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BDrones & UAVs
Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle (reconnaissance variant) and unmanned combat aerial vehicle (armed variant)
At a glance
Measured figures
Wing Loong I · Length
Single source9.05 m (29 ft 8 in)[source]
Orion-E · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | CAIG Wing Loong | Kronshtadt Orion |
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| Crew | None (UAV)[source] | — |
| Type | MALE UCAV[source] | Unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle (reconnaissance variant) and unmanned combat aerial vehicle (armed variant)[source] |
| Manufacturer | Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group[source] | Kronstadt Group[source] |
| Designer | Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute[source] | — |
| Status | in service & in production |
8 m (26 ft 3 in)[source]
Wing Loong I · 1 × Rotax 914 turbocharged 100 shp
Single source1 × Rotax 914 turbocharged, 75 kW (100 shp)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
In service[source] |
| Primary users | People's Liberation Army Air Force Egyptian Air Force United Arab Emirates Air Force Pakistan Air Force[source] | — |
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| Manufactured | 2009[source] | — |
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| Introduction date | 2011[source] | — |
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| First flight | 2009[source] | 2016[source] |
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| Developed into | CAIG Wing Loong II[source] | — |
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| Propellers | 3-bladed[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | People's Republic of China[source] | — |
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| National origin | — | Russia[source] |
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| Primary user | — | Russian Ground Forces[source] |
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| Number built | — | 48+[source] |
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| Missiles | — | Vikhr-1V laser-guided antitank missile , S8000 Banderol cruise missile[source] |
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| Reported operators |
| — |
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