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Configuration
| Specification | CAIG Wing Loong II | SAGEM Sperwer |
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| Crew | None[source] | — |
| Type | MALE UCAV[source] | Reconnaissance aircraft / UAV[source] |
| Manufacturer | Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group[source] | SAGEM[source] |
| Designer | Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute[source] | — |
| Status | In service[source] |
Wingspan
Single source20.5 m (67 ft 3 in)[source]
Maximum take-off; Max takeoff weight
Single source4,200 kg (9,259 lb)[source]
Service ceiling
Single source9,900 m (32,500 ft)[source]
Own general Sperwer article altitude claim; no inheritance to a differently specified variant · over
Single sourceover 16,000 feet[source]Own general Sperwer article altitude claim; no inheritance to a differently specified variant
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Primary user | People's Liberation Army Air Force Pakistan Air Force[source] | — |
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| Manufactured | 2015-present[source] | — |
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| Introduction date | 2017[source] | — |
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| First flight | February 2017[source] | — |
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| Developed from | CAIG Wing Loong[source] | — |
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| Developed into | Chengdu Wing Loong-3[source] | — |
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| Stall speed | 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | China[source]Inventory Origin column; table 3, row 4, cell 2; revision 1375623248 | France[source]Inventory Origin column; table 12, row 18, cell 3; revision 1376489443; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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| Origin reported by inventory | People's Republic of China[source]Inventory Origin column; table 3, row 27, cell 2; revision 1347318478 | — |
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| Primary users | — | French Army Canadian Armed Forces (Retired)[source] |
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| Role | — | unmanned aerial vehicle[source] |
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| Communications range | — | up to 150 kilometers away from its ground control station[source]Ground-station imagery link distance, not aircraft flight range |
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| Control | — | piloted remotely[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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