Can anyone identify this UAV?
Cloudshadow I think.
Chinese UAV/UCAV development
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Cloudshadow I think.
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I was leaning toward CloudShadow, but something doesn't look right to my eyes.
The CloudShadow's fuselage is more faceted, with more of a diamond-shaped cross section bisected by a sharp crease (not quite chines, but more like what's found on the nose section of a J-20 or F-22). The drone in my image appears very slab-sided by comparison. Also, although I can't tell for certain from the angle, this drone appears to have a more blunted nose than the CloudShadow.
It has to do with the lighting and camera angle.
What designation? Or none yet?
If I remember correctly this model (edit: I mean the drone, not the scale model Deino posted, obviously) was last spotted via satellite image in around 2019 at an airbase in Tibet in a showcase-like manner with a number of other drones. Has been completely silent since then with zero info, pictures or direct mentions as far as I know of. Gotta wonder if the program was axed.
Or, thinking back on the years of no information on the J-16D before one Just swaggered into short final at Zhuhai last year, gotta wonder if the program was selected by the military and has been developing under a higher security level.
WZ-7....
In Guangzhou.
Could be part of the 快云 (Fast Cloud) project as near-space loitering airship UAVs as part of CASIC's Five Clouds.
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