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

[tphuang]

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Otter claims that J-6 suicide drones have been retired.

amazing, if they actually get replaced by GJ-11, then the long period of testing and evaluation has finally completed in the drone test ranges. Or at least they've reached a certain threshold

I guess it does make sense since Type 076 should join service over the next year and we'd expect GJ-21 to join service sometime after that. GJ-11 would need to be in service before then.

 

[by78]

More images of that flying wing UAV model from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

 

[Deino]

What's that thing in front of it?

 

[no_name]

What's that thing in front of it?

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Maybe that is what it carries in the weapons bay.

 

[iBBz]

What's that thing in front of it?

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Definitely a self-propelled object, possibly an EW or a decoy of some sort.

 

[flateric]

Another image showing the same UAV/UCAV (?) from behind.

Star Systems UAV Co. Star Glory SG-1 and Star Shadow SS-1 UAV projects come to mind at once.

 

[DanWangJZ]

This model looks very similar to the Star Shadow (星影) conceptual stealth UAV displayed at the SGP airshow in 2018. Anyone else believe they could be the same, and share the same spec?

More images of that flying wing UAV model from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

 

[Deino]

This model looks very similar to the Star Shadow (星影) conceptual stealth UAV displayed at the SGP airshow in 2018. Anyone else believe they could be the same, and share the same spec?

Could be ...

 

[DanWangJZ]

Could be ...

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According to the post..

"The "Star Shadow" UAV is 7.3 meters long, has a wingspan of 15 meters, and is 1.84 meters high. The built-in weapon bay in the belly is 2.5 meters long, 0.76 meters wide, and 0.7 meters high. The empty weight is 2,100 kilograms, the maximum take-off weight is 4,000 kilograms, and the payload is 400 kilograms. The power unit is a TWS800 small turbofan engine specially designed and produced by a brother company for use in UAVs. It weighs 200 kilograms, has a dry thrust of 7,500 Newtons, a cruising thrust of 2,000 Newtons, a maximum flight speed of 698 kilometers per hour, a cruising speed of 400-600 kilometers per hour, a flight time of 10-12 hours, a control radius of 2,000 kilometers, a ceiling of 15,000 meters, a cruising altitude of 12,000 meters, and a radar cross-sectional area of 0.1 square meters."

Anyone have further insights?