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title: "China's First, World's Largest! 'Changying-8' Drone Successfully Completes Maiden Flight, an 'Aerial Heavy Truck' with a 3.5-ton Payload Capacity Has Arrived"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/281107658.md"
description: "The first 7-ton fixed-wing transport and delivery drone in China, the 'Changying-8', successfully made its maiden flight on March 31st at Zhengzhou Shangjie Airport. This drone was independently developed by Beijing Northern Changying UAV Technology Co., Ltd., boasts a payload capacity of 3.5 tons, and is dubbed an 'aerial heavy truck'. It fills the void in China's 7-ton cargo drone market, signifying technological progress in China's high-end intelligent aerial logistics equipment sector"
datetime: "2026-03-31T02:12:18.000Z"
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---

# China's First, World's Largest! 'Changying-8' Drone Successfully Completes Maiden Flight, an 'Aerial Heavy Truck' with a 3.5-ton Payload Capacity Has Arrived

On the morning of March 31st, the Changying-8, China's first 7-ton class fixed-wing transport and delivery drone, successfully completed its maiden flight at Zhengzhou Shangjie Airport. This transport and delivery drone, independently developed by Beijing Northern Changying UAV Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary controlled by Norinco Group's Northern Company, is the first domestically validated 7-ton class unmanned transport and delivery platform. Dubbed the 'aerial heavy truck', it fills the gap in China's market for 7-ton cargo drone platforms and signifies a key independent technological leap in China's high-end intelligent aerial logistics equipment sector.

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