Chinese UAV/UCAV development
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That is such a curious planform. I wonder why they went with that shape...A drone from Beihang University, formerly Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
XY-280 stealth UAV from Longtek, a private firm...
AssassinsMace
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by78
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That's amazing. It was apparently first displayed in model form at UMEX 2018 in February of 2018.
SinoSoldier
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The CH-7 will make its first flight next year and subsequently be put into mass production. A carrier-borne variant is also in the works.
it certainly takes after the X-47B a little bit, though a bit less than the recently updated fcas ucav design
it's impressive that CASC is embarking on a stealthy ucav (and at a proper ucav weight with mtow of 13 tons) without commitment from the PLA. Combined with the similar (now relatively old) Lijian demonstrator and the plethora of other flying wing uav demonstrators that have been revealed, one has to wonder what the PLA themselves may be working on
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