Chinese UAV/UCAV development

LCR34 · Nov 14, 2022

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Apparently a very cringey CGI depicting the use of Unmanned/AI equipment in future urban warfare from one of the Zhuhai booth. Animation quality aside (looks like its done by a 3rd grade student), i think they do get the message across.

test1979 · Nov 14, 2022

Very rare, a military enthusiast asked the staff to get a clear answer. A CR500A is priced at 5 million yuan and carries missile with a range of 10km， and combat radius of 100km

by78 · Nov 14, 2022

Cross-posting from the Engine Development thread, as it's relevant here. This year's Zhuhai show has revealed lot of information on domestic engines for UAVs.

Feihong series of piston engines for UAVs.

by78 · Nov 15, 2022

tankphobia · Nov 15, 2022

by78 said:
Unguided bombs for AR500 helicopter drone.

$5 million drone to drop dumb bombs seems a bit misguided? Hopefully it's just a demonstration of payload capacity rather than a serious use case. You can probably achieve the same result with a swarm of much cheaper industrial DJI drones.

by78 · Nov 15, 2022

tankphobia said:
$5 million drone to drop dumb bombs seems a bit misguided? Hopefully it's just a demonstration of payload capacity rather than a serious use case. You can probably achieve the same result with a swarm of much cheaper industrial DJI drones.

$5 million? That doesn't sound right. WingLoong-1's going price was $1 million when it was first sold to overseas customers.

The Observer · Nov 15, 2022

by78 said:
$5 million? That doesn't sound right. WingLoong-1's going price was $1 million when it was first sold to overseas customers.

I think staff means Chinese yuan? So ~$700k USD by today's exchange rate

Temstar · Nov 15, 2022

Shilao and Yankee talked about the AR-500 family here:

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I forgot if it was this video or another video but they did mention the cost once, I remember it was in the millions.

tankphobia · Nov 15, 2022

by78 said:
$5 million? That doesn't sound right. WingLoong-1's going price was $1 million when it was first sold to overseas customers.

Ah, I was going off what the above poster (test1979) mentioned about the pricing, $5 million yuan seems to be about the ballpark for a drone of this size and capability.

test1979 · Nov 15, 2022

by78 said:
$5 million? That doesn't sound right. WingLoong-1's going price was $1 million when it was first sold to overseas customers.

Actually 5 million RMB

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