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CW-15

JOUAV (Chengdu Jouav Automation Tech Co.) is a Chinese manufacturer of long-endurance VTOL and fixed-wing UAVs; the CW-15 is a fully electric fixed-wing VTOL…

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Manufacturer
JOUAV
Form factor
aerial
Lifecycle
active
Website
jouav.com ↗

Verified profile

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    Sources on record

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Overview

JOUAV (Chengdu Jouav Automation Tech Co.) is a Chinese manufacturer of long-endurance VTOL and fixed-wing UAVs; the CW-15 is a fully electric fixed-wing VTOL drone for surveying, inspection, and public-safety applications. It carries up to 3 kg of payload, has a 14.5 kg max takeoff weight, and can operate at up to 4,500 m altitude with approximately 3 hours of endurance. JOUAV is listed on the U.S. BIS Entity List over national-security and military-use concerns.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
1 source, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for CW-15.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (1)

  1. CW-15 Multi-purpose and long endurance VTOL drone - JOUAV · https://www.jouav.com/products/cw-15.html

Common questions

What is CW-15?
JOUAV (Chengdu Jouav Automation Tech Co.) is a Chinese manufacturer of long-endurance VTOL and fixed-wing UAVs; the CW-15 is a fully electric fixed-wing VTOL drone for surveying, inspection, and public-safety applications. It carries up to 3 kg of payload, has a 14.5 kg max takeoff weight, and can operate at up to 4,500 m altitude with approximately 3 hours of endurance. JOUAV is listed on the U.S. BIS Entity List over national-security and military-use concerns.
Who makes CW-15?
CW-15 is made by JOUAV, based in Chengdu, China, founded in 2010.
Where is CW-15 deployed?
No verified deployments of CW-15 are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is CW-15 safe?
CW-15 has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

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Methodology surface for CW-15.