The Wing Loong UAV, developed by Chengdu Aircraft Design And Research Institute (CAIG) under AVIC, is a medium-low altitude, dual-use, long-endurance multi-purpose UAV. With a fully autonomous platform.
English name: Wing Loong UAV
Aircraft type: long endurance reconnaissance strike uav
Wing Loong UAV development: Development began in May 2005, first flight was completed in October 2007, performance/mission load flight test was completed in October 2008.
Application: The Wing Loong uav can carry a variety of reconnaissance, laser irradiation/ranging, electronic countermeasures equipment and small air-to-ground strike weapons. It can be used for surveillance, reconnaissance, ground attack and other tasks, as well as anti-terrorism and border patrol. In addition, it is widely used in civil and scientific research, such as disaster monitoring, anti-smuggling and anti-drug, environmental protection, atmospheric research, as well as geological exploration, meteorological observation, geodesy, pesticide spraying and forest fire prevention.
Wing Loong UAV models: Wing Loong UAV (Wing Loong UAV 1), Wing Loong UAV -H, Wing Loong UAV -D, Wing Loong UAV - ⅰ D
Wing Loong UAV export: Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Yemen, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh Bangladesh, Thailand, etc
Structure: to make using normal type pneumatic layout, string than single wing, v-shaped rear wing, fuselage, tail is equipped with a piston engine, the wing and the inner flap, flap is V tail without direction/elevator, USES the tricycle landing gear, with an income and brake function, the body structure USES aluminium alloy materials, composites radome used through wave. With a fuselage of 9.34 meters, a wingspan of 14 meters and a height of 2.7 meters, the wingloong aircraft has a large aspect ratio, so it has a large lift force, a small induced resistance, and a large cruising lift resistance, which can stay in the air for a long time.
Wing Loong UAV Specifications
General characteristics
Crew: None (UAV)
Length: 9.05 m (29 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Height: 2.77 m (9 ft 1 in)
Gross weight: 1,100 kg (2,425 lb)
Propellers: 3-bladed
Performance
Maximum speed: 280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
Range: 4,000 km (2,500 mi, 2,200 nmi)
Endurance: 20 hours
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Armament
1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb) of air-to-surface weapons
Bombs
FT-10
FT-10
FT-9
FT-7
GB7
GB4
Missiles
BRM1
AKD-10
Avionics
100 kilograms (220 lb) capacity for sensors
News
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Defenseworld.net-2019年9月11日
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Defense Industry Daily-2019年9月11日
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Infonet (lời tuyên bố phát cho các báo)-2019年9月10日
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Buzz.travel | eTurboNews | Travel News-2019年9月3日
Photographs which surfaced online show the Wing Loong drone essentially lying on the ground, with a broken landing gear.
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The Aviationist (blog)-2019年7月3日
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Flightglobal-2019年6月14日
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Reuters UK-2019年5月8日
“The panel is now investigating the probable use of Wing Loong UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) variants by the LNA or by a third party
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The National Interest Online (blog)-2019年5月1日
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Egypt inducts armed Chinese drones
Arabian Aerospace-2019年4月29日
The Egyptian Ministry of Defence has confirmed that it has taken the Chinese-built Chengdu Wing Loong unmanned air vehicle (UAV) into
China's homemade Wing Loong drones hit battlefield targets ...
Global Times-2019年4月1日
China's homemade Wing Loong drones hit battlefield targets with 90 ... made-for-export Wing Loong series of drones have fired more than
Chinese-built armed drones have fired 3000 rounds of ...
THE WEEK-2019年4月1日
The state-owned Global Times claimed the Wing Loong series of drones, which it described as being built for export, had fired munitions at both
100th Wing Loong armed reconnaissance drone to be ...
Global Times-2018年12月26日
100th Wing Loong armed reconnaissance drone to be delivered to ... that it is about to deliver the 100th made-for-export Wing Loong drone
China exports 100 unmanned aircraft Wing Loong
Xinhua-2018年12月25日
CHENGDU, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- The producer of China's domestically-developed Wing Loong on Tuesday delivered the 100th unmanned
