Saturday, October 25, 2014
Photos of the day: new kids on the block, J-20, Y-20 and KJ-500
Three prototypes are currently conducting test flights at Yanliang Airport near Xian. The most interesting of this bunch is probably the KJ-500 AWAC, a domestic modification of the ZDK-03 exported to Pakistan. Unlike the ZDK-03, this Chinese AWAC is based on the newly available Y-9 tactical transport airframe with longer range and greater payloads rather than the older Y-8.
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Actually the ZDK-03 and KJ-500 are both based on the same Y-8 category III AKA Y-9 airframe, the big difference is in the radar and other mission avionics...
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