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Research edition · 2026-11-01

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Wing Loong II / Yilong-2

A Chinese medium-altitude, long-endurance reconnaissance and strike aircraft. First-flight reporting in 2017 attributes the performance figures to AVIC. AP and Xinhua are separate reports but share the developer’s specification origin; they are not two independent flight tests.[1][2]

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No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.

Side view · schematic
Schematic top view of the general configuration. Not to scale and not an exact depiction of the model.

The numbers, with their sources

Intervals preserve the published bounds; they are not statistical confidence intervals. A blank lower or upper bound stays open. Values belong to the named configuration, not every aircraft.

Published flight range

Unknown in reviewed sources

Take-off mass

≤ 4200 kg[2]Wing-Loong II · AVIC statement relayed by Xinhua, 2017 · 2017
Published upper limit

Payload

≤ 480 kg[1]Wing Loong II · AVIC statement relayed by AP, 2017 · 2017
Published upper limit

Body length

Unknown in reviewed sources

Wingspan

20.5 m[1]Wing Loong II · AVIC statement relayed by AP, 2017 · 2017
Official report; not an independent test

Endurance

≤ 20 h[1]Wing Loong II · AVIC statement relayed by AP, 2017 · 2017
Published upper limit

Family & configurations

Wing Loong II

No sourced family relationship recorded in this edition. Similar roles do not establish a common design.

What does it cost?

Published USD figures use different price bases and years. Airframes, export packages and support are not equivalent. These are not current offers or verified production costs.

Unknown in reviewed sources

Source notebook

  1. Associated Press / Defense News · Wing Loong II first flight; AVIC figures

    2017-03-01 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Firsthand reporting

  2. Xinhua · Wing-Loong II UAS maiden flight; developer statement

    2017-02-28 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Firsthand reporting

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