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| CR500 Golden Eagle Combat Drone Copter |
Militarymedia.net - China again made global defense equipment observers curious, after recently, China North Industries Group Corporation or Norinco, released information that it would send five units of the CR500 Golden Eagle combat copter drone to a country.
The news about the secret export of drones with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities, was first known from the official WeChat Norinco account which showed five CR500 units and two Ground Control Station vehicles.
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| CR500 Golden Eagle Combat Drone Copter |
As seen in the photo, the parked CR500 features an electro optical infrared (EO / IR) sensor dome which is placed at the bottom of the nose. Norinco said Norinco sending the CR500 overseas was a leap forward in the development and production of multi-role drones.
The CR500 features a coaxial rotor that rotates in opposite directions, this double rotor model reminds us of the rotor model on the Kamov Ka-50/52 series helicopter. By Norinco, the CR500 is predicted to carry a variety of payload types according to the mission at hand, from combat reconnaissance, target acquisition, electronic warfare, communication relay, and target damage assessment.
Of all the functions that the CR500 can carry out, the combat reconnaissance ability is of the utmost concern, because this drone copter is capable of launching two units of air-to-surface missiles Blue Arrow 9.The missile weighs 26.5 kg with semi-active laser guidance and has a shooting range of up to 6. km.
