After handing over the work, Wu Hao's main purpose of coming to the Northwest Research Center this time has been completed. But his work here is far from finished, and there are still many things waiting for him. The Aviation Technology and UAV Research Institute is the earliest scientific research team, laboratory and research institute established by Haoyu Technology. It can be said that Wu Hao and Zhang Jun both came from this scientific research team.
Therefore, this research institute is also one of the most important and core key research institutes in the company.
Their intended research direction is in aviation technology, drones, and cluster array control technology.
A series of the company's previous drone products came from this research institute, including the previous '嫇徯' large-scale intelligent attack drone.
The institute itself is based in Anxi, but there are some projects that cannot be tested or carried out in Anxi, so they are placed here, such as the intelligent attack drone.
One of the purposes of Wu Hao's visit this time is to inspect the progress of relevant research projects.
The person who came to receive him this time was Zhou Yonghui, the head of the institute who was very familiar to Wu Hao but was relatively rare.
This is an old man in the company, and he has grown up with Wu Hao and the others. So the two of them were not polite when they met. They exchanged a few words and then got into work.
How was the Fujia intelligent attack drone going? Wu Hao asked directly.
Zhou Yonghui nodded and said: "The progress is good. The Air Force likes it very much and has urged us several times to speed up the progress. It is expected that we will be able to deliver several prototypes to the Air Force for trial use as soon as summer.
In addition, the Navy is also very interested in this drone and has already sent people to contact us. However, the Navy's mission purposes and usage environment are very different from those of the Air Force, so a greater degree of adaptability, improvement and optimization is required.
In addition, the Navy also hopes that our Fuji smart attack drone can autonomously take off and land aircraft carriers or even amphibious assault ships. "
Wu Hao couldn't help but laugh and cry when he heard this: "They thought it was a helicopter, and it was taking off and landing an amphibious assault ship, what does it look like?
Even for an aircraft carrier, it is very rare and very difficult to achieve completely autonomous takeoff and landing. This requires perfect cooperation between the aircraft carrier's takeoff and landing facilities and the aircraft.
Not only do we need to improve drones, we also need to improve the entire takeoff and landing command and control system of the aircraft carrier. "
I told them the same thing, but this time the navy was very determined, and the general led the team directly. Zhou Yonghui said with a bitter smile.
Wu Hao was at a loss when he heard this, and then nodded helplessly: "Let the project team communicate with them, and we will cooperate fully. Fortunately, as for drones, aircraft carriers are not something we can play with."
You're right, that's what I told them. Zhou Yonghui nodded.
That's good. Wu Hao sighed, and then asked him: "I heard that the second-generation battlefield sweeper micro-unmanned attack aircraft project is making good progress and has been put into the experimental testing stage."
Yes, that's true. Zhou Yonghui then made a gesture of invitation: "Please come here. We have conducted several tests at the test field of the base and achieved good results. We are all ready when we know you are coming today."
Oh, really, then I will wait and see. Wu Hao smiled when he heard this. Sure enough, the old man was considerate.
The base's testing ground is right next to the base, not too far away, and covers a relatively large area. It is located in the sand between three sand dunes, and is about the size of seven or eight football fields.
It looks quite big, but deep inside this vast desert, this area is nothing.
In fact, they have a larger shooting range, but it's still some distance away from the base.
The weather at the test site in the afternoon was still relatively warm, and the wind had become lighter. After being in the sun for a while, I was still slightly warm.
Wearing sunglasses, Wu Hao and the others came to the testing site. On a raised platform made of concrete in front of the test site, there are several tables with various equipment placed on them.
Zhou Yonghui held something about 40 millimeters thick and 200 millimeters long, which is four centimeters thick and 20 centimeters long, similar to the shape of a missile, and said to Wu Hao: "Mr. Wu, this is the second-generation missile we have developed." Battlefield sweeper micro-unmanned attack drone.”
so small? Wu Hao couldn't help but be a little surprised when he looked at what Zhou Yonghui was holding.
Zhou Yonghui said with a smile: "In fact, we can make it smaller, but we only took into account many aspects such as range, flight time, and the weight of ammunition, so we made the current 40 mm caliber and 200 mm long similar to a missile. shape."
40 mm thick, this caliber seems to be consistent with the caliber of our commonly used grenade launchers. Wu Hao asked with a smile.
Hahahaha, I knew I couldn't hide it from you. So, it is the same caliber as our grenade launcher. The reason why it is designed like this is mainly to facilitate soldiers to launch it through a gun-mounted grenade launcher or a specialized grenade launcher during daily use.
This design is good, taking into account the convenience and versatility of military use. Wu Hao smiled and praised.
Zhou Yonghui smiled and nodded: "Yes, at the beginning of research and development, we carefully visited the grassroots units using our first-generation battlefield sweeper micro-unmanned attack aircraft, and collected information about the first-generation battlefield sweeper micro-unmanned aerial vehicle from the grassroots officers and soldiers. Lots of good advice and opinions on micro drones.
Among them, the most common issue is the portability issue. Officers and soldiers generally reported that although this thing is very good and practical, it is very inconvenient to carry and takes up too much space. I hope we can carry it more often.
After combining so many opinions, as well as our own research results, and after repeated trials, we chose this intelligent unmanned attack aircraft that adopts a launchable method. "
Very good, but have its range, flight time, and power been reduced? Wu Hao raised a question that he was more concerned about.
Zhou Yonghui smiled and shook his head: "No, it has not decreased, but has increased relatively, and we have also improved on this basis.
In this regard, we still need help from the army and the military industry system, which solved many of our problems.
Of course, it also depends on the improvement of our own battery technology, which allows us to still get ample power even when using smaller batteries. "
In this regard, we still need help from the army and the military industry system, which solved many of our problems.
Of course, it also depends on the improvement of our own battery technology, which allows us to still get ample power even when using smaller batteries. "
