"The flight route of Sinoking Aviation Technology Company is that the Shadow UAV takes off from the airport of Hongdu Group Company, after taking off, it goes all the way north, circles around the first island chain, and then Canada flies all the way south around the west coast of the United States, and then passes through Hawaii, passing through Australia and Wanwan on the way, and finally returns to Huake Aviation Technology Airport. ”

Zhang Haiping said at this time.

Xue Yuedong opened his mouth and said: "Yang Jie, he is so confident, he will fly over many military bases in other countries along the way, and he is not worried about being shot down or intercepted?"

I also asked Yang Jie the same question, but the kid replied that only in this way can we further verify the stealth performance of the shadow drone and the reliability of the drone. ”

Song Xinyang nodded and said: "This is indeed a very big test, just in the first island chain, the United States and Japan have deployed a large number of radar stations and monitoring stations, in addition, this way to fly a big circle, I'm afraid it is more than 20,000 kilometers, right?"

Zhang Haiping said: "Yes, it will fly more than 22,000 kilometers in total and last more than 30 hours, which is also the ultimate range of the Shadow UAV." ”

He paused and said, "If it weren't for the fact that the Shadow Drone has more than nine tons of fuel, plus the two engines are powerful and very fuel-efficient, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to fly such a long distance." I think that only by going through such a big test can we prove that this drone is an excellent stealth drone. ”

In addition, Huake Aviation Technology Company has designed a self-destruct function on this drone, which will start destroying all data and core components when it is destroyed and intercepted. ”

Zhang Haiping said with some emotion: "I think Yang Jie has a very good saying, he said that if the shadow drone does not even dare to go to the territory of the United States, Japan, Russia and other countries, what kind of advancedness can he talk about, if he can only shrink in his own home, his design and manufacture of the shadow drone will also lose its meaning." ”

Xue Yuedong said: "Since he is so confident, then fly once according to the flight route he said, just to test the radar prevention and control level of the United States and Japan." ”

Seeing Xue Yuedong's approval, Zhang Haiping's eyes also showed joy.

"By the way, what is their offer for this Shadow Drone?"

Zeng Jiabao asked at this time.

"Their offer is 240 million, which is very close to the price of an advanced fighter jet, and they also spent 1.5 billion yuan in order to develop this fight, all of which are their own money, if it is only a few purchases, the cost of the Shadow UAV is difficult to come down. ”

"The U.S. Global Hawk drone is not stealthy, and the cost is also very expensive, right?" Song Xinyang said.

"Yes, according to the information we have obtained, the quotation of the Global Hawk UAV purchased by the US military is 480 million yuan when converted into RMB, because the production is small, and after the research and development cost is amortized, the price of each aircraft soars to more than 800 million, even more than the F22 fighter. ”

Zhang Kelong said: "However, the main business of Huaxing Group is focused on civilian consumer products, and the research and development of military products is based on the money earned from overseas to do research and development, and the most advanced civilian technology is transformed into military use, so they can control the cost at a very low level." ”

"The General Armament Department also wants to make an accurate calculation of the quotation of the Shadow UAV, so as to retain enough profit margins for Huake Aviation Technology Company, which can motivate them to continue to develop more advanced weapons and equipment. ”

Xue Yuedong said: "The central government cannot treat Yang Jie and his company badly, and the military industrial group is also doing a good job in the way of transforming military technology into industrial achievements when increasing investment in research and development." ”

On this day in mid-July, Hongdu ushered in a stormy day.

Yang Jie, who was wearing a raincoat, saw a group of ground crews dragging the shadow out of the hangar against the storm.

Seeing that the shadow drone was towed to the airport runway, Yang Jie returned to the control center.

"Yang Shao, the wind is too strong today, and it will be difficult for drones to take off and land......"

Zhang Hong said to Yang Jie at this time.

"I specially selected this kind of weather to further verify the stability of our UAV's flight control system, if it can't work in some bad weather, the combat effectiveness of this UAV will be greatly reduced. ”

Yang Jie looked at the drone on the runway in the distance and said slowly.

At this time, the shadow drone on the runway looked like a huge monster in the dim light, but the lightning in the distance illuminated the drone's fuselage, shining with a strange luster.

"Zhang Hong, can the drone take off in such weather?"

Several experts and academicians came over to ask Zhang Hong.

Zhang Hong glanced at Yang Jie, who was standing next to the floor-to-ceiling window, and then turned around and said: "No problem, the goal of the Shadow Drone was designed to be all-weather at the beginning, not affected and restricted by weather conditions. ”

At this time, the personnel of the ground support team reported that the drone was ready and ready to take off at any time.

Zhang Hong immediately asked Yang Jie.

"Immediately carry out the test flight verification according to the plan!"

Orders were immediately issued from the control center, and all members of the ground crew quickly evacuated the runway.

The engine started, the shadow began to accelerate on the runway, and the entire fuselage shook a few times when it took off, some like drunk drunks, and suddenly frightened many experts in the control room with a big change in their faces.

However, it was only a few seconds before the Shadow Drone adjusted its fuselage posture back, then flew into the sky, and finally disappeared through the clouds.

At this time, the sky was full of dark clouds, and lightning could be seen in the middle of the thick cloud gaps, and then the rumbling thunder came, and the glass outside the tower resonated with the thunder, which was quite scary!

Yang Jie was quite calm and calm about this.

The drone was designed with this situation in mind at the very beginning and will not have any problems even if it is hit by lightning.

The UAV transmits the signal data of various devices on the fuselage back through the high-frequency communication system equipment, and everyone can know the flight altitude, speed, and orientation of the UAV in real time through the screen.

At this time, the drone successfully flew to an altitude of 20,000 meters, but the drone continued to climb, and the first thing to test this time was the maximum ceiling of the drone.

The maximum ceiling, this is a test of the engine, Wang Yonglin looked at the huge display screen in the control room, his face was not shocked.

Twenty-one thousand, twenty-two thousand, twenty-three thousand, twenty-four thousand......

The plane climbed all the way, flying higher and higher, until it climbed to an altitude of more than 26,000 meters before it stopped climbing.

Because the power of the two engines at this time has been attenuated to the set limit, at such a height, if the engine and some rudder surfaces do not have antifreeze measures, the engine and rudder motors will be frozen, becoming extremely dangerous.