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

[tphuang]

Breakdown here on the suppliers to the Jiutian project

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AECC providing the turbofan engine

AVIC Chengdu UAS is doing the final assembly

Beidou providing the navigation module

Guangwei is providing CFRP for fuselage

AVIC High Tech/AVIC composite corp is providing CFRP for wings

Chengdu Leejun supplying fuselage structure & processing

Shanghai Moon's Electric is providing the Brushless motor

Beijing Relpow Tech is providing the EO module

Kuangchi (known for meta material) is providing EM interference equipment (ECM I guess)

China Aerospace Times is providing quantum communication module & other functions to support swarming functionality

 

[by78]

A nice image of the W5000 unmanned cargo UAV next to people to give an idea of its size.

Nice screenshots of engine (AEP100) spin-up.

 

[by78]

CASC developed a low-cost anti-drone UAV that deploys nets to capture/down its targets. The UAV is reusable and weighs only 4kg. It has a top speed of 144 km/h.

 

[by78]

Optical turrets for small UAVs.

 

[Hermes]

Nice screenshots of engine (AEP100) spin-up.

Can this be used as a mothership for UAVs?

 

[by78]

Spec sheet for the United Aircraft T1400 rotary UAV.

 

[by78]

A Tengden/Tengoen TB0D conducted an emergency cargo delivery demonstration flight from Zigong to Chongqing and back.

Tengden/Tengoen has inaugurated a production line for its TB0D unmanned cargo UAV in the great city of Wuhu. TB0D, also known as Twin-Tailed Scorpion D and D18 (too many names again), has a wingspan of 20m, a length of 10.5m, a height of 3.1m, a maximum take-off weight of 4.35 tons, a maximum load of 1.8 tons, and a maximum range of more than 600km when fully loaded.