It's just that after those people came to the viewing platform, the long-awaited J-20 did not appear as they expected, but instead a drone similar to the American Predator was dragged out by a trailer and stopped in front of the viewing platform.

"Dizzy, what's the situation?"

"It's actually a Pterodactyl drone, isn't this drone already equipped with the Air Force?"

"It seems that something is wrong, this is not a pterodactyl, it feels a lot bigger than the pterodactyl drone, and have you noticed that under this drone, in addition to an infrared photoelectric detection head, there is also a long bar protruding from the radome, could it be a synthetic aperture radar?"

"Cut, what are you kidding, the tactical drone is equipped with synthetic aperture radar, and the American MQ-9 Reaper drone doesn't dare to play much!"

"If it's not synthetic aperture radar, what should it be, and have you noticed that although the layout of this drone is similar to that of the Pterodactyl, the structure of the aircraft is obviously much larger than before, and it is estimated that it is an improved version of the extended range of the Pterodactyl."

"But I still think it's a little strange, Cheng Fei's pomp today, it is completely comparable to the first flight of the J-20, when will the first flight of a tactical drone have such a big pomp!"

"yes, what the hell are Cheng Fei and the military doing? We want to see the J-20. ”

"Haha, I think it's not bad to look at the Pterodactyl, this plane should be an improved version of the Pterodactyl, Chengfei attaches so much importance to it, maybe it can bring us a lot of surprises."

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The military fans who were watching around the airport talked a lot, and with the guarantee of strong economic strength, China's navy and air force have ushered in leapfrog development in recent years. Everyone was a little surprised by the appearance of new aircraft.

At ten o'clock in the morning, just when the onlookers were looking forward to it. Yang Lin, Yang Ying, and Lin Qingya have followed many senior leaders of Cheng Fei, China Electronics Technology and the Chinese Air Force who came to participate in the first flight ceremony of Wing Loong II.

As China's first verification platform using the world's leading artificial intelligence technology, the Pterodactyl II UAV is of great strategic importance to the Chinese Air Force.

Because of this. On this first flight of the Pterodactyl II, Admiral Yu Chen, commander of the Chinese Air Force, made a special trip to Chengfei to observe the first flight ceremony of the Pterodactyl II.

Feng Shaowei, vice president of Chengfei, introduced the personnel who participated in the first flight ceremony to Yang Lin on the side.

Including Yang Hu, chief engineer of Rongcheng Aircraft Design and Research Institute, Li Yidong, president of Chengfei, Luo Jie, deputy chief engineer of China Electronics Technology Group, and others.

In the end, Feng Shaowei took Yang Lin to a general dressed in a blue military uniform, carrying ears of wheat on his shoulders and three general stars, and said: "Mr. Yang, this is the commander of the Chinese Air Force."

"Mr. Yang, hello, I've been admiring my name for a long time! Thanks to your company's help, the Pterodactyl II project has become a reality. ”

Yu Chen is tall. Perhaps because of his background as a pilot, he maintains an excellent figure and looks very strong.

Fortunately, Yang Lin had a wealth of experience in the game, and he was not stage frightened at all against the majestic general in front of him, and said with a smile on his face: "Commander Yu, hello!" It is my honor to be able to contribute to the development of the PLA's weapons and equipment! ”

The two exchanged a few words and sat down in their respective seats.

Subsequently, Li Yidong, president of Chengfei, presided over the first flight ceremony of the Pterodactyl II UAV.

Li Yidong first introduced the research and development background and significance of the Pterodactyl II UAV to everyone. Most of the people present already understood, but Yang Ying and Lin Qingya listened to it with relish.

With the further development of aviation technology, the next-generation air combat system is not a single combat platform, and manned aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and aerospace vehicles will all play their own important roles.

From the point of view of UAVs. UAVs have two main tasks in future air operations.

The first is information warfare, including information acquisition and transmission, intelligence collection, electronic countermeasures, and so on. Drones will play a relatively large role.

The second is combat missions, and UAVs will play a certain role in the field of ground attack in the future. Because the ground attack is to delineate the mission area in advance, the requirements for on-site decision-making are low; And the more advanced mode of combat is drone air combat. UAVs will first play a greater role in medium and long-range air combat, and as for more complex aerial combat, it depends on the development of artificial intelligence technology.

At present, there are two main constraints on the development of UAVs at the technical level, one of which is poor autonomy, and at present, artificial intelligence cannot completely replace the role of humans, and the degree of autonomy of UAVs depends on the level of artificial intelligence.

Second, in the course of operations, it is necessary to rely on data exchange with other combat platforms in the system, and the reliability and stability of information exchange must be constrained. Unlike manned aircraft with autonomous decision-making capabilities, drones will be greatly constrained if they are isolated from the system, as is the case with the US RQ170 drone being ensnared by Iran through an electronic warfare system.

The Pterodactyl II UAV appeared to solve this problem, whether it is for the Chinese Air Force or the world's air force, Pterodactyl II can be regarded as a landmark equipment.

Although due to the technical gap in aviation materials and engines, there is still a big gap between the Wing Loong II and the American MQ-9 Reaper UAV in terms of range, load, and airborne equipment, but at the level of intelligence, the Reaper UAV does not match the shoes of the Wing Loong II.

For example, the Pterodactyl II can not go through the ground control station, but only need the commander to input preset combat instructions to it, and it can independently complete tasks such as take-off, target search, target screening, attack, damage assessment, patrol and surveillance, and autonomous return.

Even if communications are cut off due to enemy electronic interference, Pterodactyl II can independently complete a range of combat missions without intelligence support.

Li Yidong said a lot to everyone, focusing on the advantages of the Pterodactyl II, and even at the end, he also mentioned the X-47B drone, which has been very popular in the US military recently.

This carrier-based UAV has not only achieved autonomous take-off and landing on aircraft carriers, but also completed autonomous aerial refueling tests.

Compared to the Pterodactyl II., the X-47B is undoubtedly much more high-end.

It is actually a technical demonstrator of the American UCLASS (Carrier-based Unmanned Surveillance and Strike Aircraft). Although the U.S. military is still struggling with the development direction of UCLASS, the technical problems of X-47B are relatively well solved, such as tailless layout, ship take-off and landing, stealth application, air refueling, etc., but in terms of artificial intelligence technology and independent combat capability, Li Yidong believes that X47B and Pterodactyl II also have a big gap. (To be continued.) )