Domestically built UAV successfully tracks Wipha

China's independently developed Wing Loong unmanned aerial vehicle has successfully conducted typhoon warning reconnaissance for the first time in the country, according to its developer.

The large fixed-wing drone executed a series of tasks, including pre-typhoon warning reconnaissance and post-typhoon disaster assessment, as Typhoon Wipha swept across southern China this week, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the country's leading planemaker, said on Wednesday.

As the typhoon approached the coast of western Guangdong, the aircraft skillfully navigated through extreme conditions, including strong winds and torrential rain, to provide critical early warning information and pinpoint disaster locations ahead of the storm's landfall.