China’s Massive Drone Swarm Mothership “Jiutian” Takes Flight

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 […]