It sounds easy to let drones autonomously detect and select attack targets, and lock the targets for attack, but it is actually very difficult.
Especially this kind of individual weapon has a short range. If it goes wrong, the launched attack drone is likely to come back and attack itself.
Therefore, this has stricter requirements for the detection and identification capabilities of attack drones. First, more targets must be identified. In layman's terms, this attack drone must have better eyes and be able to see more and finer things.
Only in this way can more targets be discovered.
It's not enough to just find targets; you have to identify them. In other words, it needs to know these goals and what these goals are.
For example, which are the enemy's tanks and armored vehicles, which are the enemy's anti-aircraft missiles, which are the enemy's soldiers, and which are the enemy's permanent positions and fortifications.
Not only must we discover these, but we must also distinguish between those belonging to our army and those belonging to the enemy. This is crucial on the battlefield where individual soldiers hand over. Although Identification Friend or Foe technology can solve this problem, Identification Friend or Foe technology also has its shortcomings, and it relies entirely on Identification Friend or Foe devices for identification. Once missing or damaged, it will be difficult for the drone to distinguish between friend and foe.
Therefore, drones must rely on image recognition technology to identify which ones are ours and which ones are the enemy. For example, the equipment of the enemy and ours are different, and the combat equipment is also different. From this, we can screen and compare and judge.
After the enemy target is detected through search, it needs to be locked and targeted attack. For example, among these targets, priority is given to air defense weapons and equipment for attack, or valuable targets for attack. Among equal air defense weapons and valuable targets, the target that poses the greatest threat to us will be selected to attack first.
In addition, this kind of battlefield sweeper drone can also form a team to conduct swarm attacks. After being launched, many battlefield sweeper micro-unmanned attack aircraft will automatically form a cluster attack formation in the air.
This swarm attack formation will summarize the target data detected and searched by each drone in the formation, and select the targets that pose the greatest threat to the formation or the most valuable targets to attack.
In addition, it will automatically select the firepower of the attack based on the size of the target and effectively allocate resources.
Of course, under normal circumstances, this fully automatic attack method would not be used easily. People depend on machines but never trust machines. Especially for this kind of combat weapons and equipment, it is difficult to completely relax supervision.
Therefore, most applications still use a combination of this intelligent system and manual remote control, with humans confirming the target and issuing attack instructions to attack the target.
Just like this, this second-generation battlefield sweeper micro-unmanned attack aircraft is already very powerful.
So after listening to Zhou Yonghui's introduction, Wu Hao said with a smile: "What kind of attack drone is this? I think it is more appropriate to call it a smart grenade, or a man-made missile."
Haha, Zhou Yonghui said with a smile: "In fact, we have developed and improved a drone for reconnaissance missions in this second-generation battlefield sweeper micro-unmanned attack aircraft."
As he spoke, Zhou Yonghui picked up a missile-shaped drone that was basically the same as the one he had just now, and introduced it to Wu Hao.
"The power system and control system of this drone are the same as those of the suicide attack drone, except that we have made relevant improvements in the front section. The warhead part of the suicide attack drone has been replaced with one with stronger detection capabilities. Synthetic borescope detection equipment.
Because it does not carry ammunition, this reconnaissance drone can carry heavier batteries, giving it a higher range and flight time.
The airborne time can still reach more than an hour under high-speed flight, and the remote control distance can also reach ten kilometers. For individual equipment, this time and distance are basically enough. Ten kilometers can basically cover the company-level combat area. "
At this point, Zhou Yonghui put down the detection drone in his hand, then picked up a smart AR glasses on the side, and then said to Wu Hao: "And, this time, we have introduced better control equipment for the operators.
First of all, like ordinary drones, it uses a remote control handle and a tablet to control it. You can also use a tablet to control it directly on the screen.
What is innovative this time is that we equip operators with smart AR glasses. Through these glasses, operators can obtain a clearer 3D stereoscopic vision. And you can freely zoom in on the screen directly through eyeball control, and control it through air gestures, which is very intuitive and efficient. "
"It's a bit like a time travel machine." Wu Hao said with a smile.
Haha, Zhou Yonghui smiled and nodded: "Yes, it is somewhat similar. We also borrowed the image transmission and control methods of the traversing machine, but optimized them on this basis. Because this kind of aerodynamic flow is used line design, and is equipped with a more powerful motor and a more advanced battery.
Therefore, whether it is flight speed, flight distance, endurance time, control flexibility, or image transmission clarity, it is much more advanced than the flying aircraft.
Among them, as for the flight speed, we can reach more than 400 kilometers, while the average flying speed is only 200 to 300 kilometers. "
Having said this, Zhou Yonghui put down the smart AR glasses in his hands, then took a box. After opening it, he took out a drone that was about the size of a rifle bullet.
When developing this drone, influenced by this, our R&D team developed this miniature reconnaissance drone, which we named "Wasp".
"Hu Feng, very vivid, a good name." Wu Hao smiled and nodded. He also quite recognized this name.
"Although this Hu Feng drone is small, it has very strong performance. It is driven by a micro high-rotation motor and equipped with synthetic aperture optical reconnaissance equipment. It can not only perform daytime reconnaissance, but also perform nighttime reconnaissance.
Its detection radius can reach two hundred meters, its flight height can reach more than one hundred meters, its world endurance can reach about fifteen minutes, and its flight speed can reach more than one hundred kilometers.
Of course, its biggest advantage is concealment. Because it is very small, it is difficult to find. It cannot be found from a slightly farther distance. Even if you find it, you will mistake it for some kind of insect or bird.
The satellite porous mirror optical reconnaissance equipment it carries also has excellent performance, the imaging quality is very good, and it can detect reconnaissance targets at a distance of fifty meters. "
