China's new stealth drone completes maiden flight
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Updated: 2018-02-12 15:50
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A new, domestically-made long-endurance stealth drone recently completed its maiden flight, according to China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).
The new unmanned aircraft named Skyhawk has actually conducted three test flights in about 40 days, CASIC said Sunday on its WeChat public account.
Ma Hongzhong, chief designer of Skyhawk, revealed that it took researchers four years to develop Skyhawk and 80% of its technology is new.
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