Rotorcraft
Armed VTOL Machine at Helicopter Show In China
The event in Tianjing also produced news on the Sino-Russian Advanced Heavy Lift helicopter.
The AV500W VTOL UAV was displayed with electro optics pod and glide bombs. (Photo: People's Liberation Army)
The AV500W VTOL UAV was displayed with electro optics pod and glide bombs. (Photo: People's Liberation Army)

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) revealed two updated designs of its AV500W unmanned vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle at the fourth China Helicopter Exposition held recently in Tianjing. AVIC also showed a revised version of the Sino-Russian Advanced Heavy Lift (AHL) helicopter program.