China prepares to introduce high-altitude reconnaissance UAV WZ-7

The China 28 air show will take place in the city of Zhuhai in the south of China from September 3 to October 2021. China is preparing to present the WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance UAV for the first time.

This is reported by the Chinese newspaper Global Times, citing a representative of the PLA Air Force.

It is believed that the drone will become one of the main exhibits of the salon. He will be presented at a static exposition.

In the design of this one of the largest Chinese military drones there is a tandem wing, which allows to increase its range up to seven thousand kilometers. Due to this, they plan to use it for reconnaissance flights, patrolling the sea area and in other missions that require increased endurance. The takeoff weight of the UAV is 7 kilograms. At the same time, it is capable of carrying a combat load weighing up to 500 kilograms. In the future, they are going to equip it with equipment for aiming missiles at offshore facilities.

Previously, the drone had the code name "Soaring Dragon", but now it received the official name WZ-7 and was adopted by the People's Liberation Army of China.

In addition, the fifth generation J-20 fighter, J-16D electronic warfare aircraft, H-6K bomber, Y-20 military transport aircraft and other products of the Chinese defense industry will be shown at the air show. Visitors to the exhibition will also be able to see a large-scale air show with the participation of the PLA Air Force aerobatic teams.

Comments

[Tomich_1987]

The Chinese are burning, of course.

[knn54]

- and other products of the Chinese defense industry.
I wonder if there will be a high-speed rocket-drone WZ-8.
The drone is equipped with rocket engines, and on the upper part of the fuselage there are hardpoints ... Apparently, to save fuel, they will launch, for example, from the H-6.
The drone will be able to conduct reconnaissance at any time, that is, it will be more effective than reconnaissance satellites that fly in a certain orbit. ...

[Shurik70]

[sleeve]

Hurray, a sufficient number of technologies have appeared in the "general" access and the Chinese have found ... this thing!

[Dkuznecov]

By the number of patents received in 2020 China (1)
ahead of all other countries in aggregate.
And, in particular, their "closest" competitors -
(2nd place USA - 621 453, 3rd place Japan - 307 969)

For reference: we (RF) received 35 patents.
(World Intellectual Property Organization: World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020.)

In general, investment in R&D is paying off.

So the emergence of "new products" is natural and inevitable.

[Flooding]

Quote: DKuznecov

In general, investment in R&D is paying off.

probably, the general level of education in the country affects.

In 2019, 40 Chinese universities were included in the QS World University Rankings.
There are six Chinese universities in the first hundred of the list.
And the Times Higher Education (THE) 2019 ranking of the best universities in developing countries includes 72 Chinese universities, and four of them are in the first positions.
Russia, for example, is represented in this ranking by 35 universities, the best of which is Moscow State University. Lomonosov, placed on the fifth line.

source: https://www.forbes.ru/forbeslife/373769-vostochnaya-mudrost-zachem-uchitsya-v-kitae-i-zhdut-li-tam-inostrancev

[knn54]

-DKuznecov: By the number of patents received in 2020 China (1)
ahead of all other countries in aggregate ... For reference: we (RF) received 35 patents.
To paraphrase the famous saying of Napoleon - If you do not want to feed Russian inventors, you will have to feed foreign ones.

[Vadim237]

For maintaining patents, you need to pay money every year, and if your patents are dead weight and are of no interest to anyone, there is only negative sense from them.

[dauria]

[quote For maintaining patents you need to pay money every year] [/ quote]

Yes, yes, all stupid ... patenting just like that. Try to get around a well-drafted patent. The patent is holding back competitors. Either buy or wait for the patent owner to skim all the cream off his production.
A patent is more often a stick in the wheels of competitors than an application "I'm the smartest"

[Vadim237]

They are bypassed - most of the patents are improvements to existing developments - and 90% of these patents remain dead weight, little to create and improve, it still needs to be implemented.

[Friend]

Why is this remark in general?

