While reports have identified the Jiutian as a “general-purpose drone,” concepts have shown it releasing drone swarms with a range of surface and maritime strike munitions.

A massive drone-carrying mothership developed by China’s Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), called Jiutian, flew for the first time on Dec. 11, 2025, from Pucheng, in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province. Notably, the drone has a 6 ton payload capacity for either munitions, drone swarms and humanitarian relief material. Contents While reports have identified the Jiutian as a “general-purpose drone,” concepts have shown it releasing drone swarms with a range of surface and maritime strike munitions. Jiutian Impact on future warfare

A concept video on CCTV 14 from May 2025 shows a group of Ji

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