China's heavy drone D18 makes successful first flight, domestic technology achieves another breakthrough

China's Heavy UAV D18 Makes Its First Flight!

This morning, according to a news office of Sichuan Tengdun Technology Co., Ltd. in China, on August 6th, at Wuzhou Airport in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, the large modular unmanned aerial vehicle D18, fully made with domestically produced components and completely owned intellectual property rights, completed its first flight.

The UAV has a wingspan of 20 meters, a body length of 10.5 meters, and a height of 3.1 meters, with a maximum takeoff weight of 4.35 tons and a payload capacity of 1.8 tons.

With a full load, its range exceeds 600 kilometers; when carrying 1.5 tons of cargo, its range can reach over 1500 kilometers.

This morning, Western media outlets in the United States published headlines about this, making foreigners envious!

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