Jane's sources have shed new light on a hitherto unseen anti-ship weapon/unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-like system - centred around a wing-in-ground-effect optimised airframe - that was initially circulated on Chinese internet discussion forums around May 2017 in a Mandarin language brochure with a redacted product designation. Developed by defence prime China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's (CASC's) China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) subsidiary, the system has been given the product designation of CH-T1, although it is understood that the company prefers to identify it as the Ground Effect UAV (GEUAV) demonstrator.
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