New-type pilotless reconnaissance aircraft succeeds in trial flight

The launching instant of the pilotless reconnaissance aircraft

In order to meet the requirements of future war and improve the long-range artillery s strike accuracy and damage performance, a computing institute of the Chinese People s Liberation Army stationed in southwest China s Sichuan Province gave full play to its own technical skills and developed a new-type pilotless reconnaissance aircraft jointly with military industrial enterprises.

The new-type pilotless reconnaissance aircraft boasts a high integration of multiple functions including commanding, launching, retrieving and ferrying. The design of double horizontal tail aerodynamic configuration is adopted to reduce structure size and enhance flight efficiency. Several tactical indicators of the aircraft have reached the world advanced level.

On December 30 2010, good news came from the testing field that the pilotless reconnaissance aircraft had made a successful trial flight and was retrieved smoothly.

By Yu Jiang and Wang Hui