China's fifth-generation stealth fighters J-20 and J-31 will be capable of mobilizing the drones for battle by serving as their control platforms, Xu Yongling, a retired PLA chief test pilot, said at a recent defense seminar.
Marines in skydiving training Troops assigned to a brigade of the PLA Navy Marine Corps are boarding a Z-8 transport helicopter in a high-altitude parachuting training exercise at a military training range in south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 18, 2017.
PLA Navy frigates introduced to visitors at Port of Antwerp, Belgium Visitors walk in front of PLA Navy supply ship Gaoyouhu at Port of Antwerp, Belgium, Sept. 17, 2017. China's 26th convoy fleet to gulf of Aden and Somali waters arrived here on Sept. 14 for a five-day friendly visit, marking the first time for a Chinese navy formation to visit Belgium.
Chinese naval fleet arrives in Vladivostok for Joint Sea 2017 A four-vessel Chinese naval fleet arrives at a naval port in Russia's Vladivostok on Sept. 18, 2017. The second stage of the China-Russia Joint Sea - 2017 military exercise is scheduled to be held in Vladivostok from September 18 to 26, 2017.
Attack helicopters lift off for night flight training Pilots assigned to an army aviation brigade of the PLA Army's 80th Combined Corps hover their attack helicopters before leaving for missions during a night flight training exercise on September 15, 2017.
Reconnaissance drone launched in Firepower-2017 Qingtongxia exercise Soldiers attached to a PLA army unit mount an UAV onto its launching catapult for a reconnaissance flight during the Firepower-2017 Qingtongxia exercise at a military training range in northwest China on Sept. 16, 2017.
China marks 86th anniversary of "September 18 Incident" People attend a ceremony to mark the 86th anniversary of the "September 18 Incident" at the September 18 Incident History Museum in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 18, 2017.
Chinese naval fleet for Joint Sea - 2017 exercise enters Sea of Japan The guided-missile frigate Daqing navigates in waters of the Japan Sea on September 16, 2017. A four-vessel Chinese naval fleet is en route to Russia's Vladivostok to take part in the second stage of the China-Russia Joint Sea - 2017 military exercise.
Soldiers evacuate simulated wounded in realistic training A Type-63 Tracked Armored Vehicle attached to a brigade of the PLA 77th Group Army wades through a mud puddle during a tactical driving skills training exercise on September 13, 2017.
J-10B fighters execute flight training A pilot assigned to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command lowers the canopy on a J-10B fighter jet prior to a round-the-clock flight training exercise on September 11, 2017.
Army brigade launches exercise with towed howitzer systems Towed howitzer systems attached to an army brigade with the PLA 73rd Group Army fire a salvo of 122mm shells at simulated targets during a live-fire training exercise on September 13, 2017.
