China's GJ-11 Stealth UAV
1:10 Ratio Model at 2024 Singapore Airshow
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26 February 2024 (Monday)
China's GJ-11 Stealth UAV
1:10 Ratio Model at 2024 Singapore Airshow
By Wendell Minnick (Whiskey Mike) 顏文德
TAIPEI - I was unfortunate not to attend this year’s Singapore Airshow, but my sources on the ground told me China was largely a no-show.
There were some models, such as the GJ-11 Sharp Sword stealth UAV (photographs included below).
Beyond that, China kept a very unusual low profile this year. Normally, Chinese defense companies pack the place and it is a great place to collect intelligence.
These photographs were provided by an old drinking buddy (click to enlarge):
The armed/reconnaissance tailless flying wing GJ-11 Sharp Sword (攻击-11 利剑) or Gongji-11 lì Jiàn) is built by Hongdu Aviation Industry Group (HAIG) under the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC). AVIC is a Chinese state-owned aerospace and defense conglomerate.
The aircraft has two internal weapons bays with serrated weapon bay doors capable of a payload of up to 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb). Powered by a single turbofan engine, yet unidentified, with a wingspan of 14 meters (45.9 feet), endurance and range unknown.
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Those interested in Chinese UAV technology consider these four Chinese UAV books that are ALL copies of brochures from Chinese defense industry booths at airshows/defense expos from the Middle East to China that I have attended:
120-page Chinese Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (2016); 180-page More Chinese Fixed Wing UAVs(2019); 90-page Chinese Rotary/VTOL Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (2016): 165-page More Chinese Rotary and VTOL UAVs (2019).
Those interested in Taiwan UAV programs, please consider the 180-page book: Taiwan Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (2020).
Some Chinese drones carry pods, check out the 160-page Chinese Air-Launched Weapons & Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting Pods (2019).
I also have new material that did not make it in the above book - the 300-page 2019 volumes in Chinese C4I/EW Vol. 1 and Vol 2 of interest for UAVs.
All books are indexed for research purposes.