The first flight test of the unmanned aerial vehicle WJ-700 was completed on January 11, according to the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).
It is reported that this model, as the leading product of the advanced drone equipment of the Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, is the only one of the high-altitude, high-speed and long-endurance inspection and strike integrated drone rare in the world and the only one in China, and will create a new style of drone combat use.
The WJ-700 drone is being developed by Haiying Aviation General Equipment Co., Ltd., a Chinese Academy of Aerospace Science and Industry. The type of drone focus on the future 5 to 10 years using domestic and international market demand, high altitude, high speed, in a long-endurance and large load capacity, and to possess a standoff, anti-ship, anti-radiation air-to-surface precision strikes operational and wide-area surveillance reconnaissance capabilities, can be in high threat to battlefield environment carries out diversified operations.
The drone has adopted a number of advanced technologies, and its key performance indicators, such as endurance, range and deadweight, have reached the domestic leading and international advanced level of the drone with the same tonnage.
According to the introduction, the first flight successfully verified the correctness and rationality of the design of the drone system, as well as the coordination of the work of each system, and took a solid step towards the production of drone. After the completion of system-level tests and verifications, the drone will be formally put into combat application.
