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China parcels out deliveries to UAS

1st June 2018 - 15:15 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Hong Kong

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Beihang Unmanned Aircraft System Technology is developing a new super-sized UAS for the transportation of cargo and parcels throughout Chinese airspace.

The new UAS design has a 19.6m wingspan and will be able to carry a payload weighing up to 1.5t. With the design due for completion this year and a prototype taking to the air for the first time in 2020, it is likely to be the world’s largest civil UAS with a 3.6t maximum take-off weight.

If test flights of the twin-engine aircraft are successful a UAS delivery network using this new craft could appear from about 2025.

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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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