Sure enough, after Yang Hui contacted the Air Force and the Army, although the reaction of the Air Force was far less than that of the Navy when it first heard the news, the Air Force still expressed interest in the UAV project in principle and was willing to send relevant personnel to conduct technical research on the UAV. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And this so-called technical research, in fact, there are many ways to explain, if everyone is really interested in this thing, then the research will naturally be very fast, but if you are not interested in this project, it naturally means that the follow-up research time will be delayed again and again, at this time, but anyone who understands a little more knows that there is no need to count on this side.

However, the army also showed a strong interest after hearing about the UAV project, and bluntly said that it would soon send someone to investigate the development of UAVs, and it seems that the army's idea of the UAV is clearer, and bluntly said that if AVIC Southwest can show good potential in this project, the follow-up army is even willing to develop more models to AVIC Southwest.

The speed of the army is even faster than that of the navy, after all, the army has a professional artillery reconnaissance drone combat unit before this.

More importantly, after years of use, the army has a deeper understanding of the combat use of UAVs, and the relevant UAV combat research departments are also more mature and formal.

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Just the fourth day after the phone call, the helicopter of Army Airlines went directly to the airport of the Guiyang headquarters in the southwest of China Airlines, and there were not many people coming, and the highest in terms of military rank was only a colonel, but Yang Hui knew that this was actually the highest military equipment chief officer in charge of drones in the entire army.

As for the rest, Yang Hui still recognized it relatively easily after identification, and it was relatively easy to recognize that there were relevant staff such as artillery units and army aviation units, so this time the army was really beaten by Yang Hui with grass and rabbits, and it was a big guy, and it was completely unexpected!

"Welcome, this time the army can be so attentive to our project, AVIC Southwest will ensure the successful completion of the technical and tactical indicators required by the army, then this time I don't know what the army has requirements, and we will definitely take these requirements into account in the design of the aircraft, for the technical capabilities of AVIC Southwest, please rest assured."

In recent years, AVIC Southwest has also experienced the baptism of international military equipment procurement cases, and it is not too simple to say that it is not too simple to deal with the domestic army. Anyway, as long as you sit down, it will definitely make you say what you really think in your heart, and the follow-up will soon let you honestly leave the order.

However, the initial episode is quite noteworthy, at least this also involves the improved design of the artillery reconnaissance 1 UAV, and the army even has some complaints about it.

"Your UAV project is indeed more suitable for the army, but it also means that our army knows what advantages and disadvantages the UAVs provided by AVIC Southwest are now, such as the shell manufacturing of UAVs, and the problems we have exposed in use are very prominent."

Yes, it's because of the problem of civilian-grade engineering plastics in Artillery Reconnaissance 1, if the problem can't be solved now, it seems that it will be really difficult to continue to talk about it in the future.

After careful consideration, after all, there is a more reliable solution, and I believe that the army will also recognize the sincerity of AVIC Southwest.

"Regarding the problem of the previous artillery reconnaissance 1 UAV, we are now very clear about AVIC Southwest, so the earliest batch of artillery reconnaissance 1 UAV in service should have been in service for 6 years, and it will soon enter the mid-term overhaul stage, and AVIC Southwest will replace the aircraft with a new composite fuselage when it is overhauled."

The artillery reconnaissance 1 UAV is replaced with a fuselage made of composite materials and aluminum alloy, which has been decided a long time ago, after all, the current artillery reconnaissance 1 UAV is still in high-speed production, and it is normal to upgrade the performance of the aircraft.

And when the time comes, it is actually acceptable to completely replace the fuselage during the overhaul, anyway, the price of the drone is mainly reflected in the on-board equipment and engine, and the fuselage is really not worth a few dollars.

Sure enough, the army was quite satisfied with the sincerity expressed by AVIC Southwest, and after only a few more symbolic words, it finally turned over the issue temporarily.

"Well, since you can effectively solve the problem of the design materials of the artillery reconnaissance 1, we will continue to talk about this artillery reconnaissance 1, mainly this time we first require the performance of the artillery reconnaissance 1 to be expanded, and it needs to be made to have battlefield communication relay capabilities."

Let the artillery reconnaissance 1 have the ability to communicate relay, of course, this can be done, anyway, this aircraft went directly to the Hermes 450 fuselage pneumatically when Yang Hui proposed, and the artillery reconnaissance 1 UAV designed based on the Hermes fuselage, there is no problem at all if you want to achieve communication relay.

"It's easy to say that the communication relay is, but the question is how large do you want to do the communication relay? If it is only a communication relay requirement for local battlefields, we can easily do it, and even continue to use the vehicle-mounted rocket booster launch method. ”

For the UAV airborne communication relay, the weight of this complete system is not too heavy, and it will not increase much after it is installed on the aircraft.

In other words, in fact, with the size of the artillery reconnaissance 1, the space and ability to install communication relay equipment should have been reserved in the original design, but it was limited to the fact that the army did not ask for it at that time, so it was too lazy to add these functions.

So now that the army has put forward this functional requirement, it is natural that it will be able to complete the upgrade and improvement work relatively simply, and this will make the army smile, and as long as everyone can meet the technical improvement of the artillery reconnaissance 1 project at the beginning, the new UAV problem will actually be easier to say.

"Well, the question about artillery reconnaissance 1 is over, let's officially talk about the problem of this inspection and combat integrated drone, first of all, for the plan proposed by your AVIC Southwest, the army armor, artillery, and infantry units are actually not used, but the army aviation is very interested."

Army aviation, as an army branch with wings, has always been a noble branch of the army, but although the army aviation of the republic has been established, it can only be equipped with some rotorcraft after all, and this is absolutely unbearable for the army aviation.

But now it's good, suddenly AVIC Southwest said that it can provide a drone that integrates reconnaissance and strikes, then this gives Army Airlines a glimmer of hope, with the help of unmanned projects, maybe the Army Aviation can be equipped with the coveted fixed-wing aircraft.

At this time, a middle-aged soldier on the side walked out: "Hello General Manager Yang, we probably met in the project seminar of Zhi 18 last time, but this time I represent the Army Aviation Force, and I came directly to your company headquarters to disturb you." ”

Hearing that this was actually a director of equipment for the Army Airlines who had met him a long time ago, although Yang Hui still couldn't remember the name of this person who had only met a few times, but there was still a politeness to have.

"Yes, this has been the past two or three years, and now the Z-18 has been proofed and ready to start manufacturing the prototype, and the MZ-2200 engine has been running and testing the prototype for half a year, think about how fast this time has passed!"

For the Z-18 project, it has been developed for several years now, and it is of course normal to have some phased results, but it would be strange if there were none. (To be continued.) )