Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-06-24

"Bee Shadow 2026" Opens: First Military-Wide Small and Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Innovative Application Challenge

“蜂影2026”全军首届小微无人机创新运用挑战赛开赛

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新华社石家庄6月24日电（李国利、解犇）“蜂影2026”全军首届小微无人机创新运用挑战赛，24日上午在河北石家庄拉开帷幕。为期3天的挑战赛，由中央军委装备发展部和训练管理部主办、陆军机关协办、陆军工程大学承办，共有来自全军部队的69支代表队同台竞技。据介绍，挑战赛着眼以赛促建、以赛促训、以赛强能，以实战场景下无人机组装调试、战场抢修、战术操控、协同运用为重点，打造装备技术运用试验区、战法训法创新孵化器、实战能力淬炼演练场，助推新质战斗力提升；以作战场景为牵引，课目设计上突出“飞”、比基础操控，突出“改”、比技术革新，突出“联”、比组网联用，突出“管”、比管理保障，旨在从“装备侧”破解作战运用面临的现实问题。记者在现场了解到，比赛课目内容各有侧重、难度渐次提升，有很强的针对性。如：“限时装调运投”课目侧重于知装管装，突出检验“管”和“改”的能力，重点考察对无人机性能特点的掌握运用水平。“低空越障突防”课目则侧重于精准操控，突出考察“飞”和“管”的能力，重点考察精准操控和快速维保技能。此外，比赛期间还开展了维修技能、创新成果观摩见学等活动，对小微无人机维修保障工作定位、基本理念、方法手段、实践应用等进行示范示教。

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The CMC Equipment Development Department and Training Management Department opened 'Bee Shadow 2026' in Shijiazhuang on June 24, a three-day small and micro UAV competition hosted across 69 teams from units military-wide, organized through Army Engineering University, covering assembly, battlefield repair, tactical control, and networked employment. The event documents a PLA-wide effort to close the gap between UAV equipment fielding and operator-level proficiency — the explicit framing around 'resolving practical problems in operational employment from the equipment side' confirms that basic control, maintenance, and integrated employment remain uneven enough to require a dedicated competition cycle to drive standardization. The four-pillar structure (fly, modify, link, manage) extends a visible pattern of PLA competitions being used as a substitute training pipeline for emerging capabilities where doctrine and formal curricula have not yet caught up to hardware proliferation.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "“蜂影2026”全军首届小微无人机创新运用挑战赛开赛." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-06-24. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16469315.html.

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