.GUANGZHOU, Dec. 22 -- Recently, a naval observation and communication brigade under the PLA Southern Theater Command organized a flight and delivery drill with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to deliver food and medical supplies to the troops stationed on mountains and islands.
Most of the observation and communication posts assigned to the brigade are located on high mountains or islands, featuring geographical remoteness and inconvenient transportation. Special circumstances such as suspension of air and shipping services caused by geological disasters or bad weather will block the supply delivery. Exploring the construction of the unmanned transport system and establishing an intelligent logistic support model are critical to meeting future battlefield needs.
In the flight and delivery drill this time, more than 20 drone sorties got involved and successfully delivered a large amount of urgently needed supplies to the guarding posts on top of mountains.
Also in this drill, a variety of training subjects, including multi-batch delivery, multi-model delivery in mixed formation and night delivery in complicated weather condition have been conducted. It is said that for the next step, the unmanned platform transportation and delivery system will be developed and transformed from pilot project to normal operation, for better combat readiness.