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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Wing Loong-3

Larger Wing Loong multirole programme publicly exhibited in 2022; current customer acceptance and validated performance remain unresolved.

Country / region
China
Programme status
Concept / announced
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Concept / announcedConcept / announced
Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
AVIC
Origin / production countries
China
Other names
Wing Loong III; 翼龙-3
Variants / configurations
Not distinguished in reviewed sources
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Exhibited aircraft is established. Unverified 2026 local-production claims are not entered as orders; flight acceptance and current customer status remain unresolved.

Role & capabilities

  • Proposed multirole payload carriage
  • Proposed aerial surveillance

Specifications in context

Airframe
Large fixed-wing uncrewed aircraft publicly exhibited

Static exhibition identity; achieved flight configuration not established in this review.

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Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Endurance
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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