New combat drone makes successful test flight

WJ-700 combat/reconnaissance drone. - CHINA DAILY/ANN

BEIJING: China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a leading defense contractor, conducted the maiden test flight of what it called one of the country’s best unmanned strike aircraft earlier this week.

The nation’s largest missile-maker CASIC said in a statement that the WJ-700 combat/reconnaissance drone made its debut flight on Monday at an unidentified airport in northeast China. The maiden flight verified the plane’s overall design and its subsystems’ compatibility.