[Vadim237]

By the number of patents received in 2020, China (1) And how many of them are breakthrough in their directions and how many of them will actually reach mass production?

[Dkuznecov]

I think that's all. The Chinese are inquisitive and
very practical guys.
To our enterprises (and not only to ours)
travel constantly for experience.
I won't tell you about the trips of our young specialists to China.

[Vadim237]

That our specialists in China have forgotten to go there?

[Dkuznecov]

Where did the "specialists" come from?
Nowhere.
I myself am from a lost generation.
W / O early 90s. First, of course.
Really went by profession in the 200s,
and before that, the country was lying around and repaying its debts to the IMF.

Youth, let them see
how coffee grinders are made.
Since they themselves do not.

[faiver]

talking about mass production? And how many of our patents will get to mass production in the Russian Federation? albeit not in quantitative, but in percentage, I am sure at times less

[Vadim237]

Exactly the same as for the Chinese - 10% maximum. The most important thing is that the breakthroughs will pass - and not improve the design of the "bicycles"

[Alien From]

Recently there was an article with a photo of an unknown aircraft on the VO, wasn't he?

[The leader of the Redskins]

And I liked the "increased endurance" more ...
There are Olympians inside - are marathon runners pedaling?
And if about the device, then yes - the declared data is at the level.

[Undecim]

Thanks to this, it is planned to be used for reconnaissance flights, patrolling the sea area and in other missions that require increased endurance.

And I liked the "increased endurance" more ...

It's not about the marathon runners, but about the stubborn unwillingness of local newsmakers to strain and their ignorance.
The google breeder translated endurance as "endurance," and they wrote it. And to see what in this case is translated as "duration" is not destiny. That is, in normal Russian the phrase sounds: "Thanks to this, it is planned to use it for reconnaissance, patrolling the sea area and in other cases requiring a long flight duration."

[From Tomsk]

It remains only to hang a New Year's garland on it. Chinese "5th generation" fighters fly on engines that were installed on the SU-27.

[Pandiurin]

"... there is a tandem wing, which allows to increase its range ..."

And to design with a large wingspan would probably be better. And then some kind of high-rise maize)
What is the meaning of this particular scheme?

[Vladimir_2U]

Quote: Pandiurin

And then some kind of high-rise maize)

The tandem is still not a biplane.

Quote: Pandiurin

And it would probably be better to design with a large wing span ... .... What is the meaning of such a scheme?

I would venture to suggest that they just could not master the long wing based on the materials, I had to do it with two shorter ones.

[The leader of the Redskins]

Compactness. U2 has an impressive scale, so the infrastructure was changed for it.

[Tomich_1987]

Quote: Leader of the Redskins

U2 has an impressive scale, so the infrastructure was changed for it

Nonsense. The wingspan of the U-2 is only 24 meters, which is less than even that of the C-130.

[The leader of the Redskins]

You are wrong. Yes, at that time there were aircraft with a large wing span. But they did not need to be hidden in hangars from the effects of meteorological precipitation, and later, from satellites. Therefore, we had to make wider than standard hangars.

[Undecim]

What is the meaning of this particular scheme?

This is not a tandem wing. This is an articulated wing.

Sobolev D.A. M .: Mashinostroenie, 1985 p.

[businessv]

There is nothing to say, it remains only to quietly envy that in the Chinese real sector of the economy there is, without exception, a full line of products and not only military ones! Well done!

[Vadim237]

90% of their products want the best quality.

[Dkuznecov]

Where did you get this information from?
All, I repeat, absolutely all China products are custom-made.
What can be the claims for non-fulfillment of the specification?
These guys can do a long time ago any quality.
I repeat: anyway.
I wouldn't be scoffing if I didn't place orders in China.

[businessv]

Quote: Vadim237

90% of their products want the best quality.

Namesake, you are very wrong! In China today, Japan, the USA, Germany, France and many other well-known brands are producing their products, you do not want to say that they produce shitty products ?!

[Basarev]

The union of the ancient and the new is an unmanned biplane.