Errymath: Wing Loong II

First Test Flight of the new Wing Loong II (Pterodactyl II) UAV

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Interview with China’s <i>Science and Technology Daily</i> on February 28, 
Yilong unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) chief designer Li Yidong says, “In 
the past, a UAV was controlled mostly by human instructions, but Yilong 2
 has in the main been free from human operation.<br />
Various kinds of 
operation laws and methods have been written into a software system, 
which is the brightest advantage of Yilong 2 UAV.”<br />
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According to Li, there is only the need to input a preset instruction
 for <b>Yilong 2 (Wing Loong II) </b>to complete a task. The pilot’s task is mainly supervision
 and control.<br />
He will not interfere unless there is something abnormal 
or need to change the task during the flight.<br />
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Li says that he prefers turboprop to turbojet due to its light 
weight, high power and low fuel consumption. That engine combined with 
the optimal aerodynamic shape and long wingspan lengthens the UAV’s 
endurance.<br />
The stealth design of Yilong 2 UAV mainly aims at prevention of 
discovery by sight and sound.<br />
Yilong’s small size and quiet engine make 
it hard to detect by its target.<br />
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Yilong 2’s takeoff weight is 4.2 tons, can carry 480 kg weapons to 
remain in air for 20 hours with service ceiling of 9,000 meters and 
maximum speed of 370 km/hour. It is equipped with synthetic aperture 
radar and armed with laser-guided missiles and GPS-guided bombs.<br />
It is 
thus as advanced in functions and performance as US MQ-9 Reaper.<br />
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However, Li is developing a new version of Yilong to make it faster 
and more maneuverable and stealth with better artificial intelligence 
and even the learning ability to change its operation automatically when
 it receives an instruction to change its task during its flight.<br />
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First Test Flight of the new Wing Loong II (Pterodactyl II) UAV

Wing Loong II (Yilong 2) UAV had completed its maiden flight Interview with China’s Science and Technology Daily on February 28, Yil...

Wing Loong II UAV

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The chief designer of Wing Loong series UAV revealed that Wing Loong 
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AVIC unveiled a 'production-spec' version of the Wing Loong II 
strike-capable surveillance UAV for the first time in public since its 
soft launch at the Beijing Airshow in 2015. Source: IHS/Kelvin Wong<br />
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The Wing Loong II have low-wing monoplane 
slender fuselage and empennage with a prominent V-tail and ventral fin, each wing incorporates three underwing 
hardpoints for external stores.<br />
<i>T</i>he UAV is constructed from advanced composites, with the latest official literature quoting an
 overall length of 11 m, a wingspan of 20.5 m, and a height of 4.1 m. <br />
Maximum speed of 370 km/h and service ceiling of 30,000 ft (9,000
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The Wing Loong II nevertheless improves on the first-generation Wing 
Loong I platform with twice the payload capacity at 400 kg and 
significantly improved endurance of 32 hours.<br />

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Wing Loong II UAV. The chief designer of Wing Loong series UAV revealed that Wing Loong II had just secured the biggest export order i...

