Chinese UAV/UCAV development

What is the difference between the Soaring Dragon and the Sky Wing, both of which appear to be HALE UAVs?

the good brother Jeffrey Lin is actually ''Skywatcher'' here at SDForum.

does anyone knows what happened to the long sword UCAV project ?? i dont think that i have seen any recent images of it. Cancelled? And the dark sword project? was it for real or just a proposal?

kroko said:

does anyone knows what happened to the long sword UCAV project ?? i dont think that i have seen any recent images of it. Cancelled? And the dark sword project? was it for real or just a proposal?

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Dark sword as far as we know was just a model proposal, and nothing ever came of it.

Long sword ucav doesn't exist -- you might be thinking about Sharp Sword (Lijian). Supposedly the airframe has undergone testing in the last few years and recently finished testing this year. We obviously don't have any pictures of it beyond the first few.

There are rumours we may see an improved Lijian ucav airframe emerge soon, but hard to say. It's also not certain if the Lijian programme is merely a tech demonstrator programme or if it's intended to result in a mass produced platform in the foreseeable future.

An old friend returns.

siegecrossbow said:

An old friend returns.

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I believe both photos are old.

by78 said:

I believe both photos are old.

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Even the top one? I knew the bottom one was old.

siegecrossbow said:

Even the top one? I knew the bottom one was old.

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Yep, even the top one. I could be wrong, but I recall old photos that are similar to the top one.

Satellite image of the Divine Eagle.

A test footage of CH-4 in China. TV and IR video quality seems pretty good, better than those shown by the Iraqi Air Force. Maybe an updated or higher-end camera option?