China recently conducted the first flight test of a maritime version of the locally developed Combat UAV (CUAV) CH-5, its developers said on Thursday, July 16. Deng Xiaoci and Liu Xuanzun report on Global Times. The new version of the CH-5 drone is a medium-to-high altitude, long-endurance large drone system that can cope with complicated and dynamic oceanic conditions.
Maritime version of the CH-5 Rainbow CUAV (Picture source: Sun Jing) |