Military and Civilian Platforms for South China Sea and Brown/Green Waters
By Wendell Minnick (Whiskey Mike) 顏文德
TAIPEI - Over the past 20 years, I have attended numerous defense expos in Asia, including China, and collected a variety of brochures on China’s efforts to produce unmanned maritime surface and underwater vessels. Most of these are small vehicles designed for harbor protection and brown navy (riverine) patrols, but others have green navy capabilities.
Given China’s domination of the South China Sea (SCS) islands, these vehicles make for force multipliers for the Coast Guard and the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
There is also interest, via the SCS, in seaplanes/amphibious aircraft and aerostats/airships; please consult: Chinese Seaplanes, Amphibious Aircraft and Aerostats/Airships. There are also numerous books on Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles, both fixed wing (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) and rotary (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) that have SCS applications. My book on Chinese submarines and underwater vehicles includes data on the Fishbot bionic underwater robot.
The below brochures and documents are for researchers, as they are difficult to locate today even for the practiced search engine ace.
This page has been keyworded for easier use. Users are permitted to capture the photographs for use in their PowerPoints or other research. Please credit China In Arms in your footnote/endnote/bibliography.
CLICK TO ENLARGE BELOW BROCHURES:
2018 Defence Services Asia (DSA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
PROOF OF ATTENDANCE:
CETC International Co., Ltd. (CETC = China Electronics Technology Group Corporation).
ABOVE: Keywords - CETC; China Electronics Technology Group Corp; 2018 DSA; Rescue, Satellite, Depot Ship, Monitoring Center, Command Station, Synergistic Fight, Manned, Water Cannon, Real Time Communication, Autopilot.
CETC - M40A Multifunctional USV:
ABOVE: Keywords - CETC; China Electronics Technology Group Corp; 2018 DSA; Survey, Topography, Geomorphic Exploration, Underwater Construction, Pipeline, Water Quality, Hydrographic Survery, Water Sampling, Xi Sha, Thousand Islet Lake, Anchorage Ground Survey, Shenzhen Bay River, Single Beam Echo Sounder, Multibeam Echo Sounder, ADCP = acoustic Doppler current profilers, Sontech M9/S5, RDI (RD Instruments) Rujiang, Linquest, Nortek, Side Scan Sonar, Forward Looking Sonar, Online Multi-Parameter, Water Quality Instrument, Odom Echotrac CV200/CV100, Haiyang HY1601/1602, South SDE-18, Reson T20, Odom MBI/MB2, Beijing Lanchuang Shark S450U, BlueView M-450, Kongsberg M3, HACH DS4/MS5, YSI EXO series, Sailhero XHFP/XHMP.
ABOVE: Keywords - Sea State, SS-2, Survive SS-4; CETC; China Electronics Technology Group Corp; 2018 DSA.
M75 High Speed Search and Rescue Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV):
ABOVE: Keywords - CETC; China Electronics Technology Group Corp; 2018 DSA; Survival Equipment, Ring, First Aid.
CETC - M80B Exploration (USV):
ABOVE: Keywords - CETC; China Electronics Technology Group Corp; 2018 DSA; Topographic Survey, Topography, Geomorphic Exploration, Underwater Construction, Pipeline, Water Quality, Hydrographic Survey, Water Sampling, Trimaran Hull, Fin Stabilizer, Aluminum, Sea State, SS-3, Survive SS-5, 20-foot container.
POLY Technologies.
Poly Tech - NEZHA-1 Unmanned Surface Vehicle (Chinese; FYI: Nezha is the name of a Chinese guardian/protection deity:
ABOVE: Keywords - Poly Technologies; 2018 DSA; Propeller, Twin LvWan Surface Propellers, Twin Seatek 850 Engines. NOTE: There is confusion over the relationship of China-based Poly Defence and the Singapore-based PIO-SHIP Design and System Integrate Ptd. Ltd. from the 2015 IMDEX. According to a now blurred note I made on the brochure the boat is actually built in Shanghai. Particularly over the “High Speed Trimaran” (seen with a leopard running under it) dubbed the “Long Yang” featured not just in both company’s brochures, but also in a Poly Defence brochure from the 2014 IMDEX in Part 2/2 of this series and as an unmanned Nezha-1 in several Poly brochures during the 2018 DSA. This could be an attempt by Poly to create interest in the commercial sector outside the military market or it could be an attempt to create investment outside of China in the program. This is not the first time Chinese defense products have appeared in identical brochures for different companies, but for myself, it was odd that it appeared with a Singapore-based company. Normally they split the produce between two different Chinese-based companies or in the rare circumstance it might be Hong Kong. Often the brochures will have a different name for the produce, but the brochure’s technical details and photographs are exactly the same. There is probably no nefarious intent in this arrangement, but the confusion remains. FYI: Nezha is the name of a Chinese guardian/protection deity.
