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The Changhe Z-10 (Chinese: 直-10; pinyin: Zhí-Shí; lit. 'helicopter-10') is a Chinese medium-weight, twin-turboshaft attack helicopter built by the Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Ground Force.
Z-10. Changhe: Attack helicopter Z-11. Changhe: License-built Eurocopter AS350: Z-15. AVIC: 6,000 kg-class medium military transport helicopter Z-18. Changhe: Medium transport/utility helicopter Z-19. Harbin: 5,000 to 5,500 kg twin-engined light helicopter development, derived from Z-9: Z-20: Harbin: Medium transport/utility helicopter in ...
CAIC Z-10, an attack helicopter developed by the People's Republic of China. German destroyer Z10 Hans Lody; IBM System z10, a mainframe; Motorola Motorizr Z10, a ...
"The Z-10 may appeal to some of those countries that don't have access to U.S. defence technology," said Douglas Barrie China's Z-10 attack helicopter makes foreign debut, but export outlook uncertain
In 1996, the USMC launched the H-1 upgrade program by signing a contract with Bell Helicopter for upgrading 180 AH-1Ws into AH-1Zs and upgrading 100 UH-1Ns into UH-1Ys. [6] [8] The H-1 program created completely modernized attack and utility helicopters with considerable design commonality to reduce operating costs. The AH-1Z and UH-1Y share a ...
In Oct 2000, test flights of Z-11 were completed. The chief designer of Z-11 is Mr. Wu Ximing (吴希明), who is also the chief designer of three other Chinese helicopters, including the Z-10. Under Mr. Wu, the Z-11 became the first Chinese helicopter to be completely designed using CAD/CAM techniques. [2] The Z-11WB, the attack and ...
A journalist who saw a helicopter crash into the Clutha bar 10 years ago has recalled the “terrifying” incident. Gordon Smart, who was editor of the Scottish Sun at the time, was on the roof ...
These helicopters lack the maneuverability and survivability of a proper attack helicopter, and merely provide a stopgap during the development of the Z-10. The latest armed version, the Z-9W, was introduced in 2005 and has night attack capabilities, with an under-nose low-light TV and infra-red observing and tracking unit. The naval version ...