{
  "id": "jiutian",
  "name": "Jiutian (SS-UAV)",
  "aliases": [
    "High Sky"
  ],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Unmanned aerial vehicle",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 2024,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Jiutian (SS-UAV) Chinese Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is a massive drone mothership capable of unleashing swarms of smaller UAVs for both intelligence gathering and strike missions.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)",
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hardpoints",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "8 ea",
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 25,
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Wingspan"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "Qinling",
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thrust / power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "Maximum thrust of 560,000 kilogram (kgf)",
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kmh",
      "v": 700,
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 7000,
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 15000,
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Endurance",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "12 hours",
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Armament",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "The Jiu Tian also has 4 x stores pylons under each wing, though nothing is seen loaded onto them in the images that have emerged so far.",
      "src": [
        "weg-jiutian"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "uav",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/jiutian.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-jiutian": {
      "title": "Jiutian (SS-UAV) Chinese Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Jiutian_SS-UAV_Chinese_Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicle",
      "published": "2026-04-17",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}