Wu Hao, on the other hand, smiled and shook his head: "No, we don't have the strength in this area yet. It's just an ordinary experimental spacecraft, it's not a big deal." Isn't that right? I heard that you are taking this very seriously this time. , but the entire launch mission in July was postponed. Luo Kai smiled half-heartedly at Wu Hao and joked.
Seeing this, Wu Hao spread his hands helplessly and said: "Don't ask me about this matter, ask me, I won't tell you now.
This experimental spacecraft is currently undergoing final testing. We will not disclose the situation to the outside world before launch time to avoid any impact. "
Why, it looks like this experimental spacecraft is very special. Tang Shizhen asked Wu Hao curiously.
How should I put it? It’s just a little idea, but I don’t know if it can be successful. Let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about business. Wu Hao smiled and changed the topic.
Seeing that Wu Hao was unwilling to say more on this issue, although everyone was very curious, they did not continue to ask.
Unknown to everyone present, in fact, the outside world is now very curious about the experimental spacecraft that Wu Hao and the others will launch in August.
Regarding this, this, this, this, this experimental spacecraft, Wu Hao and the others are very strict about it, so the outside world still doesn’t know what kind of spacecraft it is.
But what is certain is that judging from some limited information previously revealed by Wu Hao and Haoyu Technology, this experimental spacecraft is definitely not simple.
Looking at the people seated, Deputy Director Qi, who was sitting in the first seat, smiled at everyone and said: "Okay, let's get to the point.
Today is the first plenary meeting since the establishment of our project. The purpose of this meeting is mainly to bring everyone together to discuss some of the current progress of the project and some problems encountered by the project team, as well as everyone’s relevant opinions and opinions on this project. I suggest we talk about it.
First of all, let me introduce to you the relevant situation of our project.
Our project was officially established in April this year under the joint care of the leaders of the group company, the leaders of the Science and Technology Bureau, and the military leaders.
Before its establishment, our Aviation Technology and Aircraft Design Institute had many contacts with Haoyu Technology Company, and had repeated discussions on this project and reached an agreement on related cooperation.
Haoyu Technology Co., Ltd. provides the core technology used in this project, which is our aircraft intelligent unmanned driving technology.
Our Aviation Technology and Aircraft Design Institute provides relevant research sites, as well as corresponding equipment and hardware.
We have jointly formed a large-scale intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle technology research and development project to conduct relevant research work on this technology.
After the establishment of the project team, technical personnel from both parties were quickly put in place and have started basic demonstration research work on related technologies, and have achieved relatively good results so far.
After repeated discussions by the project team, we finally selected the MA 700 new turboprop regional aircraft that we designed and developed and has been put into commercial operation as the aircraft used for the demonstration of intelligent unmanned aviation technology.
The reason for choosing this new MA700 turboprop regional aircraft is mainly due to the performance of the aircraft itself. First of all, its size is not small. It is a medium-sized new turboprop regional aircraft with 70 to 80 seats.
The aircraft has a wingspan of 29.0 meters, a fuselage length of 30.9 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 27,600 kilograms, a maximum commercial payload of 860 kilograms, a maximum cruising speed of 637 kilometers per hour, a maximum range of 2,700 kilometers, and a maximum flight altitude of 8,000 meters.
Although this aircraft is smaller than ordinary large jets, it is not bad at all, especially since it uses our newly developed digital flight platform, which is very advanced and very suitable for intelligent unmanned driving systems. Modified embedded.
Moreover, in terms of intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle driving technology currently adopted by major airlines in various countries, our new MA700 turboprop regional aircraft is definitely the largest among them.
Of course, bigger is not always better. As the aircraft gets larger, the system will become more complex. For now, this new MA700 turboprop regional aircraft absolutely meets our current research needs. "
After hearing Deputy Director Qi's introduction, Academician Tang Shizhen, who was sitting opposite Wu Hao, also said: "The choice of the MA700 new turboprop regional aircraft as our experimental model was based on repeated research and discussion. decision made later.
Unlike ordinary small aircraft, it is still very difficult for large aircraft to carry out unmanned driving technology.
Especially when it comes to safety, to be honest we cannot guarantee it, so we must choose an economical and reliable model.
At the same time, the alternative models should not be too big or too small.
If the aircraft is too big, its flight control system will become more complex, which will be difficult for us to implement and it will be difficult to produce results in a short time.
Moreover, large aircraft are relatively bulky, so the items we can use for testing are relatively limited. Moreover, large aircraft are relatively expensive both in terms of unit price and flight usage price. It would be too wasteful to use them at this stage.
If the model is too small, it will not be able to achieve the purpose of our project. Moreover, there is a big difference between small aircraft and large aircraft, so an aircraft of a certain size is still needed to be suitable. "
At this time, Deputy Director Qi took over the words of Academician Tang Shizhen and said: "Regarding this new MA700 turboprop regional aircraft, our Aviation Technology and Aircraft Design Institute has decided after research to transfer a new aircraft that we have previously researched and tested for free. The prototype of the Zhou 700 new turboprop regional aircraft was handed over to the project team for experimental use.
This prototype is the fourth of five produced from our initial research experiments and is in good condition.
Originally, this aircraft would undergo some simple maintenance and then be sold to domestic local airlines. However, because of this project, the institute was temporarily given over to us. "
Great, with this aircraft, our project will be more convenient during the research and testing process. Wu Hao said with a smile.
“In fact, whether it is a car or an airplane, if autonomous driving technology is to succeed, it cannot do without repeated testing and experiments.
This is especially true for our artificial intelligence technology. If you want an artificial intelligence system to be smart, you must give it enough information and data to let it learn.
In this regard, we have a great advantage compared to the automotive field. Because all aircraft will have flight data, which will be stored in the black box.
And these flight data are exactly what our intelligent unmanned driving system needs to learn. "
"No problem. We have cooperated with the civil aviation department to collect relevant flight data from major airlines."
