SAUDI ARABIA SIGNED UCAV DEAL WITH CHINA

[shah1398]

Saudi Arabia buys high-tech China drones
ARAB NEWS | Published — Thursday 1 September 2016

ROBUST DEFENSE: Wing Loong drones will enhance Saudi forces’ capability to monitor borders.

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has signed a contract with China for the purchase of an unspecified number of pterodactyl planes, also known as Wing Loong or medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned drones, according to a report in Al-Watan newspaper.

The Chinese unmanned drones are modeled after MQ-1 Predator; they have surveillance capabilities and are able to carry two air-to-ground missiles.

According to the Global Times, the Kingdom is the first Arab country to obtain such types of drones, which were developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group.

According to a press statement from the company last year, its drones are sold to four countries, including an unnamed country in Central Asia, while a series of negotiations are still going on with other potential clients.
The pterodactyl flies more than 4,000 km in 20 hours, and has a total payload capacity of up to 200 kg. It is equipped with laser-guided sensors.

http://www.arabnews.com/node/978446/saudi-arabia

 

[shah1398]

Sequal to

https://defence.pk/threads/pakistan...via-economic-corridor-russian-sputnik.446057/

Guess who played a silent but major role in securing this deal for China?

 

[Zarvan]

Sequal to

https://defence.pk/threads/pakistan...via-economic-corridor-russian-sputnik.446057/

Guess who played a silent but major role in securing this deal for China?

No need of this role Saudi Arabia has already bought lot of stuff from China like Artillery and even ballistic missiles.

 

[shah1398]

No need of this role Saudi Arabia has already bought lot of stuff from China like Artillery and even ballistic missiles.

I wish if I could explain what I meant by this. All I can say is that its less to do with foreign relations and more to do with military aspect.

 

[nadeemkhan110]

SAUDI ARABIA REPORTEDLY SIGNS ARMED UAV DEAL WITH CHINA
Saudi Arabia has reportedly ordered an undisclosed number of Wing Loong (or Pterodactyl) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from China (Arab News).

Produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAIG), the Wing Loong is a medium altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAV capable of undertaking intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) as well as targeted strike operations.

Its current iteration, the Wing Loong II, was unveiled in September 2015 (IHS Jane’s). Although the Wing Loong II shares aesthetic similarities with the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, it does not possess the same range and payload capacity as its American counterpart.

The Wing Loong II is capable of carrying a payload of 480kg (in contrast to the Reaper’s 1,400kg), and is capable of reaching a maximum altitude of 9,000m (versus the MQ-1’s ability to reach 15,240m).

Analysts, such as Richard D. Fisher Jr of IHS Jane’s, noted that the Wing Loong II’s less capable engine is likely the main cause for the capability gap.

Notes, Comments & Analysis:

If this news is accurate, this may not be Saudi Arabia’s first Wing Loong order. In 2014, the Taiwanese media outlet Want China Times reported that Riyadh had ordered a number of Wing Loong MALE UAVs. The deal was not officially acknowledged, but analysts from IHS Jane’s as well as Defense News slotted Saudi Arabia as a Wing Loong user. In effect, it is possible that Saudi Arabia already has experience in using the Wing Loong-series, potentially even in live combat.

Since 2011, China has made strong in-roads in the armed UAV market. The primary driver of its success has been the U.S.’s reluctance to release its own armed drone systems (e.g. the Predator) to military users in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. As a result, prominent military clients – namely the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Nigeria and potentially others – had looked to China for viable options.

In fact, the demand not only helped CAIG, but it also paved the way for CAIG’s industry rival, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), to make in-roads as well. CASC’s CH-3/3A and CH-4 armed-UAV designs are in use in a number of key markets, including Pakistan (CH-3A), Nigeria (CH-3/A), the UAE (CH-4) and even Iraq (CH-4). Meanwhile, the CAIG Wing Loong had secured sales from Kazakhstan and reportedly even Egypt. The Wing Loong was also being tested in Pakistan as recently as June.

Currently, export users would operate the Wing Loong (as well as other Chinese armed UAVs) using radio-based line-of-sight methods. While this limits the range of the UAV (barring it from over-the-horizon use), the reality that these drones are often used within the territories of their users renders this limitation as a non-factor. Ultimately, the Wing Loong is still capable of utilizing modern precision-strike methods (e.g. electro-optical/laser guidance) and munitions (e.g. laser-guided missiles and bombs). In turn, its users are imbued with valuable tactical capabilities, especially for their respective counterinsurgency operations.
Source: http://quwa.org/2016/09/01/saudi-arabia-reportedly-signs-armed-uav-deal-china/

 

[Dawood Ibrahim]

China is slowly taking over the weapons market from the west

 

[Malik Alashter]

That's too bad for China. Now when saudis use these planes against its neighbor and kill children that time every one will blame on China.

 

[nadeemkhan110]

That's too bad for China. Now when saudis use these planes against its neighbor and kill children that time every one will blame on China.

yes valid point
and
No one has right to kill innocent people especially children and women

 

[Gregor Clegane]

CASC’s CH-3/3A and CH-4 armed-UAV designs are in use in a number of key markets, including Pakistan (CH-3A), Nigeria (CH-3/A), the UAE (CH-4) and even Iraq (CH-4).

So Pakistanis are now admitting that it's burraq is nothing but CH-3A

 

[Ababeel]

http://quwa.org/2016/09/01/saudi-arabia-reportedly-signs-armed-uav-deal-china/

 

[Ababeel]

It's the need of the hour as Saudi Arabia facing dangers from Yemen and Iraq sides.

 

[dani958]

China is slowly taking over the weapons market from the west

lol no they dont

 

[Azeri440]

China is slowly taking over the weapons market from the west

nope, the real Chinese market where they can dominate, is the current Russian market.

 

[dani958]

No need of this role Saudi Arabia has already bought lot of stuff from China like Artillery and even ballistic missiles.

anything the west will not sell them