A Chinese unmanned transport aircraft taxis on a runway in an aerial delivery exercise in Northwest China's Gansu Province. Photo: screenshot from China Central Television
Global Times: Chinese military tests long-range, heavy aerial delivery with unmanned transport aircraft
Chinese military analysts predicted on Sunday that more unmanned transport aircraft could join the Chinese military logistics arsenal for long-range and heavy delivery in the future, as the Chinese military recently made breakthroughs in the heavy cargo delivery exercise with an unmanned transport plane.
Jointly held by the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, an aerial delivery exercise took place recently in Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu Province, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Thursday.
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WNU Editor: They converted an old transport cargo plane into an unmanned one.
4 comments:
Lmao, it looks like a 1930s biplane. More cutting edge Chinese tech.😂
Actually it is smart.
If there is a software failure or bad code, the Chinese are out of ma plane that was near then end of its life. It has been depreciated already. Save your research bucks for other things Like iteration 2, 3, 4 ...
The basics of flight are the same so they could have used many types of planes. Jets no doubt are harder, but they will build up from what they learned here. This is just the first iteration.
Maybe some day they will be able to build a third generation jet engine as well...
A Chinese copy of a 1950's era AN-2. Wonder how many of those they have.
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