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

[by78]

An

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on distributed (radar) jamming using UAVs. The paper concludes that distributed jamming by UAVs can effectively degrade the performance of enemy ship radars, thereby allowing anti-ship missiles to achieve better penetration against enemy ship defenses.

Abstract: In order to effectively improve the capability of shore-to-ship missile penetration, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are used for distributed combat against enemy shipborne radar. In this paper, based on radar detection equation and interference equation, the calculation model of radar exposure area under UAV interference is established, and the configuration of UAV array is analyzed. The results show that the jamming direction, jamming power and jamming distance of UAV have important effects on the detection performance of shipborne radar. The distributed operation of UAV can effectively reduce the combat effectiveness of radar, thus providing favorable conditions for shore-to-ship missile penetration, and laying an important theoretical foundation for future research on the tactical application of UAV as a new combat style."

 

[by78]

AR-120FH VTOL UAV.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

A Filipino journalist by the name of Raffy Tima on Facebook has photographed a WZ-7 flying high above the South China Sea, located around 50 kilometers west of Subic, Philippines just recently.

 

[by78]

FP-98 unmanned transport has obtained type certificate. FP-98 has a max take-off weight of 5.25 tons, a maximum range of 1,200 kilometers, and an effective payload of 1.5 tons. It first flew in 2018.

 

[pkj]

FP-98 unmanned transport has obtained type certificate. FP-98 has a max take-off weight of 5.25 tons, a maximum range of 1,200 kilometers, and an effective payload of 1.5 tons. It first flew in 2018.

1.2KM is the ~distance from Hainan to Spratley.

These relatively cheap AN-2 based transport drones would do nicely on supply/evacuation runs (assuming it can carry gas internally for any round-trip).

An expensive missile-carrying platform would be needed to shoot it down and would then expose itself to counterattack.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Jet-propelled loitering munition.

 

[by78]

An Iraqi CH-5 pilot trainee receiving his certificate upon completion of training.

And here's CH-5 listed among the equipment of Iraqi Army Aviation (image taken at an official booth at the ongoing IQDEX):

 

[siegecrossbow]

An Iraqi CH-5 pilot trainee receiving his certificate upon completion of training.

And here's CH-5 listed among the equipment of Iraqi Army Aviation (image taken at an official booth at the ongoing IQDEX):

First confirmed CH-5 customer if I’m not mistaken. With the heavy oil engine I think it has the longest loitering time of any MALE UCAV.

 

[by78]

FP-98 unmanned transport has obtained type certificate. FP-98 has a max take-off weight of 5.25 tons, a maximum range of 1,200 kilometers, and an effective payload of 1.5 tons. It first flew in 2018.

FP-98 safely delivered 500kg of live shrimplets from Hainan to the mainland. The 500km flight took less than three hours, and shrimplet survival rate was 100%. Traditional overland delivery would have taken nine hours longer and killed off 30% of the shrimplets.

 

[pkj]

FP-98 safely delivered 500kg of live shrimplets from Hainan to the mainland. The 500km flight took less than three hours, and shrimplet survival rate was 100%. Traditional overland delivery would have taken nine hours longer and killed off 30% of the shrimplets.

Interesting that they are testing from Hinan to/from the mainland.

Wonder if the next test would be from Hinan to/from Spratly.

Supplementing shipping to/from SCS seems much more commercially viable (and useful during wartime)