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AVIC unveils AV500W armed VTOL UAV development programme

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The AV500W prototype on display in Zhuhai is shown with a mock-up of a 6
 kg precision guide bomb that is also under development by AVIC. The 
weapon features folding fins to reduce its carriage footprint. Source: 
IHS/Kelvin Wong<br />
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The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has revealed its 
latest armed reconnaissance vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) 
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the Airshow China 2016 exhibition in 
Zhuhai.<br />
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Under development by AVIC's China Helicopter Research and Development 
Institute (CHRDI), the AV500W is essentially a weaponised variant of the
 civilian model AV500 VTOL UAV modified to improve its structural 
rigidity, payload capacity, and overall performance for military 
applications.<br />
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According to official specifications, the AV500W has a maximum take-off 
weight (MTOW) of 470 kg with a payload capacity of 160 kg. This 
typically comprises a chin-mounted, stabilised electro-optical infrared 
(EO/IR) sensor turret to enable the air vehicle to perform day/night 
reconnaissance, battle damage assessment (BDA), as well as target 
detection and tracking. Other electronic payloads such as a synthetic 
aperture radar (SAR) and communications relay devices can be carried 
internally.<br />
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The AV500W is the weaponised variant of the civilian model AV-500 
vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle designed 
specifically for ground support missions. (IHS/Kelvin Wong)<br /> <br />
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Stub wings on either side of its fuselage can be configured to carry a 
range of weapons to enable the AW500W to perform armed interventions if 
required. An AVIC spokesperson told <i>IHS Jane's</i> that the example 
on display is carrying two 6 kg-class precision guided bomb mock-ups. 
The yet-unnamed weapon is designed to engage static or slow moving 
targets up to 5 km away via semi-active laser guidance. This is also 
currently under development alongside a larger, more capable 10 kg 
variant.<br />
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While the company declined to provide details on the engine, it stated 
that the AV500W features a cruising speed of 170 km/h, with a maximum 
endurance of 8 hours when configured and lightly loaded for 
reconnaissance missions. This is reduced to 4 hours when the air vehicle
 is fully armed. The air vehicle has a specified operating radius of 200
 km via line-of-sight (LOS) command protocols, with a service ceiling of
 4,000 m (13,123 ft).<br />
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<i>IHS Jane's</i> understands that the AV500W is presently in an 
advanced stage of development with the production-ready design expected 
to be finalised in 2017, with its first flight targeted for the same 
year.<br />
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trials and nearing entry into service with the Air Force, preliminary 
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Prior to General Bondarev’s comments, 
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<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">Mil.huanqiu.com</span> carries the 
full text of Hong Kong’s Mingpao January 23 article titled “Shanghai 
Building 50,000-ton amphibious warship” by Hong Kong military 
commentator Liang Tianren.<br />
Liang says that he wrote a long article three years ago that 
disclosed development of a 40,000-ton amphibious attack worship 
or helicopter carrier. In November that year, Real Admiral Yin Zhuo 
disclosed at CCTV that was developing a 40,000-ton amphibious 
attack warship. Later in 2013, a official website revealed a 
list of 18 kinds of equipment Navy is to develop during China’s 
twelfth five-year plan (2011-2015), in which homegrown aircraft 
carrier no. 001 is item 7 while 50,000-ton amphibious attack warship is 
item 10.<br />
China has built three Type 071 landing platform dock with quite 
strong landing capabilities, but they have the shortcomings of 
insufficient fire power and command hardware and limited air support and
 cannot serve as the cores of Chinese fleets far away from shore. <br />
Has an urgent need for a large amphibious attack warship that 
carries advanced VTOL aircrafts to dominate the air and helicopters and 
landing crafts to send ground troops in to protect its investment.<br />
According to the article, 50,000 amphibious attack warship 
will be 265 meters long and carry six fixed-wing aircrafts and four 
large helicopters on its deck. It will be accompanied by two Zubr LCACs.<br />
Liang said that is developing stealth VTOL J-10 fighter jets. 
The amphibious attack warship will carry 12 J-10s.<br />
It will, in addition, carry 10 to 20 
helicopters of various types, drones and other New-concept flying 
vehicles. As a result, it is comparable in capabilities to Britain’s 
Queen Elizebeth aircraft carrier.<br />
Shanghai’s Jiangnan Changxing Shipyard is building such a warship 
quickly section by section. It is expected that the sections will be 
assembled into one warship to be launched next year the latest. The 
shipyard will build 3 more such warships.<br />
The shipyard is, in addition, building a 12,000-ton large destroyer. 
Shanghai is to build three more Type 071 large LDPs and conduct series 
production of Type 052D destroyers. Due to such heavy workload, it will 
not build any aircraft carrier.<br />
<i>Source: <span class="skimlinks-unlinked">huanqiu.com</span> “Hong 
Kong media says China is building 50,000-ton amphibious warship to carry
 J-10 VTOL fighters” </i><br />
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Shanghai Building 50,000-ton amphibious warship carry VTOL J-10 fighters

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<b>Tianjin International UAV and Model Aircraft Technology Exhibition. at the 29-31 August 2014 </b><br />
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According to press reports a family of inflatable UAVs were 
unveiled at the 29-31 August 2014 Tianjin International UAV and Model 
Aircraft Technology Exhibition.<br />
Chief designer Zhang Bing Yan introduced the "software aircraft", which 
he filed patents for in 2011. In comments reported by local media he 
made it clear that he required greater funding to better develop the 
concept.<br />
The inflatable UAVs at Tianjin were designated SF-1, SF-2 and SF-3 with 
wingspans of 2.5 m, 3 m and 4.3 m respectively. Zhang explained they 
have a useful load of 25 kg, a speed of about 20 km/h, range of about 
100 km and a maximum altitude of 4,000 m. The UAVs can be filled with 
normal air or helium or hydrogen to achieve greater buoyancy.<br />
Apparently constructed of thin polyvinal chloride (PVC) such as used on a
 common air mattress, the UAVs also use air inflation valves from an air
 mattress and were seen at the show being filled with a simple electric 
air-pump. Payloads apparently are carried near the centre-of-gravity, 
while externally-mounted servos operate control flaps. The UAVs at the 
show used electric motors and Zhang's craft employs automatic 
programme/computer-control to fly missions.<br />
Co-sponsored by China's State Administration for Science, Technology and
 Industry in National Defence (SASTIND) and the Tianjin Defence Industry
 Association, the Tianjin UAV exhibition attracted 60 exhibitors. These 
sponsors were also keen to promote Tianjin as a centre for UAV research,
 with many universities and companies developing UAV platforms and 
software.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mountain Quadruped Bionic Mobile 
Platform,<br />
show by North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) 
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In early September Norinco revealed a "Mountain Quadruped Bionic Mobile 
Platform": a four-leg walking unmanned ground vehicle. A brief mention 
in a Chinese press report noted that it could perform transport, 
reconnaissance or combat missions or could be used for disaster relief 
in mountainous areas.<br />
The same article noted that it weighs 130 kg while carrying a payload of
 50 kg at a maximum speed of 6 km/h. It can traverse a 30 degree slope 
and has an endurance of two hours. An image showed it carrying four 
backpacks.<br />
Another center for quadruped robot research in China is the Institute of
 Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. In 2011 it 
revealed its Four-legged Robot for Optimal Gait (FROG), a 55 kg 
technology demonstrator. An image of a test model for a quadruped robot 
similar to the Norinco model was seen on Chinese web pages in July 2013.<br />
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