{"id":145795,"date":"2026-02-08T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145795"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T15:00:12","slug":"lighter-simpler-faster-could-this-thrust-device-give-chinese-drones-an-edge-over-f-35s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145795","title":{"rendered":"Lighter, simpler, faster: could this thrust device give Chinese drones an edge over F-35s?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn a world first, Chinese researchers have flight-tested new streamlined thrust technology in a high-speed drone, capping nearly two decades of research in the area for the lead scientist.<br \/>\nThe lighter and simpler aerodynamic thrust vectoring system abandons the complex mechanical parts of elite fighter jets like the F-35B and Su-37 to redirect engine exhaust to make the aircraft more manoeuverable.<br \/>\nNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics announced last month that a team led by&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3342814\/lighter-simpler-faster-could-thrust-device-give-chinese-drones-edge-over-f-35s?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn a world first, Chinese researchers have flight-tested new streamlined thrust technology in a high-speed drone, capping nearly two decades of research in the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145795"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}