Chinese UAV/UCAV development

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Blitzo

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Really? Looks IMO very much like a revised GJ-11 with a new intake and maybe (cannot see it) nozzle or exhaust.

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There are some details that are hidden due to the yellow cloth, but apart from what you mentioned, the planform scale of the geometry seems a bit different to GJ-11 which may convey a larger aircraft than GJ-11, and some aspects of the edge alignment are different to GJ-11 as well.

IMO, the GJ-11/Phantom Ray/Neuron/Taranis kind of planform and geometry is very much a standard one that is likely to be useful for many different sized aircraft -- but just like how a Boeing 737 and a Boeing 767 both "sort of" look like each other with very similar planforms, the scale and size of them are entirely different.

I wouldn't be surprised if this same flying wing stealthy planform configuration is also shared between different aircraft of very different sizes but with very similar aerodynamic geometries.


That isn't to say this model is definitely showing something real, or that it's definitely bigger/different to GJ-11, but if it is meant to represent a real aircraft as the original post claims, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a different, larger aircraft.
 

plawolf

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Actually, small print says 3 units min order, so unit price is more like $4.5m. You would also expect at least one control station and associated support equipment and spares at a minimum.

Surprised Ukraine hasn’t ordered them yet. Guess they don’t come with munitions, and are probably a little too high end to be used as expendable ISR since you can’t expect them to last long against Russian AD and CAP.
 

broadsword

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Actually, small print says 3 units min order, so unit price is more like $4.5m. You would also expect at least one control station and associated support equipment and spares at a minimum.

Surprised Ukraine hasn’t ordered them yet. Guess they don’t come with munitions, and are probably a little too high end to be used as expendable ISR since you can’t expect them to last long against Russian AD and CAP.

They tried, US objected./s

Vendors are waiting for Russian buyers. Hopefully will be given 5 stars. Warranty not extendable nor transferable.
 

nelBi

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Actually, small print says 3 units min order, so unit price is more like $4.5m. You would also expect at least one control station and associated support equipment and spares at a minimum.

Surprised Ukraine hasn’t ordered them yet. Guess they don’t come with munitions, and are probably a little too high end to be used as expendable ISR since you can’t expect them to last long against Russian AD and CAP.
Pretty sure the $13.5M is still the price per unit but you must order at least 3 of them.
 
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