The rise of China's drone technology has attracted the world's attention! Guangzhong large flying-wing stealth UAVs, including Attack-11, Rainbow-7, Star Shadow, Sky Eagle, Cloud Shadow-5000T, etc., have a strong UAV team, which is shocking. However, the level of secrecy of these drones is extremely high, and the timing of their first flight and delivery remains a mystery.
Recently, a private company launched the FL-2 flying wing unmanned stealth cargo aircraft, but the outside world has different opinions about its target customers. The Skyhawk stealth drone, which made its first flight in 2018, has finally been unveiled after three exhibitions at the Zhuhai Air Show. CCTV's "Military Tour" program ** The picture of the first flight of the Sky Eagle UAV, the chief engineer Ma Hongzhong was even more emotional, walked to the plane at that time, and kissed the ...... fiercely
The Sky Eagle UAV is developed by the Third Research Institute of Aerospace Science and Industry Group, and the chief designer is Ma Hongzhong. It is equipped with a turbofan engine, has a maximum take-off weight of 3 tons, a wingspan of about 10 meters, and a fuselage length of about 35 meters, the maximum payload should be 500 kg. Although the endurance time has not yet been announced, according to the description of the air show panels, its stay time in the air should not be less than 5 hours, and the combat radius is not less than 1000 kilometers. The Skyhawk drone has a cruising altitude of 15 km, a cruising speed of 600 kmh, and a maximum speed of 800 kmh. It has two hardpoints on the left and right sides that can be used to carry ground-to-ground munitions or sea-to-sea munitions.
Despite the fact that the captain of the Skyhawk drone is only 35 meters, but its bomb load is expected to be 500 kg, so it is likely to be equipped with two small bomb bays, each of which can accommodate two 100-kilogram loads. For such a small flying-wing UAV, if it can be equipped with anti-ship missiles, it can also be equipped with a length of 2582-meter YJ-9 light anti-ship missile. In addition, it can also be equipped with 4 anti-tank missiles to meet the needs of low-intensity land strikes.
However, despite the strong stealth performance and reconnaissance capabilities of the Skyhawk UAV, its main purpose is not to strike against land and sea, but to carry optoelectronic reconnaissance payloads to carry out ISR missions. The emergence of this UAV marks China's great progress in the field of UAVs, and also shows the strong strength of China's first-class technology. With the continuous deepening of China's UAV research and development, we believe that in the future battlefield, China's UAV will play an increasingly important role and become a strong guarantee for maintenance.