WJ-700

Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2025
First Flight : January 11, 2021
Total Production : ?

Model Status Year Produced
WJ-700 Under Development 2025 ?



WJ-700

Group : Reconnaissance & Strike Drones
Status : Under Development
Also Known As : Lieying
Origin : China
Contractor : China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation CASIC
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2025
First Flight : January 11, 2021
Total Production : ?

The WJ-700 Lieying, Falcon in English, is a single-engine, high altitude, high speed, long endurance unmanned aircraft system developed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) to perform surveillance and strike missions. Thanks to its large payload the aircraft can release both standoff and precision-guided weapons. The WJ-700 is similar to the US Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk but adding the strike capability in addition to the wide area surveillance role. The WJ-700 took to the skies for the first time on January 11, 2021 and is expected to achieve initial operational capability (IOC) by 2025.

Operators
Country Status State Notes
ChinaPlanned ?
Specifications
Notes
Crew 0
Number of Engines 1
Mass
Max Takeoff Weight 3,500 kilogram
Performance
Ceiling 15,000 meter
Speed
Cruise Speed 600 kph
Time
Flight Endurance 20 hour

News

Thursday, 14 October, 2021
Chinese WJ-700 Drone to Be Armed with Missiles and the Capability to Evade Air Defenses

The People’s Republic has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into the defence industry in recent years, making steady progress in the creation of a host of advanced drones,

Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
Chinese WJ-700 High Altitude Unmanned Surveillance and Strike Drone Conducts First Flight

BEIJING, Jan. 13 -- The maiden flight of WJ-700, a high-altitude, high-speed, long-endurance integrated unmanned air vehicle (UAV) capable of surveillance and strike, was

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