tsinghua University is being offered on Taobao.

 

[Salvationist]

TXZ suicide drone/loitering attack munition:
– Wingspan: 2.42m
– Length: 2.76m
– Max takeoff weight: ≤230kg
– Payload: 50kg
– Max speed: 250km/h
– Cruising speed: 220km/h
– Cruising altitude: 200 to 500m
– Max range: 1500km
– Ceiling: >4000m
– Endurance: 9 hours
– CEP: <20m

imagine bolting a lawn chair to the top and drunk driving this thing.

 

[siegecrossbow]

CH-3D in weapons testing, firing what appears to be a TL-2 missile.

Bit of a shame that they started developing this in earnest when TB-2 has already taken over the niche for this class of drones.

 

[tankphobia]

Bit of a shame that they started developing this in earnest when TB-2 has already taken over the niche for this class of drones.

The customer base is probably the opposite of Turkish ones, I'd imagine there's plenty of second/third world militaries that are interested in a no strings attached cheap strike uav.