China & Taiwan
Country
Prime Manu.
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China
BSST
Observer„°
Complete     Small observation and intelligence gathering RPV. TV camera / video downlink.  Hand launch Skid landing or parachute   potatable PCM One four stroke piston engine Two blade propeller. 2.70   2.40                 10 kg 65     21 5,250   2.7 1.5  
                                                                 
China
BUAA
Chang Hong 1
 Complete Complete Deployed High-altitude air-launched multipurpose UAV. Optical camera, TV or FLIR(espected) Carrier Y-8E dripping Parachute and mid-air helicopter recovery       One 1,874 lb st BUAA WP11 turbojet   9.76   8.97               65 1,700                 Based on the US Teledyne Ryan Model 147H (AQM-34N)
  1972 February 1980 1981                                                            
China  
WZ-5
   Optical/TV/Infrared cameras Transported and launched by the Tupolev Tu-4 'Bull' or Shaanxi Y-8E; Landing by parachute         One WP-11 turbojet, rated at 8.33 kN   9.76 m   8.97 m 2.18 m         1,060 kg 620 kg 65 kg 1,700 kg 800 km/h (at 17,500 m altitude       17,500 m   2,500 km 3 hous  
China  
M-22
Complete(?)     Small RPH   Conventional helicopter take-off Conventional helicopter landing         Twin co-axial, two-blade contrarotationg rotors                     10 50               1.5 Similar configuration to Kamov Ka-137
  First flight October 2000.                                                                
China
Guizhou
WZ-2000
Underway(?)     Jet-powered surveillance UAV             Two 674.5 lb st turbojets   3   4.50               50   459                
                                                                 
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China
NAI
Soar Bird
Complete Complete Available Remotely piloted helicopter Multiple special sensors Conventional helicopter take-off Conventional helicopter landing       One two-cylinder water-cooled piston engine rotor Main rotor Dia : 5.84 tail rotor Dia : 1.17 7.07 2.25         280   30   81       9,840 IGE: 4920   81 4  
                                                                 
 
 NRIST
W-30,
      Surveillance UAV Video camera Bungee catapult parachute       One 2.8 hp single-cylinder piston engine Two-blade pusher prop 3   2               5 15 81           5.4    
                                                                 
 
NRIST
W-50
      // // // //       One 25 hp // //  4.8   3.2               20  95 97       3,280   54    
 
NRIST
Z-2
Complete(?) Complete(?) available(?) Remotely piloted helicopter   Conventional helicopter take-off Conventional helicopter landing       One 11 hp piston engine Rotor Rotor Dia 3.25   2.85                   58             1  
                                                                 
 
SARI
Shen Zhou-1
Complete Complete Deployed Remotely piloted airship Video camera Conventional launch Conventional airship landing and docking       Three 3 hp OS MAX-108 FSR piston engine       8.7 Volume 29 §©       2.8       33 27 21     6,560   3 km 0.5  
  First flight in 1992   Sold in 1994                                                            
 
Shen Zhou-2
Complete Complete   // // // //       //       9.2 Volume 30 §©       2.4       24 32 27     6,560   3 km 0.5  
  First flight in May 1993                                                                
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China
Xian
ASN-15
      Lightweight low-cost reconnaissance UAV Reconnaissance camera Hand-launch Belly landing       One small single-cylinder piston engine                         6.6 48       1,640    5.4  1  
                                                                 
D-4
         Taking-off by a rocket, and recovered by parachute             4.3 m   3.32 m                                   Designer: Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU)
D-4 RD
Complete Complete Deployed Reconnaissance and surveillance UAV 100 mm aerial photogrammetry camera, CCD video camera with realtime transmitter, IR Lightweight zero-length launcher by solid rocket booster Parachute                                   111       9,840    54   Onboard analogue autopilot
First flight in 1982 Began in Nov 1982 Chinese armed forces                                                            
ASN-104
Complete Complete Deployed Increased capability, shorter range of D-4 RD 18×18 cm panoramic camera, LLTV camera with zoom lens, CCD TV, IR               4.30   3.32 0.93             30 140   81     10,500   32 2  
    //                                                            
ASN-105B
Complete Complete Deployed Increased control range of ASN-104 //               5   3.75 1.40             25 170 108 81     10,500   81 6  
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ASN-206
Complete Underway Deployed  Short range multirole UAV Film camera, TV camera, IR with real time downlink Booster rocket from zero-length launcher Parachute       One 50 hp SAEC(Zhuzhou) HS-700 four-cylinder two-stroke engine Two-blade wooden pusher prop 6   3.8 1.40             50 222 113       19,685   81 8.0  
 Offered to Turkey in late 1998 Day/night aerial reconnaissance, battlefield surveillance, target positioning, artillery spotting, border patrol, nuclear radiation sampling, aerial photography and prospecting Transported and launched by a 6 x 6 flat-bed truck. An accessorial rocket is used when taking-off. Landing by parachute       One HS-700 piston engine, 37.3 kW   6 m   3.8 m 1.4 m             50 kg 222 kg   210 km/h     5,000~6,000 m   150 km 4~8 hours

Mission Equipment: Vertical camera, panoramic camera, infrared sensor, TV camera, positioning and artillery targeting system. The video data from the optical/infrared cameras can be transmitted to the ground station in real time .

Ground Systems: 6~10 transport/launch trucks, and one ground station

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China
NUAA

Ba-5I Target Drone

(CK-1 OR Chong Kong-1)

     Taking-off through a chassis and recovered by hard-landing         One WP-6 turbojet, rated at 24.5 kN   7.5 m   8.435 m 2.955 m         2,000~2,500 kg 600~840 kg     850 ~ 900 km/h       10,000~18,000 m   600 km 70 min (low level); or 45 ~ 60 min (high level)

Air defence training target; nuclear radiation sampling

Designer: Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics (NUAA)

Operational Altitude: 500 ~ 5000 m

Solar Bird
Complete                   Piston                       Rotor = 19 40         9,800   81 4.0 Helicopter
AVIC
FK-11, FK-12
Complete Complete Deployed Remotely piloted Airship   Conventional airship launch Conventional airship landing       One Chinese YH-40 piston engine in FK-11,                 3.40 / 3.32     10 / 8 / 43 27 / 32       660 / 1,640     1  
    15 FK-11s sold by mid-1995               two Japanese OS BGX-1 piston engines in FK-12                                            
Taiwan
CSIST (Chung- Shan Institute of Science and Technology)
Kestrel II
Complete Underway Limited Short-range civil or military UAV Day TV camera, FLIR, Conventional wheel take-off, catapult launch Conventional wheel landing, arresting hook, net   GCS   One flat-twin piston engine Two-blade pusher prop  5    4               25-30 120 100     70 12,000   27 8.0