Chinese Air Force New UAV Design

During the Airshow China here at Zhuhai, Avic Defense and one of thecountry's aeronautics academic institutions, launched a competitionwith the Chinese air force for new UAV designs. The prize is to beawarded next year and to spur some innovative thinking.

On one of the Chinese CD handouts were a couple of concept drawings.Where they are from or what they represent is unclear, but they arenonetheless entertaining.

And with China already working on its J-10 follow-on, here's somefodder for speculation (the airframe, below, actually looks very littlelike what China's 5th Gen Fighter is believed to look like, let's justcall it the 6th Gen concept.