ABOVE: Keywords - Poly Technologies; 2018 DSA; Information Counter Measures, SIGINT, Signal Intelligence, Radar Reconnaissance System, Radio Communication EW System, Electronic Warfare.
ABOVE: Keywords - Poly Technologies; 2018 DSA; Multibeam Echosounder, Side Scan Sonar, Fire Fighting.
ABOVE: Keywords -Poly Technologies; 2018 DSA; Nezha-1. NOTE: There is confusion over the relationship of China-based Poly Defence and the Singapore-based PIO-SHIP Design and System Integrate Ptd. Ltd. from the 2015 IMDEX. According to a now blurred note I made on the brochure the boat is actually built in Shanghai. Particularly over the “High Speed Trimaran” (seen with a leopard running under it) dubbed the “Long Yang” featured not just in both company’s brochures, but also in a Poly Defence brochure from the 2014 IMDEX in Part 2/2 of this series and as an unmanned Nezha-1 in several Poly brochures during the 2018 DSA. This could be an attempt by Poly to create interest in the commercial sector outside the military market or it could be an attempt to create investment outside of China in the program. This is not the first time Chinese defense products have appeared in identical brochures for different companies, but for myself, it was odd that it appeared with a Singapore-based company. Normally they split the produce between two different Chinese-based companies or in the rare circumstance it might be Hong Kong. Often the brochures will have a different name for the produce, but the brochure’s technical details and photographs are exactly the same. There is probably no nefarious intent in this arrangement, but the confusion remains. FYI: Nezha is the name of a Chinese guardian/protection deity.
ABOVE: Keywords - Poly Technologies; 2018 DSA; Battery, Lithium Ion Polymer Battery, Fixed Underwater Conduit Type Electric Thruster, Navigation, Communication, Real Time, Video, Ultrasound, Submarine Geomorphy, Object Survey, Hydrographic Survey, Environmental Monitoring, Communication Mode: Real-Time Radio Frequency (RF) Point-to-Point (PTP).
Tri-Service Asian Defense and Security Exhibition (6-9 November 2017). Bangkok, Thailand.
Proof of attendance:
ABOVE: Keywords - Wave Glider, Sea State (SS-4, SS-2), Battery, Underwater Acoustic Communication, Navigation Control System, Mission Payload, Buoys, AUV Mobile Observation, Real Time Data Transmission, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), 2017 Tri-Service Asian Defense and Security Exhibition, CETC.
ABOVE: Keywords - Dubbed the Unmanned Surface Vehicle or USV. Photoelectric Detection Range. Shipborne Radar. Image Transmission. Satellite. Shortwave Communication, Microwave Communication, Beidou Satellite, Autonomous, Target Protection, Water-Surface Target Detection, Fishing, Forensics, Submarine Topography, Mapping, Ocean Current Observation, Communication Relay, 2017 Tri-Service Asian Defense and Security Exhibition, CETC.
ABOVE: Keywords - Bionic Underwater Robot. Fishbot (under R&D). Informatization Integration. Information Perception System, Intelligent Motion Decision System. Communication System. Energy Management System. Shore-based Measuring and Control System. Measures Oxygen Content, Salt, Density, PH Levels, Target Identification, 2017 Tri-Service Asian Defense and Security Exhibition, CETC.
ABOVE: Keywords - Zhang Yunfei, Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of China, Navigator, Vice Premier Wang Yang, Vice Premier Liu Yandong, Premier Li Keqiang, Intellectual Property Rights, IPR, Russia, 100 Innovators Club, Dmitry Medvedev, OceanAlpha; Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology; 2017 IMDEX.
