Chinese UCAV/CCA/flying wing drones (ISR, A2A, A2G) thread

zyklon

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Is this already known? quick google lens showed me this. Looks like some school projects
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That's apparently a patent for a variable-sweep wing carrier-based aircraft (变后掠翼舰载机) design, or so it reads, assigned to Northwestern Polytechnical University (西北工业大学), which is no ordinary school.

They've done a significant amount of work for the Chinese military-industrial complex over the decades, on top of the human capital they've trained and contributed.

For example, the good folks at 西北工业大学 — or more precisely, a subordinate institute, laboratory and/or subsidiary — were responsible for designing and engineering the ASN-301 loitering munition:

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The networks of 西北工业大学 have
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, which should tell you that some of their aviation projects don't exactly exist to train undergrads, but principally to yield deliverables that'll shape and impact the battlefield.
 

Blitzo

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That fake image has been deleted.

I also think you mean to write "Loyal Wingman" rather than "Royal Wingman"

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Also it's probably more accurate to say that CCAs will aimed to be controlled by all modern (5th gen, 6th gen and maybe even 4.5th gen) aircraft rather than specifically J-20S only. They are likely to be platform agnostic in terms of command. J-20S will likely have greater command capability than single seaters, but I doubt single seaters will lack the capability to do so.
 

Deino

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I hope you don't mind, but since we cannot be sure at the moment what this new mysterious "thing" is and since the last about 15+ pages are no longer related to CCA UCAVs but the question "what is it?" I decided to create a new dedicated thread where we can discuss .... until more & clearer images appear and a conclusion can be made.

Please post anything regarding the new one here:


 
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