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[ahojunk]

Successful Test Flight of China’s Yilong 2 Reconnaissance-attack UAV
Posted: March 4, 2017 | Author: chankaiyee2 |

Yilong 2 drone

Yilong 2 drone

Yilong 2 drone


China conducted successful test flight of its Yilong 2 drone, an improved version of Yilong reconnaissance-attack unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on February 27. According to its chief designer Li Yidong, Yilong 2 is a new generation of reconnaissance-attack drone. The successful test flight of Yilong 2 makes China the second nation after the US to have the ability to develop new generation of reconnaissance-attack drone.

The following are details of the drone:
Length: 11 meters
Wingspan: 20.5 meters
Height: 4.1 meters
Maximum takeoff weight: 4,200 kg
Number of pylons: 6
Maximum speed: 350 km/hour
Minimum speed: 150
Service ceiling: 9,000 meters
Endurance: 20 hours
Takeoff runway length: 1,000 meters
Landing runway length: 1,200 meters

Source: mil.huanqiu.com “Photos taken at the site of the successful test flight of Yilong 2 drone” (summary by Chan Kai Yee based on the report in Chinese)

 

[JSCh]

Stealth drone aim of missile designer
(China Daily) 08:25, March 09, 2017

　　A WJ-600A/D drone is launched from a vehicle. [Photo/China Daily]

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, the nation's largest missile-maker, has begun to develop military drones that can evade radar and anti-aircraft weapons.

The company is focusing on the development of a long-endurance stealth drone and a near-space drone, said Wei Yiyin, CASIC deputy general manager and a member of the CPPCC National Committee.

It's all part of CASIC's determination to become a world-class provider of unmanned aircraft and related services, Wei told China Daily.

"As military reforms are drastically changing armed forces around the world, drones have become an indispensable weapon in modern warfare because they can play an important role in high-resolution reconnaissance, long-distance precision strikes, anti-submarine operations and aerial combat," Wei said.

Within the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) period, CASIC will strive to develop technologies for long-endurance stealth drones, complete the design of high-speed combat/reconnaissance drones and use these new products to tap domestic and international markets. The company also plans to make multipurpose, stealth target aircraft used for training, he added.

The most popular Chinese military drones on the international market are the CH family, made by the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, and Aviation Industry Corp of China's Wing Loong-series.

CH drones have been sold to militaries in more than 10 countries, and the Wing Loong II, which made its maiden flight last week, has captured the largest contract ever signed for a Chinese export drone.

CASIC has put the WJ-500, WJ-600 and WJ-600A/D military drones on the market. Unlike other Chinese drones, which resemble fixed-wing planes with landing gear, CASIC drones all resemble a cruise missile.

The company is the only producer of cruise missiles in China.

CASIC's drones are launched from a vehicle and retrieved after descending by parachute.

The newest WJ-600A/D has an ultrafast cruising speed of 700 km/h, while other Chinese drones can reach only 280 km/h as their top speed. The WJ-600A/D has a stealth design－it appears to be a bird on radar, according to CASIC's Unmanned Aircraft Institute.

CASIC is also interested in near-space drones. Near space is that part of Earth's atmosphere at altitudes of 20 to 100 kilometers, encompassing portions of the stratosphere, mesosphere and lower thermosphere. It is above the top altitudes of commercial airliners but below orbiting satellites.

CASIC has sold its drones and drone-based services to geological survey and maritime authorities, according to Ma Hongzhong, director of the institute.

 

[cirr]

BEIJING — China's largest missile maker is developing military drones with stealth abilities that can evade anti-aircraft weapons, the official China Daily said on Thursday, in another advance for the country's …

China Developing Stealth Drones to Evade Anti-Aircraft Missiles

 

[Deino]

I need some help ...

Huitong and several other sites quite often mention a drone called WZ-2000 or even WZ-9/BZK-009. Usually this type is represented by that Zhuhai 2004 model looking very much similar to s mini-Global Hawk. They also say it flew already in 2003, an improved version later in 2006 and it is operational since 2007.

