China Flies ‘Nine Heavens’ UAS Mothership

Nine Heavens
Credit: AVIC
SINGAPORE—AVIC has conducted the first flight of a large uncrewed aerial system called SS-UAV Jiu Tian, or Nine Heavens, the state-owned aircraft manufacturer announced. Designed by the AVIC First Aircraft Design Institute as a drone mothership, the platform flew from Pucheng airfield in Shaanxi...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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