BEIJING: China has started developing a new generation of attack helicopter which will have a stealth abilities.
The official China Daily newspaper said on Friday that China has begun developing a chipper which will have stealth abilities and should start deliveries to the Chinese armed forces by about 2020.
The helicopter is being developed by Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC), one of the country’s leading arms manufacturers.
Its stealth capabilities will “reshape the combat patterns” of the People’s Liberation Army, company chairman Lin Zuoming was quoted as saying.
“It is a trend that the ground force will become increasingly dependent on helicopters because they have better strike capability and mobility than armoured vehicles, and transport supplies to frontier troops,” Lin said.
The company’s chief helicopter designer, Wu Ximing, said the aircraft would have “supreme manoeuvrability in complicated environments, outstanding survivability and joint operation ability”, the report added
