Chinese UAV & UCAV development
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It is the Twin Tail Scorpion drone developed by Tengden. We have already seen it perform patrols in the East China Sea last year. Saudis have tech transfer and have a production line ready.
On 12 May 2022, it was reported that a TB-001 UAV (Tengoen Tech.) finished a 14 day test where it flew from Kangding Airport (Tibet Autonomous Region, China) at an altitude of 4238m and went up to 6600m for 5h daily.
The test were done privale, but still a message to India
TB-001 Scorpion developed by the Chinese company Tengoen Technology flew from Kangding Airport at an altitude of 4238 meters.
Flights have been carried out for 14 days at altitudes up to 6600 m for 5 hours daily.
The surveyed area is 1 million hectares of forest.
The goal is to patrol the territory of forestry, search for and prevent fires.
Characteristics of UAV.
TB-001:
wingspan - 20 m,
length - 10,
height - 3.1 m,
maximum takeoff weight - 2800 kg with payload weight - 1 ton,
service ceiling - 8000 m,
flight duration - 35 hours.
Several high-precision fire-extinguishing bombs weighing 200 kg can be used to extinguish a fire on hardpoints.