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China debuts ZT drone family ranging from 260 kg MTOW to 1.5-tonne payload

Published 3 November 2026

At an aviation industry conference in Nanchang ahead of the Zhuhai air show, China presented three members of the ZT unmanned aircraft family: the ZT-50 (260 kg MTOW, 65 kg payload), the multi-role ZT-100 (20-hour endurance, 3,000 km range), and the heavy-lift ZT-200 (1.5-tonne payload, 8-hour endurance, 1,000 km range). Observers have reported VTOL-variant test flights near Zhuhai airport in the lead-up to the show.

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