BZK-005 / Changying
Chinese reconnaissance aircraft independently documented in flight by Japan's defence authorities; domestic and export variants require separate data.
- Country / region
- China
- Programme status
- In service / use documented
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Harbin Aircraft Industry Group and Beihang programme partners
- Origin / production countries
- China
- Other names
- Changying; Long Eagle; 长鹰
- Variants / configurations
- BZK-005; BZK-005E — export version, specifications not merged
- Operators / programme customers
- Chinese military; aircraft observed by JASDF
Evidence & current status
JASDF is a primary observation source; CASI provides industrial mapping. Numeric values from export variants are not transferred to the observed domestic aircraft.
Role & capabilities
- Aerial reconnaissance
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Fixed-wing reconnaissance aircraft
Identity and configuration photographed by JASDF; no numeric performance inferred.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Dimensions
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Altitude
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Sensors
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source