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Aircraft_carrier based drone HK-5000G Model at Airshow China
A foldable winged-drone indicating aircraft-carrier deployment was displayed at Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai.
Designated HK-5000G, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) appeared on display at the booth of the Aeromarine Intelligent Equipment Company, a subsidiary of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
The model of the drone looks like that of a medium- and high-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. Global Times newspaper quoted Liu Yubao, vice manager of the company's research and development department as saying that the HK-5000G is a vessel-based armed reconnaissance drone. Liu said. "It can carry a payload for scouting missions or missiles for combat."
The drone potentially has an endurance of 12 hours and weighs about 5 tons, Liu said however that these were early specs.
http://www.defenseworld.net/news/23...Model_Displayed_at_Airshow_China#.W-Ws0pMzZPY
