Wuxi-based Hanhe Aviation Technology won two awards for its crop dusting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a national awards ceremony held in Beijing on Aug 16.
The CD-15, a farming-configured UAV, is fueled with regular gasoline, won awards for its promotion and contribution towards agriculture.
With sensors built in to make ease of operation paramount, the UAV can be applied in various agriculture related tasks, such as pesticide spraying, crop pollination, agricultural surveying and mapping as well as pest and disease monitoring, with all data being recorded to an internal hard drive.
So far, the CD-15 has been exported to the USA, Russia and countries in South America.
Hanhe Aviation Technology was founded in Wuxi Software Park (iPark) in 2008. It has been apioneer and navigator in the R&D and production of UAV technology nationwide, owning some 50 patents.
Its main products are UAVs with a take-off weight of 100 kg or less, capable of carrying payloads of 10 kg, 15 kg, 20 kg and 40 kg.
Currently, Hanhe is the only manufacturer in China that has begun small batch production. The majority of the company's output goes to the China Science Academy, and for other public uses such as aerial photography, electric power management, and pesticide spraying.
