Chapter 253: 'Beehive' drone cluster! The first appearance of the J-15!
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Looking at the launch vehicle emitting an "aggressive" atmosphere in the distance, the "drone" hidden in the tube seemed to be able to take everyone's life at any time.

In an instant, the originally noisy environment turned into "dead silence". The scene in front of us made people feel a little creepy.

"'Beehive' cluster drones?" Ahmed Hassan frowned and asked in confusion, "Is it possible to send so many drones at once?"

You know, they have tried using multiple drones at a time to coordinate and cooperate with each other, which is a simplified version of the "honeycomb drone cluster" in front of them.

After all, we are not stupid. Everyone has a brain, and it is impossible not to think of this thing.

On the contrary, Persia has made a deep study of the weapon "drone", such as various modifications of "small drones", turning them into elusive shadows, or performing infiltration assassination missions, and even using them as self-destruct devices. These are all "ways of use" they have come up with.

Various development methods have been used to perfection by Persia, Hamas and the Slippers Army. After all, actual combat is the truth to test the results, and they are engaged in actual combat every day.

If one drone works so well, what will happen if dozens of them are used together? This is what everyone thinks subconsciously.

"You have already solved the communication and series connection technology?" Ahmed Hassan's eyes flashed with shock.

They in Persia have been trying this technical route for some time, but the result has been failure again and again.

The problem here is that even if the communication bridges of the drones are connected in series, the operator cannot control multiple drones at the same time, and drones often explode.

Another point is that even if the communication between drones is very good in a series connection, as long as the number exceeds a few and the distance is a little far, there will be a significant delay and error between the remote sensing signals, and the drones will fly around like headless flies.

If dozens of operators are sent to control the drone at the same time, although most of the problems can be solved, the advantages of the drone such as being small and flexible will be lost, and it will become a burden instead.

Therefore, Ahmed Hassan is not very optimistic about the "honeycomb drone cluster" developed by the Daxia 732 Military Factory.

After hearing this.

"No, our swarm drone is not that troublesome." Li Yunshan smiled and pointed to the launch vehicle in front: "This launch vehicle acts as a communication base station and serves as the hub for drone networking and remote synchronous remote control."

"With only one operator, more than 40 drones can work together and perform sophisticated tasks at the same time."

Compared with the clumsy method adopted by Persia, Daxia's technical route is much more advanced.

This is remotely controlled by the launch vehicle acting as a base station, and all difficult tasks such as data calculation, simulation recognition, etc. are handed over to the ground command base station. The drone only needs to execute the commands issued by the base station, and the operator only needs to give accurate instructions to the base station.

And each "hive" drone can act independently, some for reconnaissance, some for vigilance, and some for concentrated fire attacks.

Only one soldier is needed to unleash the same power as a small, well-trained force.

Even if all the drones were destroyed, the crew members could just drive the launch vehicle away from the place quickly, and the only losses would be the dozens of drones that had not yet been recovered, which were not worth much money at all.

"Shh, so magical?" Abdul's eyes lit up: "How much does it cost?"

It only needs one soldier to operate it to unleash such powerful power, and the difficulty of using a "drone" has never been too high.

Isn’t this the equipment Saudi Arabia has always dreamed of?

Although they are vulnerable in R&D, they are rich!

Li Yunshan shook his head, and then the smile on his face became even wider: "It has not been officially developed yet. This is just a preliminary test product and cannot be sold yet."

"If you want to 'cooperate' in advance."

Hearing this, how could Abdul not understand what Li Yunshan meant: "We in Saudi Arabia have money. How can we join Daxia's project?"

"We don't talk about money." Li Yunshan waved his hand and said indifferently, "Daxia is all about 'fate', Mr. Ambassador."

“How much affinity does that require?” Abdul said with his eyes sharp.

After cooperating with Daxia for so many years, who wouldn't know what the conspiracy is?
When the money is in place, the opportunity will naturally come.

If we really need to provide Daxia with 100 billion US dollars in funding, there will be no problem even bringing Saudi Arabia with us to the moon.

Seeing the two people so happy, the Persian ambassador Ahmed Hassan next to them looked frustrated.

I was the one who asked first, why were you two chatting so enthusiastically?

Suddenly, he couldn't help but ask, "Director Li, we can also have a 'fate' in Persia. We can also talk."

It’s just that his fate is the source of resources!

At worst, we can sell Daxia some more oil and natural gas. We don’t need tens of billions of dollars worth of resources anyway.

at the same time.

Standing not far from the two of them, in the most crowded area of ​​the exhibition hall, I listened to all the exclamations coming from my ears.

And the LCD screen above shows various demonstration images and data information.

