Chinese UAV News & Discussions (Strictly)

[Deino]

PS and correction:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1430818796319776768

 

[Deino]

It was seen today again

https://twitter.com/x/status/1430854482594725889

 

[JSCh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1436224239485423635

China Xinhua News @XHNews
China state-affiliated media

China's first professional test base for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) has been put into service in Jingbian County, NW China's Shaanxi Province, filling a gap in the country's UAV industry chain

China's first drone test base commissioned

3:05 PM · Sep 10, 2021

 

[qwerrty]

this jet powered drone flapping wings like a bird

casic uav research

https://imgur.com/Fgr1N9w

 

[Deino]

GLOBALink | China's long-range WJ-700 UAV showcased at Airshow China 2021

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1445034481711255553

 

[Deino]

Finally not only a very clear image of a PLAAF WZ-7 but the first one showing full serial numbers. In fact it is a bit surprising, but no. 21071 fits to the 16th Special Mission (or Specialised) Division in the NTC, which so far operates several Y-8/9 EW-variants.

 

[Deino]

A PS:

(6) @Rupprecht_A auf Twitter: "Update! Finally an image of a PLAAF WZ-7 showing its serial numbers from the 48th Air Regiment. In fact at first a bit surprising, but overall it makes perfectly sense: The 48th AR was formerly a transport unit and seems to be reformed after 2017 at Shangliao. https://t.co/Of6nMxeeyK" / Twitter

 

[qwerrty]

https://imgur.com/ExQj6UG

 

[JSCh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1469110317166653440

 

[siegecrossbow]

GLOBALink | China's long-range WJ-700 UAV showcased at Airshow China 2021

WJ-700 has secured export orders!

 

[Shotgunner51]

WJ-700 has secured export orders!

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WJ-700 is a HALE, can perform ISTAR missions via SATCOM or datalink over a range of 2400 km, in attack mode it can carry various munitions. China bans export of HALE since 2015 (alongside with supercomputer exceeding 8 teraflop), wonder why the ban is lifted for this deal? Who's the buyer?

 

[siegecrossbow]

WJ-700 is a HALE, can perform ISTAR missions via SATCOM or datalink over a range of 2400 km, in attack mode it can carry various munitions. China bans export of HALE since 2015 (alongside with supercomputer exceeding 8 teraflop), wonder why the ban is lifted for this deal? Who's the buyer?

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I was not aware of such limitation until you brought it to my attention. My guess would be to Saudi Arabia or UAE.

 

[Shotgunner51]

I was not aware of such limitation until you brought it to my attention. My guess would be to Saudi Arabia or UAE.

Yes very likely, anyway let's see how it turns out, it's unprecedented that a waiver be granted on export ban.

 

[Bilal.]

WJ-700 is a HALE, can perform ISTAR missions via SATCOM or datalink over a range of 2400 km, in attack mode it can carry various munitions. China bans export of HALE since 2015 (alongside with supercomputer exceeding 8 teraflop), wonder why the ban is lifted for this deal? Who's the buyer?

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I think the ban on super computers is based on very outdated specs and needs to be significantly revised upwards when single professional GPU cards are already pushing tens of double precision teraflops.