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

[sami_1]

What are the specifications of the CASC CH-9? It appeared at the UMEX & SIMTEX exhibition as well, but its specifications were not published.

A model of CASC CH-9 on display at the World Defense Show in Saudi Arabia.

 

[Deino]

What are the specifications of the CASC CH-9? It appeared at the UMEX & SIMTEX exhibition as well, but its specifications were not published.

Looks a lot like an CH-5XXL ... Could it be that the new just recently announced CH-9 is in fact this UCAV - we've already seen at the Jiayuguan Airport in June 2022?

 

[by78]

Medical evacuation UAV from Red Kestrel.

 

[by78]

The original Weibo poster said the Saudis have localized the production of SunFlower 200 UAVs/loitering attach munitions.

 

[by78]

CNY greetings, with a WZ-7 in the background.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Ehang is pretty prominently featured.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1755603620786286747

 

[_killuminati_]

A Pakistani WingLoong II UCAV.

The nose landing gear assembly appears to restrict the vision of the camera which probably isn't much of a problem during takeoff/landing, but it may be an issue around unsafe airstrips (?) such as the one outside Benghazi (Libya) where fighting still occurs.

 

[Blitzo]

The nose landing gear assembly appears to restrict the vision of the camera which probably isn't much of a problem during takeoff/landing, but it may be an issue around unsafe airstrips (?) such as the one outside Benghazi (Libya) where fighting still occurs.

If you are talking about the EO turret's range of movement relative to the front landing gear, there is plentiful longitudinal clearance to enable it to fully rotate.

Obviously in terms of what it can surveil, it will be limited in the immediate rear aspect due to being obscured by the nose landing gear assembly when deployed but that's the case for basically all ventral EO turrets when landing gear is deployed, if it is ventrally mounted then you're going to get some level of obstruction from the landing gear being deployed.

 

[Temstar]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1754438461598388504

Interesting demo of coordination between a ground rover and rotary UAV, the UAV can take off, land and hover around the rover.

 

[_killuminati_]

If you are talking about the EO turret's range of movement relative to the front landing gear, there is plentiful longitudinal clearance to enable it to fully rotate.

Obviously in terms of what it can surveil, it will be limited in the immediate rear aspect due to being obscured by the nose landing gear assembly when deployed but that's the case for basically all ventral EO turrets when landing gear is deployed, if it is ventrally mounted then you're going to get some level of obstruction from the landing gear being deployed.

Reaper and Predator appear to have a better setup.

It's that flat panel ahead of the GJ-2 nose gear and the close proximity of the turret that restricts considerable rear coverage.