Chapter 1993 Large UAV Walking in Front of the United States (II)

"This one here is mainly used for long-range strategic reconnaissance. According to theoretical data, the maximum range can reach 8,000 kilometers..."

As the chief designer who is mainly responsible for drones, Xie Kai directly tricked him into resigning from his position in the research institute there and went here to make the "real drone" that Xie Kai called.

Of course, Xie Kai, who is known as the father of drones in China, dared not leave Danu at the base completely. When it was okay, Danu Zhao still had to lead a graduate student in this area of ​​technology.

Many graduate students graduated and then stayed at 404...

Only he knows whether Xie Kai is trying to help the country cultivate talents or rob the country's talents.

"8000 kilometers? The maximum speed is only more than 300, and the maximum space stagnation time exceeds 40 hours..."

Xie Kai sighed.

This thing is aimed at Global Hawks. Because domestic electronic technology, communication technology, computer technology and other technologies are not as big as those of the United States, it is impossible to build the US Global Hawks, which carry more than 7 tons of fuel and can reach a maximum range of 26,000 kilometers.

Of course, this thing is much bigger than the Predator.

The reconnaissance ability is stronger than that of the Predator, and its combat ability is not comparable to that of the Global Hawks.

Xie Kai could only comfort himself in this way.

"Yes, it is the limit we can reach at present. In terms of design, it is in the front, the engine and software cannot keep up with it..." Zhao Xi was not embarrassed at all.

The previous Changkong series of target machines was just a target machine.

"At present, these drones have two directions. One is a reconnaissance and strike integrated aircraft with high air stagnation capabilities; the other is a high-altitude and high-speed, mainly based on strategic reconnaissance..."

With the physical objects, it is easier for Zhao Xi to introduce their drone development direction.

In fact, he has no idea about high-altitude high-speed fighter jets in the world. At present, he has basically given up on high-altitude high-speed fighter jets.

The dismount of the J-9 is also due to changes in the field of international fighter technology development.

Any technology is barely developed in the country, no matter how high the cost or the difficulty it is, as long as it meets the needs of the country, it will be developed at any cost.

“High-altitude high-speed?”

Many generals were a little confused.

Especially here are people from the National Defense Science and Technology Commission and the General Secretary, who are very familiar with equipment and related technologies.

Situ Lei also understood that "the current mainstream development direction of fighter jets in the international world is stronger comprehensive combat capabilities, and no longer focusing on one aspect. UAV development is already difficult. If high-altitude and high speed are used as the direction, the cost of reconnaissance and strike integration capabilities of other drones will be increased exponentially."

His words were not for objection, but for reminding Xie Kai and Yue Lin and others of 404.

More reminders to Xie Kai.

Although the country's economy has grown a lot now, there is still a big gap between the increase in military spending and the gap.

"Chief, no. Although it is difficult now, the basic technology in China is constantly developing. Just like when we first started this more than ten years ago, Mr. Zhao also thought so now..."

Xie Kai smiled.

Zhao Xi, the father of drones, was not embarrassed. "At that time, who would have thought that our domestic economy and technology could develop so quickly? In just over ten years, other countries have achieved the results achieved in decades."

The achievements made in the country's economic development over the past decade have attracted worldwide attention.

Especially after entering the 1990s, the economy, technology and other fields have been growing completely due to the continuous investment in infrastructure over the past decade.

I used to think that the technology was very difficult, but now it has basically become basic technology.

Who can guarantee that more than ten years later, these seemingly difficult technical indicators will not become basic technology?

Xie Kai dared to invest heavily in these aspects because he knew how fast these technologies will develop in the future.

What's more, 404 has a huge number of civilian products units, which will convert a large amount of technology into civilian products and invest in the market. While recovering costs, they can also make profits and invest in continuous development.

Now 404 has embarked on a path of healthy development.

The base is responsible for technological development. The private product unit converts technology into products and puts it into the market. The funds obtained are continuously invested in research and development, and then converted...

"These are all the prototypes of drones that we are currently working on. They have entered the ground experiment stage and will be the first flight as early as August next year. All drones can load weapon modules and are equipped with specialized in the development of various types of missiles and precision guided bombs, and have certain attack capabilities. In the future, our research direction is to make the weapons used by drones common to fighters..."

Zhao Xi's words made many generals even more interested in the several different models of drones parked in front of them, and they surrounded them to observe.

No wonder they saw that these drones were equipped with weapons under their wings and belly.

These missiles and bombs have never been seen before.

