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 ...
While reports have identified the Jiutian as a “general-purpose drone,” concepts have shown it releasing drone swarms with a ...
Xinhua hails ‘breakthrough in China’s large drone technology’, says Jiu Tian could also be deployed in wide range of civilian ...
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 ...
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 ...
The tailless uncrewed jet contains several features associated with low-observable aircraft and is believed to play a role in ...
The Jiutian — whose name translates to “nine heavens,” indicating extreme altitude — is compared to an aircraft carrier ...
The Jiu Tian drone, often referred to as a 'drone mothership', made its maiden flight in Shaanxi Province, China.
A critical gap is emerging. China is publishing aggressively on satellite-independent navigation—bee-style path integration, ...