China Tests ‘Heaviest Cargo Drone’ Suited to High-Altitude and Island Operations

NORINCO LUCA: China’s First 7-Tonne Fully Indigenous Cargo Drone Completes Maiden Flight

China’s domestically developed NORINCO LUCA large cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) completed its maiden flight on Tuesday in Zhengzhou, Henan province, marking a milestone in the country’s low-altitude logistics sector, Global Times reported.Developed by state-owned Norinco Group, the aircraft is the largest logistics unmanned cargo plane to achieve a successful first flight, according to the company, representing China’s first 7-tonne-class …

China tests ‘heaviest cargo drone’ suited to high-altitude and island operations

Designed for both military and civilian use, it has 7-tonne take-off weight and is the world’s heaviest cargo drone in full-scale flight.

Unmanned air truck takes flight: China's 7-tonne cargo drone completes maiden flight

China's first 7-tonne-class large transport drone, Changying-8, completed its maiden flight on Tuesday at the Zhengzhou Shangjie Airport in central China's Henan Province, becoming the largest cargo drone in the world to have flown.

Seven-tonne Changyang-8 cargo drone makes maiden flight in Zengzhou

China’s Xinhua news agency reports the Changying-8 cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has successfully completed its maiden flight at an airport in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan Province. “The fixed-wing cargo UAV is developed by Beijing Beifang Changying UAV Technology Co., Ltd. and is China’s first seven-tonne-class cargo UAV platform validated through flight test,” said the news report. “The Changying-8 cargo UAV has an ultra-large cargo c

China completes maiden flight of world's largest cargo drone

China has completed the maiden flight of what it says is the world's largest cargo drone, marking a step forward in unmanned aerial logistics, according to media reports.