"At present, although various technical costs are very high and the performance indicators are very different from expectations, they can be barely used. In our drone reconnaissance system, it carries photoelectric, infrared sensing systems and synthetic aperture radar at the same time... A real system can be connected to the joint deployment intelligent support system and the entire network command and control system currently being developed by the base. The intelligence image data detected can be transmitted to the commander in real time through satellite signals or digital signals, and used to indicate targets, early warning, rapid attack and reattack, combat evaluation..."

Zhao Xi began to introduce the core technologies used by these drones.

All the senior officials here are knowledgeable and well-informed. No one is shocked when they hear the introduction.

"I didn't expect that we always thought that these technologies would take many years to realize, and you would have put them into use!" Situ Lei breathed a long sigh, full of relief.

These technologies are currently available in the United States.

Very little is known in China.

The relevant scientific research institutions are even proof that 404 has already been invested in actual combat.

"Isn't the United States able to connect to the global command and control system? Why did we become the entire network? What does this entire network mean?" Xia Guofeng, who didn't talk much, directly asked the doubts in his heart.

Zhao Xi looked at Xie Kai, not knowing how to explain this matter.

After all, he said so at the beginning, but Xie Kai lowered his technical indicators.

The so-called full network currently has only one Beidou satellite, so the difficulty is naturally much lower.

Xie Kai was very adapted to the gazes that the big guys cast on him.

He sighed long, "Dear leaders, we have different strategic goals from the United States. Under the national defense strategy of strategic defense, there is no global satellite positioning network, and my country has no foreign troops, so it cannot be used..."

China has joined the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, and the peacekeeping forces they often dispatch are engineers for medical and construction, and are very small in scale.

It would be too extravagant to build a global satellite system just for peacekeeping forces.

"The US military is different from us. They have a large number of military bases around the world, so the requirements for the global command system are high..."

Xie Kai's explanation was reasonable, and the big guys nodded.

As a military general, I naturally hope to be able to understand military operations anywhere in the world at any time.

But this requires high costs.

Calculate the cost-effectiveness, and naturally I lose interest.

There is probably no general from any country who likes to be considered cost-effective than Chinese generals.

Frugality is a traditional virtue of the entire Chinese nation.

"The flat triangle drone in the middle has stealth function, right?" a general asked suddenly.

Xie Kai, Zhao Xi and others looked at each other, but did not answer the general, but looked at Xia Guofeng and Situ Lei.

"Since the Gulf War, stealth fighter jets have appeared in a global perspective, especially in the Kosovo War. The results achieved by stealth attack aircraft are greater than those of the Gulf War..." Situ Lei's words surprised Xie Kai.

He did not expect that because the US stealth attack aircraft F-117a was fired in advance and the samples were obtained, the military also began to study this thing many years in advance.

"Chief, why not merge the military's projects with us?" Xie Kai smiled sly.

"What are you merging? You don't feel tired if you want to intervene in any project." Situ Lei gave Xie Kai a blank look, "Now we are talking about drones."

"What's the matter with drones? Anyway, our ultimate goal is to improve the combat capabilities of these drones to the same as those of manned fighters..." Xie Kai said with a pout.

This is like throwing a bomb on a calm lake.

In an instant, the generals felt huge waves in their hearts.

"That means we won't have to train pilots in the future?" a general murmured.

They were frightened.

"Chief, that's impossible. The main body that determines the outcome of a war is still human. Although drones have been developing for many years, to reach the level of pilots, at least our artificial intelligence needs to have independent thinking..." Xie Kai was amused and crying.

Does artificial intelligence have independent thinking?

Xie Kai didn't know, but he was sure that it would be impossible within twenty years anyway.

Twenty years later, he didn't know.

Anyway, based on the degree of technological development in that year, there are more and more fields of application of artificial intelligence, but in the military, drones are still auxiliary.

"Even if the performance of the drone really reaches that level, someone needs to operate remotely. Otherwise, the drone that cannot effectively distinguish the target may even blow up our own troops..."

Zhao Xi helped Xie Kai explain.

In this regard, he is professional and has authoritative words.

If Xie Kai explained, the generals might develop in two extreme directions—one is thinking that Xie Kai is talking about the train, and the other is thinking that Xie Kai is going to replace humans with machines.

"How many years is there in this regard between us and the United States?" Situ Lei asked Xie Kai.

Xie Kai looked at Situ Lei in shock.

He didn't understand why Situ Lei suddenly asked this.
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