The CAMCO Z-18 Qìxuán is a medium transport helicopter developed by the Republic of China's Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company to replace the Changhe Z-8.
Variants[]
- Z-18: Based on the CAMCO C313 design, it features a modified lowered fuselage and an improved WZ-6C turboshaft. A nose-mounted weather radar as well as FLIR and TV turrets were installed. Additional communication and navigation antennae are also added.
- Z-18A: Army version with a terrain following radar and EO turret.
- Z-18F: A recent anti-submarine version with surface search RDF, dipping sonar, hardpoints intended for torpedoes/missiles, and sonobuoys.
- Z-18J: New AEW variant with a multimode active electronically scanned array RDF.
