Saudi Arabia will open on its territory the production of Chinese UAVs

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The King Abdulaziz Science and Technology Center (KACST) announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Chinese Aerospace Corporation (CASC), reports TSAMTO.

Saudi Arabia will open on its territory the production of Chinese UAVs


The agreement provides for the organization in the territory of the kingdom of production drones.

The document was signed during the visit of King Al Saud to China. Its details are not disclosed. KACST only noted that "the purpose of the agreement is to develop a strategic partnership between the two countries."

Earlier it was reported that the Chinese company is promoting the Cai Hong family of UAVs (CH - Cai Hong / Rainbow) to the Saudi market. It is assumed that the production will be organized as the military and civilian UAVs. They will enter the domestic and international markets.

In November, the 2016 of the year CASC for the first time demonstrated the most modern unmanned aerial vehicle of the Cai Hong family, the CH-5 UAV. The maximum take-off weight of this drone is 3,3 t, the payload mass is 1200 kg, the flight duration is about 39 h. CASC also developed and sells drums of the CH-3 BLA.

In February, 2017, the Xinhua news agency reported that “flight tests of the new Wing-Lung-2 UAV (Wing-Loong II) had begun.” At the same time, the publication noted that even before the start of flight tests, the company concluded the largest stories export contract for the supply of this UAV with an unnamed customer.

A number of military blogs then reported that Saudi Arabia is the buyer of drones.
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  1. +2
    28 March 2017 14: 21
    Spit on everything - the main thing is money! and nothing personal ...
    1. +9
      28 March 2017 14: 24
      But I will allow myself to disagree now hi Since we ourselves can’t do it with someone who can ... It’s not even the future, the PRESENT ...
      1. +7
        28 March 2017 14: 55
        Only we can’t make a shock UAV.
        1. 0
          28 March 2017 15: 09
          Quote: cniza
          Only we can’t make a shock UAV.

          Yes, stop crying already ... like children, I swear ... If nothing is said about him (shock domestic UAV), this does not mean at all that work on him is not being conducted. And they, these same works began back in mid-2013 with the study of the aerodynamics of the future apparatus by TsAGI ... And the fact that they are not being carried out as fast as they might have wanted ... so, except that cats will be born ... yes , the Chinese are still rubbing other people's ideas ...
      2. +1
        28 March 2017 15: 06
        Quote: MPK105
        And since we ourselves can’t do it with someone who can

        To the Saudis, yes, and the Chinese are only exporting capital on the horizon.
  2. +2
    28 March 2017 14: 40
    Yemen will be fucked with their help, well, a small re-export to the war zone
  3. 0
    28 March 2017 14: 59
    Our glorious "friend, ally and partner" however ... Merges technology into a country that does not hesitate to support Islamic radicals, but essentially grows and nurtures them ...
    I will not be surprised that after some time these licensed divisions will appear on the supply of "needles" and all other scum ...

    It would be time for the leadership of our country to reflect on the fact that with such a “modeled sidekick” there is no need for enemies. And the drain to the “great” China of technology can be stopped altogether, for with this example ... yes, and with the example of a contract for the production of Chinese TCB in / in Ukraine, which the Yakovlev firm helped the Han to do ... it is clearly seen in whose hands they are in eventually fall. But alas, I'm afraid this will not happen ...
  4. +2
    28 March 2017 16: 38
    In general, China, with the development of UAV technologies in many weight categories, left the United States and Israel without an exclusive on this topic. And accordingly, you can at least wait for price reductions ... And an increase in the mess in the world.

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