ABOVE: Keywords - US Hydro-Tech Environmental Solutions, Cooperative Partner, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangdong Naval Architecture and Ocean Technology Center, Xidian University, China BAK Battery Inc., Southern Software Park, Beijing Sanetal Science and Technology Development Co., RGRMS Science and Technology Trade (Beijing) Co., Wuxi Haiying-Cal Tec Marine Technology Co., Enterprise of Excellence of Demo China 2014, Most Satisfactory Brand of Environmenal Monitoring Industry 2013, Innovation Industrial Demonstration Base of Zhuhai City, Indigenous Innovation Demonstration Enterprise of Guangdong Province, Certificates, Awards, Honors, Initiator of China’s 1st USV Technical Standards, Patents, Invention, Software, Copyright, National Champion of China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, OceanAlpha; Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology; 2017 IMDEX.
ABOVE: Keywords - Autonomous Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance, Real Time Video Surveillance, Pollution, Water Quality, Water Sampling, OceanAlpha; Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology; 2017 IMDEX.
ABOVE: Keywords - MC120, UNMANNED WATER SURFACE CLEANING BOAT. Lithium Polymer Battery. WiFi. Radio Frequency. RF. Point-to-Point. Base Station. Smart City. Underwater Mapping. Water Environment Monitoring. Human-Computer Interaction, OceanAlpha; Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology; 2017 IMDEX.
ABOVE: Keywords - MC120, Lithium Polymer Battery, Radio Frequency, RF, WiFi, Integrated Outboard Motor TJ70, GPS, Global Positioning System, Obstacle Avoidance, Manual, Base Station, OceanAlpha; Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology; 2017 IMDEX.
ABOVE: Keywords - VERSATILE MOBILE SENSING PLATFORM. Water Surface Garbage Monitoring, Water Quality Monitoring, On-Board LED Screen, Human-Computer Interaction, Hydrographic Mapping, Autonomous Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance, Communication Relay Technology, Video Communication, OceanAlpha; Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology; 2017 IMDEX.
ABOVE: Keywords - Control Center, Ad Hoc USV Network Technology, Long Distance Real Time Video Communication, Human-Computer Interaction Technology, USV Communication Relay Technology, Underwater Mapping, Above Wate Securit, Water Surface Cleanining, Environment Protection, OceanAlpha; Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology; 2017 IMDEX.
ABOVE: Keywords - SURF 20, REMOTE MEASUREMENT BOAT, ADCP = acoustic Doppler current profiler, Water Flow Measurement, Hydrograhic Survey, Manual, Navigation, Integrated Outboard Motor TJ20, RF, Radio Frequency, Point-to-Point, Lithium Polymer Battery, Single Beam Sonar, OceanAlpha; Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology; 2017 IMDEX.
ABOVE: Keywords - SURF20, Lithium Polymer Battery, Radio Frequency, RF, Point-to-Point, Integrated Outboard Motor TJ20, Manual, ADCP = acoustic Doppler current profiler, Water Flows Measurement, Hydrographic Survey, OceanAlpha; Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology; 2017 IMDEX.
2017 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA/Malaysia).
Proof of Attendance:
ABOVE: Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV). China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Co. (CSIC). 2017 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA/Malaysia). 1/1. Photograph enlarged for the reader due to poor original copy.
ABOVE: Keywords - Beijing Sifang Automation Co., 2016 Airshow (Zhuhai), M Type Stealth Craft, Air Cushion, Digital Radar, Laser Radar, Underwater Sonar, Radar, Intelligent Obstacle Avoidance, Mobile Control Center, Command Vehicle, No Center Multi Mode, Duel Engines, Software.
Introduction to Scientific Research Achievements of Shanghai University. Obtained at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (2014 Airshow China or Zhuhai Airshow).
Proof of attendance:
ABOVE: Keyword - Shanghai University; 2014 Airshow China (Zhuhai).
ABOVE: Keywords - Jianhai 1, South China Sea, Yongxing Island, Reef, Donghai Navigation Safety Administration, Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd., Autonomous Tracking, Autonomous Positioning, Obstacle Avoidance, Topography, Shallow Water; Shanghai University; 2014 Airshow China (Zhuhai).
ABOVE: Keywords - Jinghai 3, Jinghai 2, Cryogenic Technology, South Pole, MV Xue Long Antartic Ship (Snow Draong); Shanghai University; 2014 Airshow China (Zhuhai).
ABOVE: Keywords - Jinghai; Shanghai University; 2014 Airshow China (Zhuhai).