But I do not know a single clear image of that type ... or is this the predecessor of the UAV-family now called Sky Wing, Wind Shadow and Cloud Shadow??

A WZ-2000 model was on display at the 2004 Zhuahi Airshow. Also known as WZ-9 (K/JWR9?), this reconnaissance stealth UAV has been under development at GAAC since 1999. Its stealth design features a fuselage with a flat bottom surface blended seamlessly with long swept wings to reduce RCS (<1m2 head-on). A single turbofan engine (WS-11) sits on top of the tail section with its intake shielded by the wing section and its exhaust nozzle shielded by twin "V" shaped tailfins to reduce both radar and IR signatures. WZ-9 carries a large satellite communication antenna inside its head bulge for real-time transmission of images and ELINT data back to the ground control station. It also carries FLIR and CCD cameras inside a turret underneath its nose for navigation and photo reconnaissance. A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) could be installed underneath its fuselage as well. WZ-9 looks generally similar to American Global Hawk long-range stealth UAV but has a smaller size and a shorter range. Some specifications: length 7.5m, wingspan 9.8m, max TO weight 1.7t, mission payload 80kg, max level speed 800km/h, ceiling 18,000m, combat radius 800km, endurance 3hr. WZ-9 first flew on December 26, 2003. Its improved version (BZK-009) first flew in 2006. The UAV entered limited service with PLA Department of Chief Staff in 2007 and conducts only strategic reconnaissance missions. The latest images (December 2014) indicated that a new UAV (Wind Shadow) was undergoing taxiing test at CAC. It features a dorsal engine compartment with two small engine exhausts to reduce IR and radar signatures. The engine is thought to be two 500kg class WS-500 turbofans.

 

[zestokryl]

Maybe WZ 2000 was just a technology demonstrator, used for development and improvement of certain technologies and since kept in deepest secret. Maybe GAC task, was to work on WZ 2000 to the certain point and then leave the project with all its decumentation to others. GAC had other project Air Sniper similar to WL and CH 4, but the drone lacked any publicity which could lead to a thought it was a demonstrator, never ment to get in mass production

Who knows in any case China is misterious as hell

 

[BHarwana]

BEIJING —
China’s largest missile maker is developing military drones with stealth abilities that can evade anti-aircraft weapons, the official China Daily said Thursday, in another advance for the country’s ambitious military modernization program.

“Drones have become an indispensable weapon in modern warfare because they can play an important role in high-resolution reconnaissance, long-distance precision strikes, anti-submarine operations and aerial combat,” Wei Yiyin, deputy general manager of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, told the English language newspaper.

Insisting it has no hostile intent, China is investing billions of dollars to update aging equipment and develop new weapons, including stealth fighters and aircraft carriers.

Its heavy defense spending, however, has unnerved a region on guard over Beijing’s more assertive approach to disputes in the South and East China Seas and over self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as a wayward province.

Wei told the newspaper his company was also developing near-space and long-range endurance drones. The paper described China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp as the country’s sole producer of cruise missiles, and said the drones resembled cruise missiles.

China has stepped up research into military drones, hoping to take market share from the United States and Israel with its cheaper technology and willingness to sell to countries that Western states are reluctant to deal with.

http://www.voanews.com/a/china-stealth-drones/3756670.html

 

[graphican]

Pakistan too needs them. To neutralise Indian missile defence units first, such drones will be elemental.

 

[Hassan Guy]

Pakistan too needs them. To neutralise Indian missile defence units first, such drones will be elemental.

We need to build more current drones first and then stealth.

 

[Ultima Thule]

BEIJING —
China’s largest missile maker is developing military drones with stealth abilities that can evade anti-aircraft weapons, the official China Daily said Thursday, in another advance for the country’s ambitious military modernization program.

