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<b>World's first amphibious sea drone U650</b><br />
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U650, the MALE Amphibious UAS is developed independently by <b>Shanghai UVS
 Intelligence System</b> Co., Ltd. Its fuselage is made of carbon fiber 
composite, having the advantage of amphibian, long endurance and can 
carry heavy payload. It fills gap in the field of civil MALE unmanned 
aircraft system in civil market. U650 is particularly suitable for 
logistics application and can also be applied widely in maritime 
affairs, inland lake detection, geological exploration, power line 
inspection, oil and gas pipeline inspection,etc."<br />
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This <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drone?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#drone</a> is great for land and sea! <a href="https://t.co/WXAkUcL11M">https://t.co/WXAkUcL11M</a></div>
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<a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/U650%E6%97%A0%E4%BA%BA%E6%9C%BA/19053232?fr=aladdin" target="_blank">Long flight time:</a> 15hrs, 2000km continuous flight.<br />
150kg load capacity<br />
Water and air dual use. <br />
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Amphibious sea drone U650

World's first amphibious sea drone U650 U650, the MALE Amphibious UAS is developed independently by Shanghai UVS Intelligence Sy...

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The U650 amphibious UAV is the size of a Predator drone or Cessna
 utility aircraft, but its carbon fiber construction saves weight, thus 
increasing its buoyancy and fuel efficiency.<br />
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    The U650 makes its first test flight, flying off from a lake in Jiangsu, China.<br />

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The U560 amphibious drone recently completed its first test flight 
reports Liberation Daily News, a Chinese newspaper.  Flying off of a 
lake in Jiangsu province, the drone's flight took 30 minutes.</div>
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    The U650's propeller engine actually gives it a higher top speed than the Predator drone, making it highly competitive in providing shipborne aerial surveillance.<br />
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Built by Vita Smart Systems Limited, a private sector Chinese aerospace 
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a three year research study, the U560 has a wingspan of 12 
meters and is 6 meters long, roughly the size of a small utility 
airplane like the Cessna 172 or the Predator B drone.  Its lightweight, 
98% carbon fiber fuselage enables the U560 to fly with a range of 
2,000km on just 150 kilograms of fuel.  It's also sturdy enough to take 
off and land in rough maritime weather conditions.</div>
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Despite being amphibious, the U560's top speed of 260km per hour is 
faster than the Predator's 217 km per hour maximum speed.  Liberation 
Daily News also noted that the U560 uses satellite communications, 
datalinks and a measure of autonomy to fly reconnaissance missions with 
minimal human input, such as using cameras and radar to patrol 
preselected areas of water for submarine periscopes.  The U650 is likely
 derived from the S-100, another Vita Smart Systems Limited/UVS 
amphibious drone that debuted at the 2014 Zhuhai Air Show (the U650's landing gear is retractable).</div>
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    S100 Sea UAV<br />

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    The S-100 is a nicely sized drone, it can even carry 240 kg of 
cargo (translates into 4 Hellfire missiles). Since it takes off and land
 from water just as easily as it does on land, it could be a real friend
 to coast guards and small warships everywhere... and to non-state 
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There is no real comparable amphibious drone in the US system. If the 
PLAN picks up use of the U560, its large size and amphibious 
takeoff/landing capabilities could offer Chinese surface warships a fast
 off board reconnaissance capability, with quite different range and 
capability than the helicopters, manned and soon unmanned that the US 
Navy has on board its ships. For instance, a Type 052D guided missile 
destroyer could hoist a U560 drone onto the water and send it off on a 
longer range hunt for enemy submarines, warships and missile launchers, 
or even conduct electronic warfare (much how World War II battleships 
used seaplanes to scout ahead). The U560's amphibious and autonomous 
capabilities also mean that it could be used to supply Chinese island 
garrisons with a heavy UAV capability.</div>
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    The Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) drone is a 
DARPA project to build a medium UAV takes off like a helicopter, then 
flips to fly like an airplane, off of small launch areas like surface 
combatants' helipads.  However, the U650 can son provide the Chinese 
navy with a different platform that offers similar flexibility.<br />

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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer . Amphibious Drone Makes First Flight | </span></span>Popular Science</i><br />
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