China successfully tests world's largest unmanned transport drone
China has successfully tested the world's largest unmanned transport drone, which can carry a payload of 1.5 tons, the state-run China Daily reported on Wednesday. A large commercial drone Feihong-98 (FH-98) developed and modified by the China Academy of Aerospace Electronics Technology made a successful test flight at Baotou test site in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Tuesday, it reported. Here's more.
Feihong-98 adapted from 'Shifei Y5B', China's first domestically-built transport aircraft
"Feihong-98" (FH-98) is now the world's largest unmanned transport aircraft, with a maximum payload of up to 1.5 tons, official media reported. It was adapted from the prototype of the "Shifei Y5B", a China-developed transport plane. As China's first fully domestically-built transport aircraft, the Shifei Y5B has a history of over 60 years since its first flight in 1957 and has been widely used.
China making rapid development in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Focusing on its details, the FH-98 has a maximum takeoff weight of 5.25 tons, a maximum capacity of 1.5 tons and 15 cubic meters, a flight height of 4,500 meters, a cruising speed of 180 kilometers per hour, and a maximum range of 1,200 kilometers, the report said. China has been making rapid advances in the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
China to sell multi-role Chinese drones to Pakistan: Media reports
According to Liu Meixuan, President of the China Academy of Aerospace Electronics Technology (CAAET), the FH-98 features simple take-off and landing, simple operation, and advanced technology at an affordable cost. On October 9 this year, state media reported that China will sell 48 of its Wing Loong II high-end reconnaissance and multi-role Chinese drones to its all-weather ally Pakistan.