“Drones have become an indispensable weapon in modern warfare because they can play an important role in high-resolution reconnaissance, long-distance precision strikes, anti-submarine operations and aerial combat,” Wei Yiyin, deputy general manager of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, told the English language newspaper.

Insisting it has no hostile intent, China is investing billions of dollars to update aging equipment and develop new weapons, including stealth fighters and aircraft carriers.

Its heavy defense spending, however, has unnerved a region on guard over Beijing’s more assertive approach to disputes in the South and East China Seas and over self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as a wayward province.

Wei told the newspaper his company was also developing near-space and long-range endurance drones. The paper described China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp as the country’s sole producer of cruise missiles, and said the drones resembled cruise missiles.

China has stepped up research into military drones, hoping to take market share from the United States and Israel with its cheaper technology and willingness to sell to countries that Western states are reluctant to deal with.

http://www.voanews.com/a/china-stealth-drones/3756670.html

this is really old news what is new on that

 

[Deino]

Even more why again a new thread if there is already one !??

Sometimes I really don't understand You guys.

 

[RealNapster]

BEIJING — China's largest missile maker is developing military drones with stealth abilities that can evade anti-aircraft weapons, the official China Daily said on Thursday, in another advance for the country's …

China Developing Stealth Drones to Evade Anti-Aircraft Missiles

China have any suicide drone's like the one in Israel's inventory ? if yes. Please do share details.

Thank You

 

[cirr]

BEIJING —
China’s largest missile maker is developing military drones with stealth abilities that can evade anti-aircraft weapons, the official China Daily said Thursday, in another advance for the country’s ambitious military modernization program.

“Drones have become an indispensable weapon in modern warfare because they can play an important role in high-resolution reconnaissance, long-distance precision strikes, anti-submarine operations and aerial combat,” Wei Yiyin, deputy general manager of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, told the English language newspaper.

Insisting it has no hostile intent, China is investing billions of dollars to update aging equipment and develop new weapons, including stealth fighters and aircraft carriers.

Its heavy defense spending, however, has unnerved a region on guard over Beijing’s more assertive approach to disputes in the South and East China Seas and over self-ruled Taiwan, claimed by China as a wayward province.

Wei told the newspaper his company was also developing near-space and long-range endurance drones. The paper described China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp as the country’s sole producer of cruise missiles, and said the drones resembled cruise missiles.

China has stepped up research into military drones, hoping to take market share from the United States and Israel with its cheaper technology and willingness to sell to countries that Western states are reluctant to deal with.

http://www.voanews.com/a/china-stealth-drones/3756670.html

This drone is not that drone.

The "Sharpsword" drone as shown in the pic was designed and made by SAC and is now under joint develoment by SAC and GAC, the latter being China's larggest drone manufacturer and test base.

The CASIC(China's largest missile maker) stealty drone is a different beast all together.

Of more interest is actually the new near-space drone mentioned in the article.

this is really old news what is new on that

See above

China have any suicide drone's like the one in Israel's inventory ? if yes. Please do share details.

Thank You

IDEX 2017: CATIC reveals details about Harpy-type loitering munition

Richard D Fisher Jr, Abu Dhabi - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

01 March 2017

China's ASN-301 anti-radiation loitering munition system was displayed in model form for the first time at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) held in Abu Dhabi from 19 to 23 February, confirming that it is a near-copy of the Israel Aerospace Industries Harpy system that was purchased by China in the 1990s.

The model of the AVIC ASN-301 anti-radiation loitering munition displayed during IDEX. (Richard D Fisher Jr)

The ASN-301 is a delta-wing aircraft with a pusher propeller that looks virtually identical to the Harpy. It is designed to fly into hostile air space and loiter until it detects a radar, at which point it homes in on the target and destroys it.

The Chinese and Israeli versions are launched from a storage container. The model displayed at IDEX had six containers loaded onto a medium-size truck. Similar truck carriers have been previously seen in images posted on Chinese websites.

