Rotorcraft
China’s United Aircraft Advances R6000 Civil Tiltrotor
Six-ton civil tiltrotor program targets year-end CAAC approval
A subscale model of the Lanying R6000 tiltrotor aircraft on display at the 2026 Singapore Airshow.
A subscale model of United Aircraft Group's Lanying R6000 tiltrotor aircraft was on display at the 2026 Singapore Airshow. © Hanneke Weitering/AIN

Chinese uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) developer United Aircraft Group is moving into new territory with the Lanying R6000, a 12-seat civil tiltrotor that represents the company’s most ambitious design yet. 

Speaking with AIN at the Singapore Airshow earlier this month, Wang Fei, United Aircraft’s head of intelligent systems, said the company hopes to obtain a type certificate for the R6000 from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) by the end of this year. Flight testing began on Dec. 28, 2025, in Deyang City, Sichuan Province.