Chinese R6000 6-ton Tiltrotor Drone Rolls Off Assembly Line

The first R6000 rolls off production line.

Credit: United Aircraft
SINGAPORE—Chinese private aerospace firm United Aircraft has completed the production of its first R6000 6-metric-ton tiltrotor drone. Touted as the world’s first 6-ton-class tiltrotor, it rolled off the assembly line sometime during the third quarter of this year. Hints of the R6000, nicknamed...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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