The PLA Ground Force has repurposed a commercial UAV to support emergency logistics operations including dropping ammunition to soldiers during combat. (Janes)

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been modifying and using commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support its logistics operations.

Video footage broadcast by state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) in early July shows the PLA Ground Force's (PLAGF's) 83rd Group Army using a repurposed commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quadcopter during a combat exercise to drop ammunitions to soldiers in a simulated battlefield environment.

Janes analysis showed that the UAV is also available for sale on a Chinese e-commerce platform. The platform indicates the UAV was built for agricultural spraying by a company based in the Jiangsu province.

The 83rd Group Army has installed a makeshift storage compartment – likely made of carbon fibre – below the central module of the UAV. The flaps at the bottom of the compartment open to drop supplies to deployed troops.

The PLA Ground Force has repurposed a commercial UAV to support emergency logistics operations including dropping ammunition to soldiers during combat. (Janes)

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been modifying and using commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support its logistics operations.

Video footage broadcast by state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) in early July shows the PLA Ground Force's (PLAGF's) 83rd Group Army using a repurposed commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quadcopter during a combat exercise to drop ammunitions to soldiers in a simulated battlefield environment.

Janes analysis showed that the UAV is also available for sale on a Chinese e-commerce platform. The platform indicates the UAV was built for agricultural spraying by a company based in the Jiangsu province.

The 83rd Group Army has installed a makeshift storage compartment – likely made of carbon fibre – below the central module of the UAV. The flaps at the bottom of the compartment open to drop supplies to deployed troops.

The PLA Ground Force has repurposed a commercial UAV to support emergency logistics operations including dropping ammunition to soldiers during combat. (Janes)

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been modifying and using commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support its logistics operations.

Video footage broadcast by state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) in early July shows the PLA Ground Force's (PLAGF's) 83rd Group Army using a repurposed commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quadcopter during a combat exercise to drop ammunitions to soldiers in a simulated battlefield environment.

Janes analysis showed that the UAV is also available for sale on a Chinese e-commerce platform. The platform indicates the UAV was built for agricultural spraying by a company based in the Jiangsu province.

The 83rd Group Army has installed a makeshift storage compartment – likely made of carbon fibre – below the central module of the UAV. The flaps at the bottom of the compartment open to drop supplies to deployed troops.

The PLA Ground Force has repurposed a commercial UAV to support emergency logistics operations including dropping ammunition to soldiers during combat. (Janes)

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been modifying and using commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support its logistics operations.

Video footage broadcast by state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) in early July shows the PLA Ground Force's (PLAGF's) 83rd Group Army using a repurposed commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quadcopter during a combat exercise to drop ammunitions to soldiers in a simulated battlefield environment.

Janes analysis showed that the UAV is also available for sale on a Chinese e-commerce platform. The platform indicates the UAV was built for agricultural spraying by a company based in the Jiangsu province.

The 83rd Group Army has installed a makeshift storage compartment – likely made of carbon fibre – below the central module of the UAV. The flaps at the bottom of the compartment open to drop supplies to deployed troops.

The PLA Ground Force has repurposed a commercial UAV to support emergency logistics operations including dropping ammunition to soldiers during combat. (Janes)

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been modifying and using commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support its logistics operations.

Video footage broadcast by state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) in early July shows the PLA Ground Force's (PLAGF's) 83rd Group Army using a repurposed commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quadcopter during a combat exercise to drop ammunitions to soldiers in a simulated battlefield environment.

Janes analysis showed that the UAV is also available for sale on a Chinese e-commerce platform. The platform indicates the UAV was built for agricultural spraying by a company based in the Jiangsu province.

The 83rd Group Army has installed a makeshift storage compartment – likely made of carbon fibre – below the central module of the UAV. The flaps at the bottom of the compartment open to drop supplies to deployed troops.

The PLA Ground Force has repurposed a commercial UAV to support emergency logistics operations including dropping ammunition to soldiers during combat. (Janes)

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been modifying and using commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support its logistics operations.

Video footage broadcast by state-owned China Central Television (CCTV) in early July shows the PLA Ground Force's (PLAGF's) 83rd Group Army using a repurposed commercial vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) quadcopter during a combat exercise to drop ammunitions to soldiers in a simulated battlefield environment.

Janes analysis showed that the UAV is also available for sale on a Chinese e-commerce platform. The platform indicates the UAV was built for agricultural spraying by a company based in the Jiangsu province.

The 83rd Group Army has installed a makeshift storage compartment – likely made of carbon fibre – below the central module of the UAV. The flaps at the bottom of the compartment open to drop supplies to deployed troops.