Chinese UAV/UCAV development

In aerodynamic, you only make something round if you want something else to spin 360 degrees inside it. No other purpose justifies the drag costs of a around housing.

Array would be on the small side for a mini EWA, but then that’s probably pushing the limit of what the airframe can carry payload wise.

Other possibility is that this will act as a datalink relay to extend control range when satellite coverage is not available. Might be a good add-on for nations operating them wishing to extend their range beyond LoS to ground station without needing to purchase expensive and patchy satellite coverage.

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Could it be any kind of ASW sensor?

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A good bet would be a surface search multi mode radar similar to SeaVue on MQ-9B Sea Guardian. Ie it has an MPA role.

Brochures from the last Zhuhai airshow. Not sure of any of these went beyond concept studies.

FL-1 high-subsonic UAV transport. Specs are in English.


FL-71 supersonic unmanned transport.

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An illustration from an academic paper on UAV carrier landing.

About time China tested maritime suveillance UAV I believe Israeli also experimenting with UAV as anti sub maritime patrol It is just matter of time until China do the same
This development should add more tool to find CVBG at sea



China Conducts First Flight of Maritime Version of CH-5 Drone



China's CH-5 drone maritime version
A maritime version of China-developed CH-5 drone reconnaissance drone conducted its first flight recently.

The CH UAV Company developed the maritime version of the CH-5 drone, a medium-to-high altitude, long-endurance large drone system to cope with oceanic conditions, Global Times reported quoting CH executives.

The drone system could host various payloads, including photoelectric devices and wide-region search radars, and is capable of carrying out surveillance and monitoring missions at sea, the developer said.

The linkage testing of the radar systems was completed in the test, said the development team. The next tests will involve more intensive sea environments.

Compared to the standard version of the CH-5, the maritime version was improved to cope with high-temperature, humid and salt fog situations at sea. For instance, connectors of parts were replaced with titanium to adapt to maritime environments, the company said.

The standard version of the CH-5 is a medium-to-high altitude long endurance armed reconnaissance drone with a fully automatic flight control system, jam-proof data chain and all-weather payload, according to a CH statement.

With a wing span of 21 meters and a ceiling of 8,300 meters, the standard CH-5 has a maximum endurance of 35 hours, a top speed of 300 kilometers an hour, a maximum takeoff weight of 3,300 kilograms, and a payload weight of 480 kilograms.

The standard CH-5 can conduct short takeoff and landing in plateau regions. It can be customized with equipment such as fire control radar, electronic countermeasures and jamming devices

Drone for emergency surveyor
Passed with flying colors: Two new drones look set to join China's flood-control arsenal, after completing successful test flights in NE China's Heilongjiang.

Spec sheet for the Nimble Dragon. Posting this in case the old images were lost.

Slightly off-topic but these official English names are genuinely atrocious, what is on earth is Winged Loong or Nimble Looooong? Just translate the name fully like a normal person, Wing Loong>Winged Dragon or Petrasaur/Pterodactyl (called winged dragon in Chinese) and Nimble Looong>Nimble Dragon. They are immediately recognisable and have a meaning, unlike XXX Loong. The Chinese name 灵龙/翔龙 also translates into Spirit Dragon/Soaring Dragon, no idea why it is called Nimble Loong in English.

Wing Loong doesn't mean anything in Chinese or English, considering that these products are for exports, proper branding and cultural interfacing are soring lacking. Same goes for the CH series of Uav, CaiHong means Rainbow.