Chinese UAV/UCAV development

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^ We don't really know if all or even most of them models shown at airshows and exhibitions are real projects under development... but some of the models we saw at zhuhai around mid 2006 like pterodactyl, xianglong, the boxed winged xianglong, CH-3 all turned out to be real while a good number of sources including sinodefence stated they were most likely pipedreams... I did too, given the complexity of the box winged uav. Happily we were proven wrong about that a few months ago.

If I had to bet, I'd say the uav models shown are either real, or close to being real. And that's only the tip of the iceberg, given the UCAS and darksword models we've seen.
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The exhibition is likely open to international participants. So, some of the models may be from other countries.
 
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a couple of more pictures of the SAC UAV project that looks like X-47B. It was rumoured for a few months and now we are finally getting a glimpse of it.
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^ Those are only scale models, unless there's additional info I wouldn't bet the actual SAC UCAV to necessarily look like that, nor would I infer a connection. :/
 
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Here with its designer ! (?)
 

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Hmmm ... as far as I know, there was only one X-47-like flying wing and that had tails, but You are correct, the one in the first photo had no tail ! :confused:
 

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