While reports have identified the Jiutian as a “general-purpose drone,” concepts have shown it releasing drone swarms with a ...

China's state-owned AVIC has completed the first flight of its Jetank drone swarm carrier, designed to deploy dozens of ...

China has just flown a 16-ton unmanned aircraft built not to drop bombs itself, but to carry and release swarms of smaller ...

China’s Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has conducted the maiden flight of its massive drone-carrying mothership, the Jiutian, marking a major step in Beijing’s ambitions to field ...

Xinhua hails ‘breakthrough in China’s large drone technology’, says Jiu Tian could also be deployed in wide range of civilian ...

China conducted the maiden flight of what is considered to be the world’s largest drone mothership, underscoring its advances ...

Official descriptions suggest the CH-7 has an ISTAR role, which would allow it to send back data on enemy vessels in the ...

A heavyweight, multirole unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which China unveiled in 2024 as a potential ‘drone mother ship', has ...

With a 25-meter wingspan, 16-ton MTOW, and modular payloads, the Jiu Tian’s maiden flight marks a milestone in China’s ...

The Jiutian — whose name translates to “nine heavens,” indicating extreme altitude — is compared to an aircraft carrier ...

A critical gap is emerging. China is publishing aggressively on satellite-independent navigation—bee-style path integration, ...

The tailless uncrewed jet contains several features associated with low-observable aircraft and is believed to play a role in ...