BZK-005
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ChinaManufacturer: Harbin Aircraft Industry Group / Beihang University
The BZK-005 Chang Ying is the PLA's long-endurance MALE ISR: 40 hours autonomy, dorsal SATCOM, it is the most frequently spotted drone over the East China Sea, the Senkaku and the Taiwan Strait. The armed BZK-005E variant has been exported to Pakistan.
The BZK-005 Chang Ying is the PLA's long-endurance MALE ISR: 40 hours autonomy, dorsal SATCOM, it is the most frequently spotted drone over the East China Sea, the Senkaku and the Taiwan Strait. The armed BZK-005E variant has been exported to Pakistan.
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Identity
- Designation
- BZK-005
- Alias
- Chang Ying / Giant Eagle
- Manufacturer
- Harbin Aircraft Industry Group / Beihang University
- Country
- China
- Year
- 2009
- Category
- ISR (Reconnaissance)
- Class
- MALE (Medium-altitude / long-endurance)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 2400 km
- Endurance
- 40 h
- Top speed
- 210 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 8,000 m
- Propulsion
- Pistone heavy fuel (pusher), ~75 kW
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 1250 kg
- Payload
- 150 kg
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR ad alta risoluzione, SAR, SIGINT (variante BZK-005C)
- Datalink / control
- SATCOM + LOS, link multi-piattaforma
- Launch
- Decollo da pista
- Recovery
- Atterraggio su pista
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History
Jointly developed by Beihang University and Harbin Aircraft, first flight in 2006 and in service since 2009. First identified by Japanese intelligence over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in September 2013.
The armed BZK-005E variant with two pylons for AR-1 missiles was sold to Pakistan, which operates it from Mianwali base. Regularly spotted on circumnavigation patrols of Taiwan since 2022.