The first batch of "fog-eliminating" unmanned aerial vehicles in the mainland will be tested for 5 km

Yesterday, the National People's Congress, China Aviation Industry Aerospace Chairman Ma Yongxie disclosed that the new flexible wing UAV developed by the AVIC will be in the airport, the port of the first round of the fog test. According to the introduction, the flexible wing unmanned aerial vehicle can carry up to 700 kilograms mist-removing catalyst, within 5 kilometers range, carries on the mist-removing operation. and easy to operate, no complex take-off and landing requirements, particularly applicable to airports, ports and other regions. Compared with the fixed-wing aircraft commonly used in fog-eliminating operations, the cost of procurement and maintenance is only 1/5 to 1/3 of the latter, and the cost of use is 1/10. According to the introduction, the above flexible wing unmanned aerial vehicle is our country first wing umbrella unmanned aerial vehicle. At the end of 2012, the unmanned Aerial vehicle (UAV) was flown at AVIC Aerospace test site. In the second half of last year, aerial seeding tests and sea-surface navigation were completed with aerosol and fog-removing equipment. (Reporter Zhao Jiani)