These four hardpoints have different functions, not only can they be equipped with short- and medium-range air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface missiles, one of the largest hardpoints under the belly, and even two Tomahawk cruise missiles of the same type of nuclear attack missile.

Of course, to a certain extent, such a function may never be used, but this weapon, many of the abilities possessed by this thing cannot be used in reality, but is only used as a force to show off.

Although the long-range missile has a long enough range, it generally requires certain hardware requirements, and if it can be successfully issued on the drone, this is definitely a big killer.

With this thing, any country will be afraid of three points.

Think of a ghostly plane that can reach the top of your head without you noticing it, and then drop a high-yield nuclear bomb.

Everyone is afraid of death, and no one is not afraid of missiles that will appear above their heads at any time, and this is a kind of deterrent.

Of course, this is just to say that the drone has this ability, not that this type of missile can be installed, it can be installed, this must have relevant supporting skills, but it does not mean that the Tomahawk can be loaded on it to send out the hair.

But those can be done slowly, Xu Ziling is not in a hurry, thinking that it will be good to get it out when he has time.

The control center is on the second floor of the terminal building, which is a trapezoidal hall of nearly 600 square meters.

When a group of people walked inside, they saw that all the relevant personnel were already ready.

When the person in charge of the control center saw Xu Ziling and his party, he immediately greeted him.

"Everything is ready to be experimented."

"Well, let's get started right away and get the ground crew ready to leave."

Xu Ziling nodded, greeted everyone, and immediately walked to the front center.

The remote control terminal was designed and developed by him, and this first flight was the most important one except for several taxiing experiments

, and among all of them, only he is the most familiar with the remote control terminal, so this cāo control is from him.

This experiment is crucial, and the HKUST laboratory represents the country to a certain extent, and it also has a cooperative relationship with the military in satellite communications.

In order to ensure the conduct of the experiment, the military not only allowed the military factory to use a communications satellite, but also used a low-orbit high-definition reconnaissance satellite to carry out real-time tracking of the entire flight.

"All staff leave."

Xu Ziling sat down at the front desk where the remote control terminal was placed, and the staff began to notify the runway to clear the field.

"The satellite signal goes to the No. 2 big screen and turns on the control terminal screen."

Xu Ziling commanded.

The satellite used this time is a high-definition reconnaissance satellite, which can synchronize the picture in real time, which saves a lot of things like the previous "Thunder Dragon" test, and the use of drones.

On the wall in front of the control center, there are two huge electronic screens, the No. 1 screen is to display the relevant data of the "Shadow Dragon" No. 1, and the No. 2 screen is used to broadcast the synchronization of satellite images.

"Yes!"

Hearing Xu Ziling's order, a staff member immediately responded.

Soon the No. 2 screen was displayed on the runway in front of the terminal, and the No. 1 screen also showed the interface of the control terminal.

"Cleared!"

Everyone's eyes were focused on the screen, and soon a report came from the other side of the runway.

"The experiment has officially begun!"

Xu Ziling gave an order, and all the staff were busy with the work they were responsible for.

And he himself also began to start the system, linked the data with the drone, and then tested the communication and checked the data of the aircraft.

Although it came from his own hands, but the first time he controlled the drone to take off, Xu Ziling was not nervous, it was also fake, even if there was a lion, he was full of confidence that the first flight would be successful, but this thing was too important, and he couldn't help but be a little nervous.

Of course, he was not the only one in the entire control center who was nervous, it should be said that other people were more nervous than him, especially Huang Lao and the others, who held their breath one by one, clenched their hands into fists, and swept their eyes back and forth between the two big screens without blinking.

"Activate Shadow Dragon One!"

The drone itself has a set of high-definition camera equipment, after starting the control system, the camera probe in several directions of the fuselage is turned on, and at the same time, these pictures are also synchronously transmitted on the No. 1 large screen.

Screen 2 mainly shows satellite footage, but the plane has not yet taken off, so it also shows video footage from all directions of the airport.

When he said the command to start, the video footage directly behind one of the drones saw the tail spout of the drone begin to spew flames, and the audio capture device also transmitted the low howl of the engine.

"Boot is normal!"

"The power is normal!"

