Another Chinese Large Cargo UAV Takes Flight

The Scorpion D is based on Tengden’s Twin-Tailed Scorpion medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV.

Credit: Sichuan Tengden Science & Technology
Another design has been added to the list of large uncrewed cargo aircraft under development in China, with Sichuan Tengden Science & Technology conducting the first flight of its Twin-Tailed Scorpion D on Oct. 25. The four-engine UAV has the same twin-boom configuration as Tengden’s TW328 Twin...
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Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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