FIELD GUIDE / DRONE ATLAS / 01
High-altitude reconnaissance · Reusable · reconnaissance
Also known as: Xianglong
WZ-7 is a Chinese high-altitude reconnaissance drone with a joined-wing layout. China’s defence ministry records combat training. The Mitchell Institute supplies the dated public analytical figures used here. Those figures are not a manufacturer specification or an independent flight test.[1][2]
Sourced dimensions are listed; no scaled drawing is provided for this configuration.
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
Intervals preserve the published bounds; they are not statistical confidence intervals. A blank lower or upper bound stays open. Values belong to the named configuration, not every aircraft.
Body length | ≈ 14.300 m[1] |
|---|---|
Wingspan | ≈ 24.900 m[1] |
Take-off mass | Not publicly established |
Published speed · knots | ≤ 405 kt[1] |
Published flight range | ≤ 7000.0 km[1] |
Endurance | Not publicly established |
Payload | Not publicly established |
Engine / propulsion | One Guizhou WP-13, according to the Mitchell Institute.[1] |
Guidance / control link | Not publicly established |
First flight / first reported use | Not publicly established |
Manufacturer | Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation[1] |
Operators | PLAAF and PLANAF, according to the Mitchell Institute.[1] |
Service status | Active, according to the Mitchell Institute. China’s ministry documents PLAAF training.[1] |
Body length: ≈ 14.300 m · WZ-7 · Mitchell Institute analytical listing · Approximate / analyst compilation. Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Wingspan: ≈ 24.900 m · WZ-7 · Mitchell Institute analytical listing · Approximate / analyst compilation. Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Published flight range: ≤ 7000.0 km · WZ-7 · Mitchell Institute analytical listing · Published upper limit. Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Published speed · knots: ≤ 405 kt · WZ-7 · Mitchell Institute analytical listing · Published upper limit. Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Catalogue attribution: Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation (Mitchell Institute attribution). www.mitchellaerospacepower.org · eng.mod.gov.cn
Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Not publicly established in the reviewed sources.
Public-source profile. Performance claims are attributed; type links do not verify an incident identification.
Body length: ≈ 14.300 m · WZ-7 · Mitchell Institute analytical listing · Approximate / analyst compilation. Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Wingspan: ≈ 24.900 m · WZ-7 · Mitchell Institute analytical listing · Approximate / analyst compilation. Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Published flight range: ≤ 7000.0 km · WZ-7 · Mitchell Institute analytical listing · Published upper limit. Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Published speed · knots: ≤ 405 kt · WZ-7 · Mitchell Institute analytical listing · Published upper limit. Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies
Size in everyday terms
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.
WZ-7 Soaring Dragon · WZ-7 · Mitchell Institute analytical listing · Body length[1] · Wingspan[1]
Human height is an illustrative 1.8 m; bus length an illustrative 12 m. Car length uses the cited MINI specification. Vehicle heights and drone side contours are schematic. Top views preserve published length and span; an absent dimension is never guessed.
One car length here is 3.821 m: MINI Cooper 3 door, March 2020 specification.
Not yet named as a model in this archive — sources usually say only “drone” or name the family.
Counts follow model/family links in the archive. A general register link does not identify a model.
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WZ-7 Soaring Dragon
No sourced family relationship recorded in this edition. Similar roles do not establish a common design.
Shape or sound alone cannot identify a drone. Follow local public-safety alerts; do not approach wreckage.
No licensed, model-attested recording is available in our sound library.
Published USD figures use different price bases and years. Airframes, export packages and support are not equivalent. These are not current offers or verified production costs.
Unknown in reviewed sources
No type-specific, independently supported summary is included in this edition.
Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 08 Nov 2026 · Approximate / analyst compilation
11 Nov 2021 · Source consulted: 08 Nov 2026 · Official report; not an independent test
Consulted via search index; direct page unavailable
DroneLedger. WZ-7 Soaring Dragon. Research edition 2026-11-08. https://droneincidents.com/drones/wz-7/
