Chinese UAV/UCAV development

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Hendrik_2000

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Interesting to see navalised J-20s on deck. A nice detail indeed and something I long to see...
I know it doesn't have to mean anything but a remarkable sight to be seen nonetheless. Thanks @by78

Are we talking about CH 7 here via cirr

CH-7 UCAV

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Maiden flight 2019
Batch production 2022
Shipborne version possible in the future

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by78

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Found it! You can watch it on Youtube:

The video is also available on Weibo and QQ:
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These frames from the promo video caught my attention. It's a room full of scale models. In the foreground, model #1 is obviously a stealthy flying wing UAV. Could it be a legit AVIC project with possible military backing perhaps?

Also, anybody recognize the other models in the photos? There's obviously a J-10 (left side). Model #2 is possibly a MALE or MALE drone (with its top mounted intake and canted tails visible).

What about model #3 in the second photo? Does anyone recognize what this is? It appears to have some stealth optimization, or am I just seeing things? It almost looks like a stealthy-optimized J-8 interceptor. Could be an abandoned project or a detailed study for all we know.

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taxiya

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That is such a curious planform. I wonder why they went with that shape...
shape like XY-280 from a company without wind tunnel and decades experience, it is more of a 概念炒作 (concept hype?), pretty much like Elon Musk's hyperloop or mega rocket. Pretty common among all the private startups these days.
 

flateric

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These frames from the promo video caught my attention. It's a room full of scale models. In the foreground, model #1 is obviously a stealthy flying wing UAV. Could it be a legit AVIC project with possible military backing perhaps?

Also, anybody recognize the other models in the photos? There's obviously a J-10 (left side). Model #2 is possibly a MALE or MALE drone (with its top mounted intake and canted tails visible).

What about model #3 in the second photo? Does anyone recognize what this is? It appears to have some stealth optimization, or am I just seeing things? It almost looks like a stealthy-optimized J-8 interceptor. Could be an abandoned project or a detailed study for all we know.

All these models are as legit as spaceship in the video opening scene. Some generalized images representing "advanced aircrafts" by eyes of AVIC visualization dept. Shark fin with ogival lines, c'mon...
 

Blitzo

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All these models are as legit as spaceship in the video opening scene. Some generalized images representing "advanced aircrafts" by eyes of AVIC visualization dept. Shark fin with ogival lines, c'mon...

I think the video clearly shows some legitimate aircraft and concepts as well as some "future concepts".
Most of the models in the video could be legit. Flying wing UAVs are obviously well within reality, and the V tail HALE UAV is hardly new to the PLA industry.

Not sure what the #3 fighter that by78 pointed out could be, from the side it almost resembles the old Q-6.
 

Totoro

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It's Global Times interview about CH-7 but they're citing the guy from CASC, so it does seem legit, unless they fabricated everything.
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The most important line in my opinion is this one: "The CH-7 is mainly meant to meet the development needs of China's own related equipment. If it conforms to the national export policy, it can also be sold to help improve the defenses of other countries, Wang said."
 
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