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<a href="http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/17692/china-is-suddenly-a-leading-exporter-of-armed-drones" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><b>China Is Suddenly a Leading Exporter of Armed Drones</b></span></a><br />
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<a class="externalLink" href="http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/authors/1828/richard-a-bitzinger" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard A. Bitzinger</a> Monday, Jan. 18, 2016<br />
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With a regularity almost approaching that of the tides, there has recently been a frenzy of <a class="externalLink" href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/14/meet-chinas-killer-drones/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fevered pronouncements</a>about <a class="externalLink" href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/03/20/chinas-weapons-of-mass-consumption" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China becoming a major arms exporter</a>—and
 perhaps even giving serious competition to the traditionally 
front-running United States. Most of this is hype, but there is some 
truth to all the mania.<br />
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For the most part, China’s arms industry does not seriously threaten 
U.S. arms exports, at least not in terms of quantity. According to the 
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, China garnered only <a class="externalLink" href="http://books.sipri.org/files/FS/SIPRIFS1503.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5 percent of the total global arms market</a>
 from 2010 to 2014—good enough to rank third among the world’s arms 
exporters, but still well behind the United States, with 31 percent of 
the global market, and Russia, with 27 percent. Moreover, the bulk of 
China’s recent weapons shipments—nearly 70 percent—went to just three 
countries: Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.<br />
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That said, there are some areas where China is breaking new ground in 
the global arms trade, both in terms of new customers and new products. 
It has sold frigates to Algeria, trainer jets to Bolivia and Venezuela, 
and anti-ship missiles to Indonesia. More troubling, however, China has 
quite suddenly <a class="externalLink" href="http://thediplomat.com/2015/10/drone-wars-china-and-us-compete-on-the-global-uav-market" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">become a key exporter</a>
 of armed drones, also referred to as unmanned combat aerial vehicles, 
or UCAVs. It’s troubling, and not only because this is a potentially 
lucrative segment of the arms business that is likely to grow 
significantly over the coming decades and therefore challenge U.S. 
exports. Armed drones are also a growing proliferation concern, given 
that they are extremely effective and increasingly the weapon of choice 
on many battlefields.<br />
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Only a handful of countries besides the U.S. and China currently 
manufacture dedicated armed drones. Moreover, China is one of the few 
countries, along with the U.S., Israel, Pakistan and, recently, the 
United Kingdom, whose drones have actually been used in combat. In early
 December, the Iraqi military used a Chinese-built Caihong or CH-4B 
drone armed with a laser-guided missile to attack an Islamic State 
target. It was <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/18/business/international/china-drone-export-iraq.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iraq’s first-ever drone strike</a>.<br />
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How did China become a trailblazer in the global sale of armed drones? 
So far, it has exported two models, the Caihong and the Chengdu 
Pterodactyl or Wing Loong. Both bear a striking resemblance to two 
leading U.S. drones, the MQ-1B Predator and the MQ-9 Reaper. The 
Predator was originally a surveillance drone, later modified to carry 
Hellfire laser-guided missiles. The Reaper is a dedicated 
“hunter-killer” drone, in the defense industry’s terms.<br />
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The Wing Loong, designed and built by the Chengdu Aircraft Industry 
Group, or CAIG, is roughly the same size as the Predator, about 29 feet 
long, with a wingspan of 45 feet. It carries a much smaller payload, 
however, of about 220 pounds, compared to the Predator’s 1,100 pounds. 
Yet it costs about $1 million per unit, or just a quarter of the price 
of a Predator. It has been sold to Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and 
Saudi Arabia.<br />
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The Caihong, meanwhile, was developed by the China Aerospace Science and
 Technology Corporation, or CASC, and it is perhaps more disconcerting 
as a weapons platform than the Wing Loong. The original CH-3 version, 
which has been sold to Nigeria, appears to be relatively ineffective as a
 combat drone; at least one <a class="externalLink" href="https://medium.com/war-is-boring/whose-drone-just-crashed-in-nigeria-c8c55bdf3476" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">crashed in Nigeria</a>,
 ostensibly during operations against Boko Haram militants. The CH-4, 
however, is more or less a clone of the MQ-9 Reaper, and much more 
capable than the CH-3. It carries a relatively small payload, about 770 
pounds, but larger, improved versions are on the way. In addition to 
Iraq, the CH-4 has been sold to Egypt.<br />
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More importantly, a new, larger version of the Caihong, the CH-5, is 
being readied for market. The CH-5 has a wingspan of 66 feet and a 
takeoff weight of about 3 tons. It can carry a maximum payload of nearly
 2,000 pounds—about two and a half times more than previous Caihong 
drones. <br />
