According to the latest solicitation announcement issued by the military, the navy has publicly solicited manufacturers to provide reference materials, including 3 surveillance drones and 1 attack drone.

Among them, the performance requirements of the attack drone include the ability to carry 500 grams of explosives, and the related performance is similar to the "Switchblade 300" drone.

The picture shows the U.S. aiding Ukraine's switchblade drone.

(Picture taken from AeroVironment Facebook)

[Reporter Luo Tianbin/Taipei Report] The U.S.-made "Switch Knife" UAV performed well in the Ukrainian-Russian War, and countries are also rushing to place orders with the original factory. According to the latest solicitation announcement issued by the military, the Navy has issued four in succession Announcement, publicly soliciting manufacturers to provide reference materials, including 3 surveillance drones and 1 attack drone.

Among them, the performance requirements of the attack drone include the ability to carry 500 grams of explosives, and the related performance is similar to the "Switchblade 300" drone.

Qi Liping, director of the Aviation Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an exclusive interview with this newspaper's "What's the matter with me" this week that the Chinese Academy of Sciences has continued to develop small drones for use by the Marine Corps after developing the "Sharp Kite" drone, and has also developed the ability to stay in the air. Large-scale UAVs, as well as "Jianxiang" attack UAVs that can suppress enemy radar stations and sea targets.

As for the "Switch Knife" UAV, which performed well in the Ukrainian-Russian War, and other "reconnaissance and strike integrated" models, we have related plans to develop them.

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According to the latest solicitation announcement issued by the military, since the beginning of this month, the Navy Command has issued four announcements to publicly solicit manufacturers to provide reference materials. Surveillance drones, naval surveillance drones that can fly from shore to sea, naval shipborne surveillance drones that can take off and land on ships; as for attack drones, the announcement specifically shows that they must be able to carry 500 grams of explosives ‧Stay in the air for more than 12 minutes, and the total weight of the vehicle is less than 5 kg.

It is understood that the performance specification requirements of this attack drone are similar to those of the US-made "Switchblade 300" drone.

"Switchblade 300" has a flight range of 10 kilometers, a speed of 101 kilometers per hour in cruise mode and 161 kilometers per hour in sprint mode, and a continuous flight time of 15 minutes.

The "Switchblade 300" UAV weighs only 2.5 kilograms and can be carried in the backpacks of officers and soldiers. After launching, this small UAV spreads its wings and searches for the target area, and then locks the target to attack.

According to military sources, high-level national security officials have previously formulated a plan to actively develop drone operations. Due to the considerable demand for various types of drones, it is expected that a dual-track system of foreign procurement and domestic production will be adopted. In terms of domestic production, except for The Chinese Academy of Sciences will develop various types of drones by itself, and the technology will also be transferred to private manufacturers for mass production, but some key components of attack drones must still be mastered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The Navy has issued four announcements in succession this month, publicly soliciting manufacturers to provide reference materials, including 3 surveillance drones and 1 attack drone.

Among them, the performance requirements of the attack drone include the ability to carry 500 grams of explosives, and the related performance is similar to the "Switchblade 300" drone.

(Picture: Taken from the Government Electronic Procurement Network)

Qi Liping, director of the Aviation Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in an exclusive interview with the newspaper's "What's the matter with me", that including the "Switchblade" UAV, which performed well in the Ukrainian-Russian War, and other "reconnaissance and attack integrated" aircraft, we have related plans. develop.

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