{"id":148783,"date":"2026-03-29T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148783"},"modified":"2026-03-29T13:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:00:09","slug":"quieter-stealthier-further-new-hybrid-unit-to-power-chinas-small-battle-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148783","title":{"rendered":"Quieter, stealthier, further: new hybrid unit to power China\u2019s small battle drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA hybrid propulsion system designed to make small battlefield drones stealthier and go further has passed its flight tests, according to Chinese state media.<br \/>\nThe system\u2019s motor is driven by fuel-powered electricity, combining two systems to make the best of both, according to a report on Friday on CCTV-7, China\u2019s military television channel.<br \/>\nDrone propulsion has largely followed two distinct paths. Fuel-powered systems are typically used in bigger uncrewed aircraft, offering strong performance&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3348309\/quieter-stealthier-further-new-hybrid-unit-power-chinas-small-battle-drones?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 PostA hybrid propulsion system designed to make small battlefield drones stealthier and go further has passed its flight tests, according to Chinese state media.&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\/148783"}],"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=148783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}