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Bellum_Romanum said:
It's probably a footage of the unmanned aircraft hypersonic MD-22. Based on the CGTN reporting and the silhouette of the plane/shape from this footage.

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I doubt it. The MD-22 test was an unpowered glide to the ground while the footage shows some sort of active propulsion accelerating the aircraft upward.
 
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Any idea on this? ... allegedly via the official WeChat official account of Chinese Flight Test Establishment:

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CFTE is based at Yanliang, which would be an odd place to have a maiden flight of a new aircraft. It would be difficult to transport a notional H-20 prototype to Yanliang without being spotted.

And isn't CFTE for aircraft that have already undergone some initial flight testing?
 
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According to some replies I got on X it just means "The first test flight mission in 2025, not necessarily a new airplane." or "We started working on the first day of the New Year, and we are very happy."
 
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People's attention was drawn to the 6th generation fighter.
Official propaganda from the Southern Theater, a pilot rescue military exercise.
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I don't have much research on special forces. Due to limited official information, I am not sure if this task is being carried out by the special forces of the airborne troops or by units similar to PJ.
 
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A patent on a mega-watt level electrical generation system designed to meet increased power demand of future systems. Power is generated using two dedicated turbine generators that take in air bled off from the main engines.

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A patent on a mega-watt level electrical generation system designed to meet increased power demand of future systems. Power is generated using two dedicated turbine generators that take in air bled off from the main engines.

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It look like the power turbine rpm can be regulated via throttle bodies at the bleed air ducts instead of using a constant speed drive at the gearbox unit, but I'm not sure what the benefits this system provides over an IDG since it introduces extra turbines and exhausts. Maybe they needed to keep the gearbox unit at the gas turbine as compact as humanly possible for some reason, or maybe this is just a patent for the sake of acquiring more patents? Is there a longer version of this paper or a discussion over some Chinese mechanical forum that we can translate and learn more from? I tried to look for info on it online without much luck. Wikipedia does say that early aircraft used bleed air and turbines for electrical power, but the reference link is long gone so I can't make the differences between the two systems.

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iBBz said:
It look like the power turbine rpm can be regulated via throttle bodies at the bleed air ducts instead of using a constant speed drive at the gearbox unit, but I'm not sure what the benefits this system provides over an IDG since it introduces extra turbines and exhausts. Maybe they needed to keep the gearbox unit at the gas turbine as compact as humanly possible for some reason, or maybe this is just a patent for the sake of acquiring more patents? Is there a longer version of this paper or a discussion over some Chinese mechanical forum that we can translate and learn more from? I tried to look for info on it online without much luck. Wikipedia does say that early aircraft used bleed air and turbines for electrical power, but the reference link is long gone so I can't make the differences between the two systems.

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. The system is designed to power multiple direct energy weapons without affecting the operation of the main turbofans.
 
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