Non-Subscriber ExtractPhotographs reveal new Chinese MALE UAVs |
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By Ted Parsons and Ken Munson
14 October 2009
This MALE UAV, reportedly the BZK-005, was first seen in a video at the 2006 Zhuhai Airshow (AVIC)
Two examples of a hitherto unknown Chinese medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) were photographed at an airfield near Beijing in early October.
While there is no official background data or specifications relating to this UAV, it does bear a strong resemblance to another Chinese UAV that was revealed in an Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) video shown at the 2006 Zhuhai airshow.
Chinese data released at the time indicated that the UAV in the 2006 video may be a product of the Beijing Aeronautics Institute, one of China's main aeronautics research universities known for its UAV research work. Jane's understands that this 2006 UAV may have the designation BZK-005.