Lu Ze controlled the puppet and looked at the Honeycomb Unmanned Cluster System in the distance. He couldn't help but sigh again: "I didn't expect that Daxia could come up with it so many years in advance."

“It was beyond my expectation”

Although this type of swarm drone is still far behind the highly intelligent "drone swarm system" of later generations, there is still a big gap between the two.

However, being able to achieve preliminary identification and tracking during the period of 09-10 is a significant achievement in intelligent technology.

This is because, at this node, Daxia has only completed the navigation satellite network of the "Beidou-2 system", which can provide full-time coverage navigation in the Asia-Pacific region.

The layout and construction of the BeiDou-3 system has just started. In a few years, the global network of the BeiDou-3 system will be completed.

This set of 'honeycomb drone clusters' will play its greatest role.

“Is this the technology I submitted, an inspiration for Daxia?” Lu Ze began to mutter in his heart.

Not only the earliest small drone technology provided, but also functions such as automatic return use intelligent technology routes, which is roughly equivalent to the technical level of "small drones" in the next 16-18 years.

At the same time, the OS system he submitted also comes from 14's intelligent technology. The combination of the two is surprising, but not surprising, to be able to achieve this level.

After all, in 14/15, the Eagle Sauce was able to achieve cluster flight of fifty fixed-wing drones, and in 17, Daxia achieved detailed instructions such as synchronous coordinated assembly, multi-target grouping, and formation siege of 120 drones, which is much more advanced than the "drone cluster" technology at this stage.

“The next step for Daxia should be to solve the communication technology problem,” Lu Ze touched his chin.

For the "swarm drone system", which can easily reach hundreds of sorties, communication network technology is of paramount importance, such as the development of ultra-bandwidth and low-latency technology routes, followed by the development of intelligent technology.

If we want to reach the level after 2020, there is still a long way to go. At least the communication technology and AI recognition technology are not so easy to master. It is not only a software problem, but also a hardware technology equipment problem.

"But it's not too difficult." Lu Ze felt that it should not be difficult to acquire these techniques.

If that doesn't work, he can still rely on the system lottery to get it.

At night, 8pm.

The first day of the International Arms Expo has come to an end, but the entire event will last for several days, and now it can only be regarded as a 'warm-up phase'.

In Yanjing, the office of President Xia Ke was still brightly lit.

After a file was transferred over, Zhang Yuli was overjoyed. He pointed the numbers in the file to his old friend next to him, and his face flushed with excitement: "Old Zheng, can you see what the number of our foreign trade orders is today?"

Zheng Lixing took it and looked at it, his eyes widened as well: "Wow, 140 billion US dollars?" The 'Scorpion Long-Range UAV' alone sold billion US dollars in pre-orders, of which Saudi Arabia and Persia accounted for billion US dollars.

A lot of the remaining weapons and equipment were also sold, especially light weapons. Daxia has always been well received by buyers in the international market and is known for its cost-effectiveness.

Apart from the Scorpion drone, all the others are light weapons. Not to mention the large orders for fighter jets, even armored vehicles have not been sold very many.”

"The gap is too big." Looking at the numbers above, Zheng Lixing felt a little uncomfortable.

Although the 'Scorpion UAV' is also very profitable, apart from that, there are no other high-priced military foreign trade weapons that can be sold.

For small arms, even if you sell 100,000 rifles and make hundreds of millions of dollars, the profit you make is probably not as high as a few Scorpion drones.

After all, this thing has to be compared not only with countries like Russia and Russia where light weapons are rampant, but also with countries like the United States and France. You can't make much money at all.

“How come we haven’t even sold a few J-10-Cs?”

After saying this, Zheng Lixing sighed deeply.

This time, the J-10C, which they had high hopes for, which is the J-611 version that was greatly modified by Song Qinyi's 10 Research Institute, did not have many intended orders.

The few that exist are custom-made models from Pakistan.

This is not to say that Daxia's J-10C has poor performance. On the contrary, although not many of this fighter jets have been sold, it has been well received by representatives of all participating countries.

In terms of both performance and price, it is much higher than its competitors such as Rafale and Su-30.

"We must think of a way." Zhang Yuli said with a frown.

The most critical issue here is that the air forces of many countries have become accustomed to French and American specifications of fighter jets, and it would be somewhat awkward to switch to Daxia's specifications.

Even if the French Rafale is more expensive, for the sake of overall air force coordination, others would prefer to buy the Rafale rather than switch to the Daxia J-10C!

A strong dose of medicine must be given, otherwise these people will not be very interested in buying it.

"Can we use RMB to exchange and settle resources?" Zheng Lixing thought of a good idea.

