About the company
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC)
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) is a state owned Chinese company which primarily focusses on space technologies. It also manufactures missiles, drones and other military equipment.
Via Aerospace Long-March International Trade Co (ALIT), a company which it controls, it also manages the import and export on arms, including the sale of CASC manufactured armed drones.
A dozen CH-3 armed drones, dubbed killer drones, have reportedly been sold to the Burmese military. At a cost of around $4m each, the drones would have cost around $48m, without running costs.
Contact
Wu Yansheng
Executive Director and President
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp
16 Fucheng Road
Haidian District
Beijing 100048
Peoples Republic of China
Email: jianshihui@spacechina.com
(Notification letter sent 30th October 2018)
Sources:
Is Myanmar Using Armed Chinese Drones For Counterinsurgency? The Diplomat, 9th June 2016
https://thediplomat.com/2016/06/is-myanmar-using-armed-chinese-drones-for-counterinsurgency/
Meet China’s Killer Drones, Foreign Policy, 14th January 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/14/meet-chinas-killer-drones/
Chinese drones may soon swarm the market — and that could be very bad for the US Business Insider 16th November 2017
http://uk.businessinsider.com/chinese-drones-swarm-market-2017-11?r=US&IR=T
China’s armed CH-3 drone spotted in Myanmar Defence Blog 31st May 2016
http://defence-blog.com/news/chinas-armed-ch-3-drone-spotted-in-myanmar.html
Extra source: Tatmadaw Deploys Chinese-Made UAVs, CSIS, 6th May 2021
https://www.csis.org/analysis/tatmadaw-deploys-chinese-made-uavs
Added to the Dirty List 11 December 2018
Follow up letter sent 18th January 2022
