Hebei Province, north China - July 14, 2017
1. CH-5 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sliding
2. CH-5 UAV taking off
3. Wing of CH-5 UAV
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Ou Zhongming, general director of the Rainbow drone project at the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics:
"Because of its external load, the reconnaissance and assault capabilities of CH-5 have gained a qualitative leap compared with previous models."
5. Various of CH-5 UAV
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Ou Zhongming, general director of the Rainbow drone project at the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (ending with shot 7):
"In case that a certain individual airborne equipment of the drone, even its flight control computer, was broken, it can still execute its task."
7. Various of part of CH-5 UAV
8. CH-5 UAV taking off
9. Radar

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10. Various of video showing target blasting
11. CH-5 UAV
12. CH-5 UAV taking off
13. Various of CH-5 UAV landing
14. Various of CH-5 UAV

The mass-production model of China's unmanned aerial vehicle CH-5, or "Rainbow 5", completed its trial flight in north China's Hebei Province Friday.

The CH-5, with a wingspan of 21 meters, has a maximum takeoff weight of 3300 kilograms and a maximum external load of 1,000 kilograms, both greater than previous CH drones.

"Because of its external load, the reconnaissance and assault capabilities of CH-5 have gained a qualitative leap compared with previous models," said Ou Zhongming, general director of the Rainbow drone project at the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics.

The overall reliability of CH-5 was improved by adopting redundancy system in the design and manufacturing of the flight control system.

"In case that a certain individual airborne equipment of the drone, even its flight control computer, was broken, it can still execute its task," said Ou.

Developed by China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, the CH-5 can conduct reconnaissance, surveillance, patrol, precise target positioning and battle damage assessment, as well as civilian purposes such as wide-area surveying and moving object surveillance. It can reconnoiter and strike the ground or marine target within the distance of 2,000 kilometers in real time.