Most of these countries do not want to buy, but they do not have much money on hand. You can't just buy one or two, right? If you want to replace it, you need to replace the entire fleet, at least order 6 or 10 or something.

Even if a J-10C is cheap, it still costs close to to million US dollars per aircraft, which means hundreds of millions of US dollars need to be paid at one time.

Persia is a country that has neither US dollars nor RMB, so its resources can be directly used as RMB to purchase weapons for Daxia.

"Not appropriate." Although it was a good idea, Zhang Yuli decisively rejected it: "Now is not the time."

The current large-scale resource settlement system in local currency is a huge provocation to the Americans.

Countries like Persia would use oil for RMB settlement, but Saudi Arabia does not have the courage to do so, and the United States cannot tolerate it.

The future is feasible. Daxia actually already had a preliminary plan, otherwise Zheng Lixing would not have mentioned this.

But not now, as they do not have the absolute strength to protect their allies from threats.

"Then let's go for some highlights." Zheng Lixing didn't think much about it and said directly: "Xi'an Aircraft Industry Group has made some achievements. We can disclose some information to the public."

"Yeah." Zhang Yuli nodded.

Since it is an arms and equipment expo, exhibiting new equipment is the best solution. It can also fully demonstrate Daxia's strength and reassure all countries that purchase Daxia's equipment.

The first day is just the beginning, the real show has not yet begun.

the next day.

It is still the International Arms Expo Hall in Zhu City, Guangnan Province.

Compared to the opening day, today seems to be more lively.

After all, yesterday the representatives from various countries were just doing business with each other, but today there are real performances to watch.

This exhibition area is divided into two areas. One is the indoor weapons and equipment, as well as the aerospace components display. For example, Pratt & Whitney brought the F22 engine of the F119 fighter.

The outdoor exhibition area is used to place large objects that cannot be parked inside the exhibition hall.

For example, real fighter jets, transport planes and even bombers will be on display today. Da Mao will still bring products such as Su-30 and Su-27, which is also the main reason for attracting ordinary audiences to come to the exhibition.

Various types of aircraft are displayed in the outer exhibition area, which is dazzling.

Ticket checking counter in the exhibition area.

Zhang Heng and his old friend Zhu Xiaopeng were nervously queuing, waiting to enter.

"Old Pig, do you have enough film?" Zhang Heng glanced at the people around him and continued, "If you don't have any, don't borrow from me later."

"Don't worry, I brought ten rolls of film with me, and I don't believe I can use them all up." Zhu Xiaopeng raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

There was supposedly something new on display this time, so how could he not bring enough film? Ten rolls, enough for him to take more than three hundred photos.

"That's good. I brought twenty volumes." Zhang Heng replied casually.

I just entered the exhibition area and walked a few steps without taking many photos.

Suddenly, they heard bursts of exclamations coming from afar. Without giving it any thought, they knew there must be something good to see over there, and they all headed towards the same place.

The two of them finally squeezed into the crowd, their pupils dilated instantly, and their eyes became dull and hot.

Before our eyes, a fighter plane with a streamlined body, a long and pointed nose, and sharp vertical wings is showing its mighty "posture", which is impressive at first sight.

Its size is much larger than the F/A18 next to it. Compared with it, the Hornet is as big as a baby.

When Zhang Heng and Zhu Xiaopeng had just stood firm and were carefully observing this "huge" fighter.

A dark and thin young man couldn't help but mutter: "Is this the new J-10 fighter?"

"Young man, what are you looking at? No matter how new the J-10 is, how can it have two engines?" Zhang Heng said in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

He even suspected that this young man was blind at such a young age.

With such a large twin-engine placed in front of you, how can you tell it's a J-10?
No matter how you modify the J-10, you can't change it from a single engine to a twin engine, right? You're not modifying the J-10, you're directly modifying it into the J-20!
"This is the J-15 that just made its maiden flight a few months ago," another person nearby, who was obviously also a military fan, gave a decisive answer.

"Is this the carrier-based aircraft that will soon board our aircraft carrier?"

Zhu Xiaopeng paused and muttered to himself: "If the J-15 is unveiled now, does it mean that it will be put on board soon?"

Thinking of this, everyone looked at it with a strong sense of surprise.

If the J-15 can make its first flight on board, it will be just a matter of time before the Daxia aircraft carrier will be combat-ready. In this case, how far is it from the next dual-carrier formation?
In other words, isn't it easy for the next generation of J-35 carrier-based aircraft to be deployed on board?
If you think about it again and again, isn't their next generation of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers just around the corner?

How could this not make all military fans including Zhang Heng extremely excited? ?

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