Nigeria aquired eight state of the art armed attack drones last week. The CH-4 and Wing Loong II. This brings Nigerias armed attack drone fleet to 14 UCAVS
Chinese UAV/UCAV development
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plawolf
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Looks like they couldn’t decide between the two (likely both have different strengths and weaknesses) so went with both. Perhaps as a field trial to determine which one they would go for in much greater numbers later.
It is worth noting that both drones may be able to share the same control stations and support networks, which would make sense since the PLAAF would almost certainly have demanded such cross compatibility as a bare minimum to be considered for selection, as they most certainly would not want to have to buy multiple sets of control stations and install duplicate networks to operate the different drones themselves.
Alternatively, it could be that the Nigerians chose one design, and the loosing company offered to let them loan some drones for free or on a cost basis to try and change their minds with hands on operational experience.
But that does not fit since the WL-II is not comparable to the CH-4, which is more akin to the older WL-I, whereas the WL-II equals the CH-5.
I think the tallest person is the same person in the hanger next to the NAF marked aircraft. So it is Nigerian guests.Foreign customers (Nigerians?) checking out a CASC drone facility. Lots of CH-4s parked outside. Not sure when the images were taken.
different speed for different mission because of different engine?
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