Spotted: China’s New WZ-9 “Divine Eagle” AEW Drone Makes Test Flight

A new video has emerged online reportedly showing a new (and unorthodox) Chinese military drone flying. The drone is said to be the Wuzhen-9 (or WZ-9), meaning “Divine Eagle”, and is suggested to be an Airborne Early Warning aircraft. The new drone comes amid a flurry of new end-of-year Chinese military aircraft reveals that include two advanced fighter jets. One of those jets could be the first sixth-generation fighter flown by China and the second is a smaller fighter (it’s unclear if the smaller fighter is manned or unmanned). The WZ-9 drone was previously known from scale models and satellite images.