Chinese UAV/UCAV development

An unknown VTOL UAV.

From Zhuhai show floor. Yet another tilt-rotor drone in the last two images.

According to the captioning, more than 200 CH-4 drones have been sold.

Loitering attack munitions at Zhuhai.

I can see tiltrotor UAVs supplementing or even replacing nautical replenishment traditionally completed by helicopters as they have greater range and speed.

Anti-submarine payload for CH-5? An improved version of CH-5 is capable of carrying payloads for maritime applications, such as surface and underwater surveillance/intel gathering. Sounds like it could be the Chinese equivalent of the MQ-9B Seaguardian.

CH-4 is officially confirmed to have switched to a domestic engine, improving both its endurance and safety.

by78 said:

CH-4 is officially confirmed to have switched to a domestic engine, improving both its endurance and safety.

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What did it have before?

ZeEa5KPul said:

What did it have before?

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Probably a Western commercial-of-the shelf engine, likely from Rotax. Same story with the TB-2.