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Even more ominous is the fact that China is <a class="externalLink" href="http://qz.com/150217/chinas-first-stealth-combat-drone-isnt-all-that-stealthy-but-it-doesnt-have-to-be/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reportedly developing</a>
 a purpose-built, stealth drone, dubbed the Lijian, or the Sharp Sword. 
Although still a proof-of-concept prototype, the Lijian first flew in 
2013 and could be the precursor to a family of Chinese stealth combat 
drones.<br />
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Lijian, or Sharp Sword  <br />
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At the same time, however, operating armed drones has its own built-in 
challenges. The command and control of drones, let alone combat drones, 
is quite demanding. The support network behind drone use is enormous, 
especially for long-distance, long-endurance operations. Drones often 
require satellites for target acquisition and strike-control, as well as
 secure data links; without satellites, drones need line-of-sight data 
links or relay aircraft to remain in contact with remote operators. 
Pilots don’t come cheap, either: They have to be as skilled as a pilot 
of a manned aircraft, and the fatigue factor of remotely operating a 
drone can be high.<br />
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Moreover, drones have an incredibly high loss rate. The U.S. Air Force acknowledged in 2009 that it had <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/business/17uav.html?em=&pagewanted=all&_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lost 70 Predator drones</a>—at
 the time a third of its Predator fleet—in air crashes during its short 
operational history, mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Fifty-five were 
lost to equipment failure, operator error or weather, while four had 
been shot down by enemy forces and 11 more were lost to accidents on 
combat missions. In 2012, Bloomberg reported that the Predator, Reaper 
and Global Hawk were <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-06-18/drones-most-accident-prone-u-s-air-force-craft-bgov-barometer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“the most accident-prone aircraft in the Air Force fleet.”</a><br />
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Nevertheless, these problems aside, armed drones are here to stay. More 
nations are acquiring them and more are building them, making combat 
drones a significant proliferation concern in the near future. The U.S. 
is a major drone-producing country, but it has <a class="externalLink" href="http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/17235/after-paris-attacks-could-u-s-arm-france-s-american-drones" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">considerable controls</a>
 over the export of these systems. China, on the other hand, has 
relatively few scruples when it comes to what kind of military wares it 
sells and who buys them. Armed drones are one area of the global arms 
market where it could carve out quite a lucrative niche for itself, to 
the potential detriment of the U.S. and its allies.<br />
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<i>Richard A. Bitzinger is a senior fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School
 of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in 
Singapore, where his work focuses on military and defense issues 
relating to the Asia-Pacific.<br /> </i><br />
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Chengdu Aircraft Corporation revealed its second-generation Wing Loong 
II turboprop-powered unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) at the 
biennial Beijing Air Show in mid-September.<br />
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Data and images of the platform show a strong resemblance to the General
 Atomics MQ-9 Reaper high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) UCAV. Partial 
images of the UCAV seen on web pages in early March 2015 suggest
 that runway- or flight-testing has already started.<br />
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While the Wing Loong II name is likely its export designation, it can be
 expected to enter PLAAF units 
alongside the smaller Chengdu GJ-1/Wing Loong.<br />
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Both in configuration and dimensionally the Wing Loong II compares well 
to the MQ-9 Reaper. Both are powered by a single pusher turboprop 
engine, place their satellite communication system and primary optical 
system in the nose, and employ large V-stabilisers with a smaller 
vertical stabiliser below the empennage.<br />
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While almost identical in size, their performance differs - most likely 
due to their respective engines. While the MQ-9 has a maximum speed of 
482 km/h and can reach a maximum altitude of 50,000 ft (15,240 m), the 
Wing Loong II has a maximum speed of 370 km/h and can reach an altitude 
of30,000 ft (9,000 m).<br />
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They also differ greatly in their external payload. The MQ-9 is credited
 with an external payload of 1,400 kg while the Wing Loong II can carry 
480 kg.<br />
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A brochure image shows the Wing Loong II carrying 12 air-to-surface 
missiles. These are probably the 26.5 kg Norinco Blue Arrow 9 
ground-attack missiles revealed at the 2014 Airshow China at Zhuhai. 
Multiple Chinese companies have developed families of UCAV weapons 
including precision-guided missiles, bombs, and air-to-air missiles.<br />
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<b>Wing Loong II  </b>                               <b>MQ-9 Reaper</b><br />
Powerplant 1 x turboprop                 1x Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop, 900 hp<br />
Length 11 m                                      10.97 m<br />
Wingspan 20.5 m                              20.12

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