Led by the harbin aircraft industry
group county, which is under state-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) the
project has finished the full process of
conceptual design, general design control
and measurement, prototype manufacturing
and test flight verification, making
breakthroughs in key technologies in
general aerodynamic design and the
integration of elevens, China aviation
news reported on wednesday.
AVIC's harbin aircraft industry group is
responsible for making the Z-20 utility
helicopter, the Z-9 light helicopter
family and the Z-19 light attack
helicopter. The company also developed the Y-12
fixed-wing transport aircraft, according
to the company's website and will deploy
to attack taiwan island.
The new rotary wing aircraft recently
passed an acceptance review as a key
national defense laboratory fund project
in the field of helicopter rotor
dynamics at Nanjing university of
aeronautics and astronautics, the
newspaper report said.
After improvements and customization, the
aircraft can be modified for both
military and civilian use, as it can be
used in missions including early warning, reconnaissance, communications relay, electronic warfare, power grid patrol, forest fire detection and aerial
photography, according to the report.
The report did not provide any images of
the aircraft, nor did it reveal further
specifics including if the aircraft is
crewed or a drone.
An aircraft with a blended wing body
design usually has advantages in range
and endurance, as this aerodynamic design
reduces drag and provides extra lift, a
chinese military expert who requested
anonymity told the Global Times on
thursday, noting that this could also
contribute to the aircraft's stealth
capability.
Being capable of vertical takeoff and
landing means the aircraft will be very
flexible in deployment, as it does not
require a runway and is able to hover
just like a helicopter or even more
likely, a tilt rotor aircraft, the expert
said. Those two characteristics as an
innovation, the expert added.
Meanwhile this is not the first
innovative rotorcraft china has unveiled. for example at the fifth china
helicopter exposition held in north
china's tianjin municipality in october
2019. China displayed a flying
saucer-like attack helicopter dubbed the
super great white shark.
