Chinese Loyal Wingman (sensor, A2A and A2G) UAV/UCAV thread

[siegecrossbow]

Twin engine flying wing is what we saw on the satellite photo a while back?

 

[by78]

Concept illustrations of hypersonic (recon) UAVs.

 

[by78]

Two concept illustrations of VLO designs. Not sure if they are manned or unmanned, so posting them here just in case.

This one shows the rear aspect (note the nozzle design):

 

[by78]

An unmanned early warning UAV for aircraft carriers:

 

[by78]

Various hypersonic UAV concepts.

Hypersonic ISR platform:

A hypersonic intercontinental unmanned transport concept:

Misc hypersonic UAV concepts:

 

[by78]

A VTOL UAV concept:

Yet another flying wing UAV concept, with intakes mounted on the upper fuselage:

 

[by78]

More loyal wingman concepts.

 

[_killuminati_]

A VTOL concept whose nose fuselage lifts up during vertical take-off and landing (not quite sure how this works):

I'm guessing it takes off vertically like a rocket or surface-launched missile and then shifts to normal horizontal flight.

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[Kalec]

Is it the first time we ever seen a real WZ-8 carried by H-6?

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[pevade]

Is it the first time we ever seen a real WZ-8 carried by H-6?
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Huh, I figured that there would be one under each wing. Maybe the WZ-8 is a bit too heavy for those payloads. (or maybe they just needed 1)