Austria Helps China Build New Electronic Warfare Plane
China has built a new lightweight electronic intelligence aircraft based off an Austrian-made turbo-prop utility plane, Popular Science revealed in March 2016. The so-called “Scout” Electronic Reconnaissance Aircraft-CSA003 has been built by the China Electronic Technology Corporation’s Avionics division.
It is unknown how many aircraft have already been inducted and into what service. Popular Science points out that given EU arms restrictions, the aircraft may initially be deployed in paramilitary missions like border patrol. A variant of the plane is also deployed as a maritime patrol aircraft.
The CSA003 uses the carbon composite air-frame of the Diamond DA42, a four-seat light twin-engine utility and trainer aircraft produced by Austrian aircraft maker Diamond Aircraft Industries (DAI), the world’s largest manufacturer of full composite aircraft.
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