According to some news reports, China's WJ-700 drone has received its first export order.
The manufacturer says that earlier this year it began negotiations to sell the WJ-700 HALE UCAV to a foreign buyer.
The company described the number of units to be sold and the value of the contract as “unprecedented.”
It is a very important note from which we may be able to know some of the customers who are able to bear the costs of such deals.
The deal may be for the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, or Egypt.
The UAE can be neutralized and is not likely to implement any contract with China, especially for the time being at least until the F-35 deal that the Americans have suspended due to the UAE's growing relations with China is settled. Thus, the deal may not depart from Egypt or Saudi Arabia.
Chinese drone WJ-700
The aircraft can be used in reconnaissance, surveillance, early warning, anti-ship and anti-radiation precision strikes, reconnaissance and electronic warfare missions.
The aircraft also outperforms the MQ-9 Reaper in almost every aspect except payload, with a speed of up to 700 km per hour (463 for the Reaper), combat altitude of 12 km (10 km for the Reaper), and a flight time of up to 20 hours, similar to the MQ Reaper. -9 Reaper, while its maximum payload does not exceed 3.5 tons, which is less than its competitor, which has a payload of 4.7 tons.
It is also mentioned that the aircraft is capable of carrying the CM-102 missile, which has a range of 100 km and a combat weight of 80 kg. The guidance head operates in the range of 2-18 GHz, which covers almost all frequencies used by most guidance radars.