- Source: Shaanxi KQ-200
The Shaanxi KQ-200(Also known as Y-9Q; NATO reporting name: Milt or Mitch) is a four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. It was built by Shaanxi Aircraft Corporation and is based on the Y-8F-600 category III (Y-9 for new designation) airframe featuring WJ-6C turboprops with six blades
on each engine.
The first two prototypes were first seen at the SAC factory airfield in November 2011 and mass production is believed to have begun in 2015. It features a completely pressurised cabin, a bulbous radome which house a search radar and a distinctive magnetic anomaly detector (MAD). An additional electro-optical turret housing a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) camera, CCD/TV camera and laser rangefinder is fitted underneath the forward fuselage. It also has four opening to deploy sonobuoys (SQ-4 and SQ-5) and cargo bay to carry anti-submarine grenades and torpedoes.
Operators
People's Republic of China
People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force - 20+
Specifications
Data from General characteristics
Crew: 11 + 2 (pilot and co-pilot)
Powerplant: 4 × WoJiang WJ-6C turboprop engines
Propellers: 6-bladed JL-4 composite constant-speed fully-feathering reversible propellers
Performance
Ferry range: 5,000 km (3,100 mi, 2,700 nmi)
Endurance: 10 hours
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
ATR 72MP
Boeing P-8 Poseidon
CASA C-295 MPA
Kawasaki P-1
References
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- Shaanxi KQ-200
- Shaanxi Y-9
- Boeing P-8 Poseidon
- Kawasaki P-1
- Ilyushin Il-38
- List of maritime patrol aircraft
- List of active People's Liberation Army aircraft
- List of aircraft produced by China
