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China’s Yaoying II Conducts Maiden Flight

: Jul 10, 2018 - : 12:38 am

China’s Yaoying II (‘Sparrowhawk II’) medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has conducted its maiden flight, the Xinhua news agency quoted its developer, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

 

Aimed at the international market, Yaoying II is a new reconnaissance and strike drone. It has also been seen bearing the name Air Sniper on its fuselage.

 

It took to the skies on 3 July from Anshun Huangguoshu Airport in China’s southern Guizhou Province.

 

With full automatic control and integrated navigation, the new drone can conduct photoelectric image reconnaissance and surveillance, radar image reconnaissance, and communication signal detection.

 

The drone can provide real-time image and monitoring information for many fields, including firefighting, disaster relief, aerial photography, oil pipelines, forest fire prevention and land resource surveys.

 

The six m-long, fixed-wing platform, which features a rear-mounted propeller and is fitted with at least one hardpoint under each wing, can fly at speeds of up to 230 km/h, has a flight endurance of 16 h, and a service ceiling of 7,500 m, the Hong Kong-basedSouth China Morning stories ( SCMP ) newspaper reported, citing AVIC.

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