China has quietly moved a key piece of its next-generation airpower from concept to reality, with the CH-7 stealthy flying wing drone completing its first flight and entering a structured test phase.

Chinese media described the large unmanned flying wing drone as a stealth-centric, long endurance, persistent reconnaissance and early warning aircraft. China’s massive CH-7 UAV was captured flying ...

The aircraft is similar to another concept model revealed during the 2018 Singapore Air Show, called the Star Shadow, which was developed with an unspecified Chinese institution. A new flying wing ...