China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC), the sales arm of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), released information describing the ASN-301 as a "mobile anti-radiation drone system" that "can be applied in long-range attack and suppress enemy radar systems in war".

It listed the ASN-301 as having the same 135 kg weight as the Harpy, although at 2.5 m it is slightly shorter than the Israeli version (2.7 m), and has an endurance of four hours. It has a higher top speed (220 km/h versus 180 km/h for the Harpy), but its range is shorter (288 km versus 500 km).

The CATIC information stated that the ASN-301 targets radar frequencies in the 2-16 GHz range, and its radar homing device has a search range of 25 km. The system can target up to eight pre-set radar targets. Its 7,000-fragment warhead has a proximity laser fuse with a destructive range of 20 m.

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[Ultima Thule]

See above

Everyone knows that sir if one thread is already running on PDF why is new one is started sir

 

[ahojunk]

China developing its fastest stealth drones
Beijing wants to sell the drones to interested foreign buyers.
By Elizabeth Shim

| March 9, 2017 at 12:13 PM

March 9 (UPI) -- Drones that can dodge incoming weapons, and escape radar detection, are under development in China.

They also move pretty quickly.

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp., the country's largest producer of missiles, said the drones could also be used as long-range bombers during aerial combat, China Daily reported.

Under development are a long-endurance stealth drone and a near-space drone, according to CASIC deputy general manager Wei Yiyin.

"As military reforms are drastically changing armed forces around the world, drones have become an indispensable weapon in modern warfare because they can play an important role in high-resolution reconnaissance, long-distance precision strikes, anti-submarine operations and aerial combat," Wei told the Chinese newspaper.

The drones are being developed according to Beijing's 13th Five-Year Plan, for 2016-20.

China not only wants to deploy the drones domestically, but also sell them to interested foreign buyers, according to the report.

CASIC drones resemble cruise missiles, and the WJ-500, WJ-600 and WJ-600A/D military drones are already on the market.

The drones are typically launched from a vehicle then later collected after it descends by parachute.

The WJ-600A/D has a fast cruising speed of 435 mph, more than double the speed of existing Chinese drones, the report says.

The model also has stealth capabilities and appears as a bird on military radars, the CASIC's Unmanned Aircraft Institute said.

 

[cirr]

China unveils latest weapon: £30K 'anti-drone' gun can help police ‘shoot down’ unlicensed flying devices

• Wuhan in China is taking on unlicensed drones in the area with a special gun
• The gun interferes with signals to the drone forcing it to land where it was set off
• Officers in Wuhan are hoping to have around 22 of the drones in total

By SOPHIE WILLIAMS FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 16:44 GMT, 15 March 2017 | UPDATED: 18:06 GMT, 15 March 2017

Drones flying around populated areas are becoming an increasing problem in major cities across the world.

Wuhan in China has come up with its own way of fixing the problem, by inventing an 'anti-drone' gun that can help police 'shoot' unlicensed flying devices.

The gun uses radio waves to disrupt signals to the drones, forcing them to land.

Aiming: A police officer fires one of the guns at the drone during an exercise over the weekend

Clever device: An officer holds the 'anti-drone' device which interferes with radio signals

According to Chinese media, the guns cost around 250,000 yuan (£29,622) and has a range of around one kilometre.

An officer told reporters: 'Electromagnetic interference will only make the drone return to where they started and will not have any impact on the drone.'

It's thought that officers will have around 22 of the guns in operation.

They're expected to be used during next month's Wuhan marathon.

Expensive goods: According to Chinese media, the guns cost around 250,000 yuan each

Police are preparing to roll them out in time for the Wuhan Marathon next month

The devices were put into use for the first time over the weekend during a football match. Police say they managed to stop six of the devices.

In 2015, China introduced new rules to curb illegal flying of civilian drones.

A drone weighing less than 25 kilograms and flies at an altitude of less than 492 feet is exempt from an airworthiness certification but will need to register with the civil aviation authority.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4316804/30K-gun-help-police-shoot-drones.html