"The radar signal is normal!"

"The satellite signal is normal!"

“……”

As soon as the drone was started, the responsible staff of all parties soon reported the sound of normal signals.

"Officially take off!"

Listening to the reports that came from the summary were normal, and the drone had already gone through the taxiing experiment, Xu Ziling directly said the order to take off.

After saying that, his hand began to move.

In addition to the system, the remote control terminal also has a simulated cāo longitudinal device used to control the flight of the drone, which is not much different from a gamepad, that is, a directional cāo longitudinal rod and some buttons.

Xu Ziling pressed a few buttons on the remote control cāo longitudinal device, and the plane began to taxi.

In the satellite footage, the drone also began to move forward on the runway, and the image transmitted by the camera probe under the belly of the plane itself also saw the runway going backwards.

Because at the beginning of the design, the use of UAVs on aircraft carriers was taken into account, so it has certain requirements for the take-off distance.

After the plane began to taxi, Xu Ziling immediately increased the throttle, causing the engine to burst out with powerful thrust, and the tail nozzle in the picture also spewed out a long flame, making the high-definition picture also show distorted air.

Continue to speed up, less than two seconds, the screen display power burst out of the maximum power, at this time Xu Ziling immediately pulled the cāo longitudinal rod, the drone nose landing gear immediately left the ground smoothly, under the continuous strong kinetic energy push, the rear landing gear also began to leave the ground.

Successful liftoff!

In the satellite footage, the "Shadow Dragon 1" is like an arrow from the string accelerating on the runway, and then rushing into the sky.

As a result, the video footage of the drone also shows that it is at a distance from the runway, and it quickly becomes smaller.

In addition to the relevant staff, everyone was extremely excited and excited to see the pictures on the two screens.

Although there is no specific data so far, and the follow-up flight is still continuing, from what can be seen in the picture, they also know that the first flight experiment should be successful, and it seems that this take-off distance can be completely suitable for the aircraft carrier.

Looking at this, they didn't cheer, because they all knew that Xu Ziling was still working on a drone, and all the staff were still continuing to work on various intense data collections, and if they disturbed these people because of them, the consequences would be too serious.

Xu Ziling cāo took off smoothly with the drone, and he was also happy in his heart, eager to cheer loudly, but unfortunately the drone was still under his control, so he had to throw away this mind and pay serious attention to the drone.

Under the cāo vertical, the drone continued to lift off after leaving the runway, and when it reached an altitude of several hundred meters, Xu Ziling began to put away the landing gear.

And when the drone reached an altitude of 4,000 meters, judging from the coordinates displayed on the big screen, it had already flown out of the range of Xingcheng City.

At this time, it was only a little more than two minutes since the drone started taxiing on the runway.

Xu Ziling thought about it, and did not make various maneuvers with the drone, but set it at an altitude of four thousand meters and started a slow cruise.

"It seems that everyone has not been busy during this time, although it has not landed yet, but I have to tell you that this first flight experiment seems to be successful."

Letting go of the cāo pole in his hand, he stood up and said a word to everyone.

"Whoa......

Hearing this, everyone stood up and applauded excitedly.

"Okay, thank you for your support, but it's still experimental, so we'll continue."

Xu Ziling pressed down with both hands, stopped everyone's applause, and called a staff member next to him to look at the control terminal, and then left his seat and walked to Huang Lao's seat.

"Huang Lao, Li Lao, discuss something."

Approaching, Xu Ziling said directly.

The drone is still flying in the sky, Huang Lao and the others looked at Xu Ziling and didn't look at the plane, but ran over, and then heard him say that there was something to discuss, they were all puzzled.

But they still attach great importance to what he said.

"What do you say?"

The two old men asked at the same time.

"Presumably everyone will know that the data of the road is good after looking at the picture, I think it is better to wait for the relevant tests to be carried out, and then experiment with other functions? For example, range, in-flight refueling or something? ”

"This ......"

These are outside the plan, although the test items are not immutable, but these test items such as air refueling are not tested if they want to, and they also need the assistance of air tankers.

Without the approval of the military department, it is still a problem for drones to find tankers.

So the two old men, after listening to Xu Ziling's words, hesitated.