The second-generation "Tengyun" unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been replaced with an engine equipped with the U.S. military's MQ-9 "Reaper" unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. , missiles as strike missions, these are no longer a problem.

Arranged by the National Zhongshan Academy of Sciences for the Ministry of National Defense in November last year to demonstrate Tengyun and a variety of self-made drones and an introduction to the production process.

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[Reporter Luo Tianbin/Taipei Report] High-level military personnel pointed out today that the second-generation "Tengyun" UAV developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, after being equipped with the engine of the U.S. military's MQ-9 "Reaper" unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, its payload capacity has increased significantly. It is no longer a problem to upgrade, perform long-term surveillance and reconnaissance missions, or mount self-made rockets and missiles for strike missions. Among them, the second-generation "Tengyun" UAV of the surveillance and reconnaissance type will conduct combat evaluation in the near future, and pass the combat evaluation. After that, it will be reported to the peak to decide whether to enter the mass production stage.

As for the future task division between the "Tengyun" UAV and the US-made "MQ-9B" UAV, according to the Air Force's plan, the "MQ-9B" UAV will be responsible for high-altitude surveillance and reconnaissance tasks, and the "Tengyun" UAV will be in charge. Low and medium altitude missions.

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It is also understood that the second-generation "Tengyun" UAV is currently conducting various tests as a "monitoring and reconnaissance" machine, and will continue to carry out tests and live ammunition for mounting national-made weapon systems in stages. Due to the second-generation Tengyun The UAV has been replaced with the same type of engine as the U.S. military MQ-9 "Reaper" unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and its payload capacity has been greatly improved. This also means that the number and weight of surveillance equipment or weapon systems that can be mounted Above, breakthroughs have been made.

As for the weapon systems that can be mounted, it is understood that the initial weapons systems are mainly made in China, including 2.75-inch rockets, improved Tianjian missiles and so on.

In the part of the sea attack mission, it is not ruled out to restart the air-launched H2O missile project in the future. The air-launched H2O missile that was successfully developed but has not yet entered mass production will be replaced by the second-generation "Tengyun" after improved performance and reduced size. "The drone is an air-launched platform.

In November last year, the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated to the outside world the development capabilities of national-made military drones.

For the "Tengyun" large UAV,

According to information from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the "Tengyun" large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle system has the characteristics of satellite guidance and control, such as medium altitude, long stagnation, and multiple loads, and has functions such as autonomous take-off and landing, multiple guidance and control links, and ground networking guidance and control. In addition, it can carry electronic optics/infrared rays, synthetic aperture radar, electronic reconnaissance, voice traffic control communication, etc., and can provide long-distance real-time monitoring and reconnaissance information, and play an early warning role.

The "Tengyun" UAV is mainly used for long-distance target and electronic information reconnaissance, with a guidance radius of 1,100 kilometers and a stay in the air for about 20 hours.

The research and development evaluation has been completed, and it is expected that after the operational evaluation is completed next year, mass production will be launched according to the needs of the Air Force.

The second-generation "Tengyun" UAV developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, after being equipped with an engine with the U.S. military's MQ-9 "Reaper" unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, its payload capacity has been greatly improved. The second-generation "Tengyun" UAV of surveillance type The combat evaluation will be conducted in the near future. After passing the combat evaluation, it will be reported to the top management to decide whether to enter the mass production stage.

The picture shows the performance of the "Tengyun-2" No. 2 machine that was previously launched into the air.

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The second-generation Tengyun machine can mount the national-made 2.75-inch rocket (pictured, taken from the official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences) and other weapon systems.