Chinese Cargo Drones

[Forest Green]

https://www.twz.com/air/chinese-cargo-drone-capable-of-carrying-two-tons-has-flown

 

[southwestforests]

Will be interesting to see what more detail emerges on that,

How cargo is loaded and unloaded is not entirely clear, but images from the first flight suggest that the new Tengden drone has at least one relatively large side-opening door on the left side of the rear fuselage, as well as another smaller one toward the front.

 

[snne]

https://www.twz.com/air/chinese-cargo-drone-capable-of-carrying-two-tons-has-flown

smh..this is a commercial cargo drone, not everything has to be about conflict; too bad the paranoid schmucks at TWZ don't understand it or simply don't care.

Moreover, even if such a drone was inducted into service, with such a small payload capacity and really short range, it wouldn't even be useful when they have the AG600. Air supremacy in the South China Sea is not in question for them either so please bother to ask yourselves why they would even need something like this???

Edit: Ahh yes, as expected from every American media ever :

Now formally known as Sichuan Tengden Sci-tech Innovation Co., Ltd., the firm is nominally privately-owned, but has close links to the PLA

Do they have as close links to the PLA as Boeing, Anduril or SpaceX have to the US Military??? This whole article is simply too foolish to take seriously that it's not even ironic anymore...

 

[GTX]

https://www.armyrecognition.com/foc...-transport-aircraft-passes-crucial-test-phase

 

[Stargazer]

Related to the first post:

Chinese manufacturer, Tengden flew a new twin-engine cargo UAV for the first time on 11 August. The so-far unnamed aircraft is reportedly 52ft 10in long and capable of carrying a payload of 2,000kg. This makes it the largest uncrewed transport aircraft currently under development in China.​

Source: AEROSPACE, Sept. 2024