Role & capabilities
- Announced uncrewed multirole programme
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- CASC — Rainbow programme
- Origin / production countries
- China
- Other names
- Caihong-6; Rainbow-6; 彩虹-6
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Manufacturer's indexed announcement was readable; direct page fetch returned 404. Named programme verified, achieved performance and acceptance not established.
CH-6 is a named member of CASC's Rainbow uncrewed-aircraft portfolio. CASC included it in its own announcement of defence exhibits for the 2022 China airshow, identifying it separately from CH-7 and other collaborative-aircraft proposals. That manufacturer reference is sufficient to establish a programme identity, while remaining much narrower than a service-entry announcement.
The programme should not inherit the CH-5's operational record or the CH-7's later flight milestones. Shared branding describes an industrial family, not a common airframe or performance standard. Reports about exhibition dimensions and planned mission payloads also need to be tied to the particular model or airframe that was shown.
No directly reviewed current primary source established an accepted CH-6 production configuration, a confirmed customer delivery or a complete dated flight-test specification. Accordingly, this entry keeps the programme at the announced stage and leaves numerical performance fields open. A useful future update would add a manufacturer flight milestone or customer procurement statement, preserving the date and variant rather than combining exhibition estimates with other Rainbow-family data.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. 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 |
Documented milestones
Manufacturer exhibition announcement
CASC lists CH-6 among its planned airshow exhibits; this is not a flight or service milestone.
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Publication history
- — Published reference update.
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