The Harbin Z-19, also called WZ-19, is a Chinese reconnaissance/attack helicopter developed by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force and the Ground Force Air Force. It is an improved variant of the Harbin Z-9 and hence a distant cousin of the Eurocopter Dauphin.

Chinese KJ-500 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) aircraft which employs three sided active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar in fixed (not rotating) radome to provide 360º radar coverage.

Chinese intelligence-gathering GX-8 ELINT aircraft probe Japanese airspace. Japan’s Ministry of Defense has released a photo of a new type of Chinese intelligence-gathering aircraft that its fighters intercepted in international airspace over the East China Sea on 15 February. Known as the GX-8 (GaoXin, literally High New, the name assigned to China’s Y-9 special missions […]

In the last 18 months Argentina attempted bought aircraft in Israel, Spain and more recently, to Moscow. In the “working group” formed by the two countries ARgentina and China, Beijing agreed to provide fighter jets around 20 FC-1 / JF 17 “Thunder” produced by the company Chengdu Aircraft Corporation. Argentina and China signed deal for […]

The new chassis for China tactical missile system

The Harbin Z-20 or Zhi-20 is a medium lift helicopter produced in the Northeast of China. Its first flight was on 23 December 2013. The helicopter has a maximum takeoff weight in the range of 10 tons, can drop troops at locations of up to 3,000 ft (910 m) altitude, and could operate form the […]

AKD20 is the first generation of modern long range ALCM in the same class of American AGM-86 and Russian Kh-55, designed to attack a variety of fixed, high-value targets, reported defence-blog.com. Its configuration features a cylindrical body with two retractable wings, four foldable tailfins as well as a concealed belly engine inlet. However the missile […]

n Shenzhen Satellite TV’s Military Information Direct Broadcast program February 9, 2015, it is revealed that according to a CCTV footage, China is the first to have developed an air-to-air missile for helicopter with the codename of Feiyan-90, reported defence-blog.com. The US and Russia use in their helicopters the air-to-air missile for fighter jets. They […]

Chinese PLA Women’s special troops armed with precision-made sniper rifles conduct special warfare training

BEIJING, January 21 (ChinaMil) –During the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008, an all-red Russian-made M-26 helicopter, the largest helicopter in the world, was frequently seen on TV. It lifted a large number of badly-needed goods and materials to the disaster-hit areas, impressing the public. 　　However, there were only two M-26 helicopters in China at that time, […]