Chinese UAV News & Discussions (Strictly)

[Kompromat]

So an unmanned F-104

 

[52051]

According to FR6, the Anjian UAV concept has already dead, but there is an big project called MY something is running.

According to him SAC/601 now changed the strategies of development, has applied more agressive research approaches, including applying latest tech advanced to their designs to catch up CAC/611.

SAC/611 is about to reveal an unmanned stealth bomber who looks very weird and unconventional, and an twin-body long-range UAV.And factory in Jiangxi from AVIC will manufacture this unmanned stealth bomber.

 

[UserUnknown2025]

Wtf is this?

 

[Deino]

Wtf is this?

An old PS image - or most likely even one - based on the Italeri SR-75 Penetrator + Thunderdart

https://www.bing.com/images/search?...08052098817852730&selectedIndex=20&ajaxhist=0

 

[BHarwana]

The recently-revealed Chinese ‘Dark Sword unmanned aircraft, already dubbed a “nightmare for the US,” might be the first military flyer to achieve the “sixth generation” milestone.

The recently-unveiled Chinese unmanned combat air platform known as Dark Sword might be the first sixth-generation warcraft, according to Militarywatchmagazine.com.

At this point, "4++"- and fifth-generation aircraft are mostly limited by the durability of the human pilot. Today, pilots survive thanks to pressurized inflatable suits, oxygen masks and extreme physical training. Increasing a plane's maneuverability would certainly crush a human pilot, necessitating a call for unmanned warcraft.

Both the United States and Russia have experimented with unmanned aircraft, with the US cancelling its program despite Northrop Grumman presentation of an X-47B demonstrator vehicle which looked like the infamous F-117 but squashed flat by a steamroller.

Russia, on the other hand, seeks to implement unmanned capabilities into its existing machines, very much like it did with its ground armored vehicles.

At this point, it is unknown whether Dark Sword will also operate as manned or whether it will be strictly unmanned. Being unmanned embraces being susceptible to electronic attacks, particularly command channel jamming. Similar to a cyberattack, this becomes a constant race for more sophisticated swords and shields. The expenses are justified, however, by granting an unmanned jet maneuverability beyond anything that armies enjoy today.



"The Dark Sword is also likely to carry the most advanced Chinese-made air-to-air missiles and be able to operate at several times the speed of sound over extreme ranges, making it a lethal threat to hostile platforms across the South and East China Seas and a potentially invaluable asset," cited by Militarywatchmagazine.com.

It should be noted that the definition of a ‘sixth-generation jet' is not yet defined. According to some, the jet must include direct-energy (laser) weapons and missile defenses and/or cyber-attack capabilities — apparently this means the plane should be able to hack the adversary's systems remotely — and travel at much longer range.

Taking the US Navy's Triton heavy surveillance drone as a starting point — with a 15,186-mile maximum range, 30-hour endurance and a flight ceiling of 18,000 feet — reports claim that the Chinese machine would likely surpass those figures, allowing Dark Sword to operate in Japan, much of Southeast Asia and significantly increase China's anti-access-area denial (A2/AD) capabilities in the East and South China Seas.

One proposed possibility would see a Dark Sword operating in conjunction with manned J-20 fifth-generation fighters. If AI systems are sophisticated enough, a J-20 pilot would only need to point at a target using a brief wireless communication burst for the autonomous Dark Sword to engage.

What makes Dark Sword particularly unsettling, though, is that it does not need to be that sophisticated.

"At the very least [Dark Swords can] soak up missiles from US fighters," Justin Bronk of British think tank Royal United Services told Business Insider. "If you can produce lots of them, quantity has a quality of its own."

The definition of a sixth-generation aircraft would then simply entail: "cheap, expendable and swarm-capable unmanned drone."

https://sputniknews.com/military/201806111065293611-china-dark-sword-sixth-generation/

 

[Place Of Space]

Unmanned aircraft is the trend.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Seriously no, only military obsessed fans will claim that . Nevertheless it's better to have such toy than nothing at all.

 

[xxqa_ds]

The six generation warplane is too much. It's just an UAV.

 

[cirr]

F-22 looklike drones for target practicing.

 

[rcrmj]

far from there yet, AI fighter is much much much more complicated than an AI bomber````but it is the future

 

[Akasa]

I doubt the thing is even in development.

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1006357902074916865

https://twitter.com/x/status/1006394988878389248

https://twitter.com/x/status/1006400653327908864

 

[LKJ86]

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1006357902074916865

By the way ... via Huitong, the BZK-006A is also known as the WZ-6A and we've never seen any image of the WZ-9 aka BZK-009; could it be that this original WZ-9 evolved to the Soaring Dragon as we know it now?

http://chinese-military-aviation.blogspot.com/p/uav.html

Deino

 

[JSCh]

Drones assist afforestation in Taihang Mountain
Source: Xinhua| 2018-06-13 13:59:35|Editor: Liu


ZHENGZHOU, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Drones will become a new force in the afforestation of Taihang Mountain, which meanders across several provinces and Beijing in north China.

The forestry authority in central China's Henan Province said drones could fit in places where helicopters cannot make accurate seeding on the complex mountain terrain. Drones are also less affected by bad weather than helicopters.

Helicopters remain the major force of afforestation in Taihang Mountain. Henan Province plans aerial seeding over an area of 17,946 hectares in the mountain this year, the province's largest ever annual afforestation.

Forestry officials said that as drones flew at a low height they could ensure accurate seeding. Among the total afforestation plan, 667 hectares of aerial seeding will be conducted by oil-fueled drones, each with a maximum carrying capacity of 75 kg of plant seeds.

The mountains meandering over Shanxi, Henan and Hebei provinces and Beijing have a dry climate and poor plantation coverage, which has hindered local economic development. The mountain was designated as a key area for afforestation in 1986.

The afforestation of economically valuable fruit trees such as peach, apricot and forsythia have not only helped curb desertification but also brought economic benefits to the region.