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Home» News»New Details on China’s KQ-200 Maritime Patrol Aircraft

New Details on China’s KQ-200 Maritime Patrol Aircraft

A recent video report by CCTV sheds some new light on the KQ-200 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy).

Xavier Vavasseur 29 Apr 2019

The KQ-200 (also known as Y-8Q or GX-6 or High New 6) MPA is based on the Y-8 Category III Platform featuring WJ-6C turboprops with 6-blade each. The Y-8 is a medium transport aircraft produced by Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation (SAC), itself based on the Soviet An-12. Y-8 Category III is the base platform for most Chinese special mission aircraft.

The KQ-200 is designed to equip the PLAN Air Force (naval aviation force) of the North Sea Fleet and South Sea Fleet.

The first two prototypes were first seen at the SAC factory airfield in November 2011. The mass production is believed to have begun in 2015. According to our colleagues from East Pendulum, a new final assembly line was opened in December 2016, the answer the high demand for the platform.

KQ-200 MPA of the PLAN

The aircraft has a range of approximately 5,000 km and a patrol endurance of about 10 hours.

The KQ-200 range from Lingshui Air Base, estimated at 2,000 km. Image via EastPendulum.

The KQ-200 is equipped with a surface search radar (under the nose), an electro-optic payload under the fuselage and a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) at its tail.

It is fitted with four openings to deploy sonobuoys (SQ-4 and SQ-5 by AVIC), and a cargo bay that can carry anti-submarine grenades and torpedoes. Rumors mention the ability to carry four YJ-83K anti-ship missiles under the KQ-200 wings, but this has yet to be confirmed.

The CCTV report is a first, and shows for the first time the interior of the KQ-200, fitted with at least 3 + 6 + 2 modern operator consoles.

Three operator behind the cockpit
Six operators
Two operators (sitting perpendicular to the fuselage)
China KQ-200 Maritime Patrol Aircraft PLAN 2019-04-29
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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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