China Shows Fast Rocket Reconnaissance Drone

BEIJING—China displayed a rocket-powered unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, evidently intended for air launching, at its National Day parade on Oct. 1. The aircraft, perhaps as long as a small fighter but much slimmer and lighter, was described by the state television commentator simply as a high...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.