Under the guidance of the strategic consulting project led by Academician Xu Demin of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, it was jointly developed by the Xi'an Municipal Government, AVIC First Aircraft Institute, Shaanxi Unmanned Equipment Technology Co., Ltd., and universities.
Manufacturing is handled by Xi'an Chida Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Haige Communications under Guangzhou Digital Science & Technology Group.
The Jiutian UAV system is a new, large unmanned universal aerial platform aircraft.