28 SEPTEMBER 2020

by Gabriel Dominguez

2020年9月28日

加布里埃尔·多明格斯（Gabriel Dominguez）

 

Chinese state-owned television has released video footage showing what appears to be the X-Chimera vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) being used by a brigade of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Airborne Corps: an indication that the twin-tailboom UAV is either being tested or is already in service with the corps.

中国官方电视台已经发布了录像，显示了中国人民解放军空兵大队正在使用的X-Chimera垂直起降（VTOL）无人机（UAV） ：表明双尾桁无人机正在测试或已经在部队中服役。

 

A screengrab from CCTV footage released on 27 September showing what appears to the X-Chimera VTOL UAV during an exercise with a brigade of the PLAAF Airborne Corps. (CCTV)

中央电视台9月27日发布录像的屏幕截图显示了X-Chimera垂直起降无人机在与中国人民解放军空军（PLAAF）空降兵大队进行演习时出现。 （央视）

 

Weihutang, a programme on military affairs from state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), released footage on 27 September showing the platform, which is made by Chengdu-based company Aossci, taking part in a large-scale exercise that CCTV said took place recently in the Chinese autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang.

国家广播公司中央电视台（CCTV）的军事节目《卫虎堂》于9月27日发布了录像，展示了由成都四川傲势科技有限公司 ( AOSSCI )制造的该平台，并参加了央视最近解说的在中国的内蒙古和新疆的一次大规模演习。

 

The UAV was shown with an electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) sensor turret fitted onto its underbelly.

所示的无人机具有安装在其腹部下方的光电红外（EO/IR）传感器转塔。

 

No further details were provided about the platform, which features a total of four rotors – two on top of each boom – to enable vertical take-offs and landings, as well as a pusher propeller to the rear of the fuselage pod.

没有提供有关该平台的更多详细信息，该平台总共有四个旋翼-每个悬桁臂顶部各两个-可实现垂直起飞和降落，以及位于机舱后部的推进螺旋桨。