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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
National
Piyush Shukla

Meet China’s giant Jiutian drone: 6-tonne payload, 12-hour endurance and a swarm-carrying design; how powerful is Beijing’s flying mothership?

China's Jiutian drone took off from Pucheng County, in Shaanxi Province. The state-run Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) announced the flight. The aircraft first appeared in public at the 2024 Zhuhai Airshow.

It's also called the SS-UAV.

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