China's industry provides the world market with goods for various purposes. The active growth of the country's economy allows local scientists to concentrate on the production of combat drone unmanned helicopters. Moreover, there is practically no competition in this area, except for the American Northrop attack aircraft and there is no one.
Already soon after the end of all tests, the export of air combat weapons will begin, to other countries, preliminary orders are already available. Mostly it is a novelty in the face of the AV500W and Wing-LoonG II, but this is not the first such development from scientists from the Middle Kingdom, who really planned to create a monopoly in the production of automatic drone UAVs.
The history of the development of Chinese combat drones
Despite the rather ambiguous reputation of the brand "Made in China", in creating combat aircraft, the Chinese have always been among the world leaders. So the first shock UAV off the assembly line in 2016. Of course, it was not possible to shock the world public back then, as earlier analogues from the United States already existed. Nevertheless, Sky Saker H300 with a payload of 200 kg and a set of missile weapons on board, securely entrenched in the national army.
The device is multifunctional and, in addition to independent firepower, is able to correct allied fire and produce the function of a gunner. Such abilities are the merit of powerful optical and laser equipment. In addition, the helicopter can take off even in conditions of limited space, but the range of the device is not so high. Sales abroad of this model will start only after an increase in the working area of the robo-helicopter.
The Black Tornado or Z-19E is the next Chinese development on the road to the AV500W. The device received a threatening design in the style of "Stells" and a fairly high mobility, but armor qualities leave much to be desired. If you add here the high cost of a UAV, then its use in real combat is very risky.
Considering all the previous drawbacks, a more reliable, efficient, and most importantly - cheap Wing-LoonG II was soon created. The eleven-meter combat drone, has already managed to be in the air for half an hour on the debut and successful trials. The helicopter can accelerate to 340 km / h at an altitude of 9000 meters. In this case, the carrying capacity of the unit is 480 kg of combat weight, and the autonomy of the order of 20 hours.
Xiang Ying-200 is another representative of an unmanned fleet of Chinese helicopters. One of the most modern developments, which besides the military direction is actively used in agricultural operations and medicine. The construction is 8.7 meters long and 2.5 meters high, capable of lifting about 200 kg of cargo into the sky.
AV500W military unmanned helicopter - the revolution of the planet's arms industry!
In the future, this is certainly the best helicopter of this type. At the moment, there is still no news about the first flights of the AV500W, but it is a reliable fact that the tests will pass in the near future. The novelty is refined to reflect the previous experience of the Chinese and will improve the effectiveness of anti-terrorist operations and air support in general. In addition, the AV500W is ideal for guarding border areas.
However, combat support is not the only goal of the developers, they are also interested in the mobile intelligence officer. Therefore, the AV500W is produced in two versions: attack aircraft and reconnaissance UAVs. Both versions are able to rise from the ground to a height of four kilometers and accelerate to 170 km / h. But the autonomy of the devices is different: 8 and 4 hours of continuous flights, respectively.
Impact UAV AV500W equipped with a wide range of on-board guns, which are equally effective allows you to attack not only vulnerable infantry, but armored vehicles. The length of 7.2 meters makes it possible to save space for guns. They can be loaded on board up to 120 kilograms - a machine gun, a bomb bay, four self-guided air-to-surface missiles and so on. The ability to conduct aimed fire is maintained even at a distance of 5 km. Of course, all the necessary radar equipment and the homing system must be included in the standard package.
The AV500W rover helicopter does not have any problems with landing or taking off, even in the most limited conditions. Canyons, mountains and any other surprises of the natural landscape are absolutely not afraid of him. The Chinese apparatus is equally effective both in heat and frost - temperature variations do not affect the performance. The presentation of the novelty is planned in the very near future.
China and the United States are not the only states producing such weapons. Great importance attack drone helicopter also attaches to the UK, Russia and France. Therefore, it is entirely possible that the European manufacturer will dilute the assortment of Chinese and American robots on the world market.
