Chinese Lighter-Than-Air Projects Reach Milestones

S500 BAT

Credit: State media Xinhua
SINGAPORE—China’s AS700 airship and S500 buoyant air turbine (BAT) projects are both achieving developmental milestones. In mid-October, the S500 BAT clocked its highest operating altitude yet, rising to 500 m (1,640 ft.) above ground at the city of Jingmen, Hubei province. Quoting co-developer...
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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