Daystar Aerospace became famous.

However, DJI drones are actually more famous.

After all, most of the drones used on Chinese New Year's Eve are DJI products.

Faced with this situation, Li Shigui, who is also the deputy general manager of Daystar Aerospace, is also a little anxious.

You can't get the fame of Daystar, but there is nothing you can do with it, right?

The twin-tailed scorpion drone is currently not on sale, and although it has been shown, it is obviously a bit insufficient.

So after thinking about it, he felt that it was better to discuss with Cao Yang whether to get the unmanned helicopter under development out to publicize it.

Anyway, according to this progress, you can start small batch trial production after the Spring Festival, and if there is no problem with debugging at that time, you can directly enter the mass production state.

But there are no customers for this unmanned helicopter yet.

"Mr. Cao, I think the unmanned helicopter can learn from Xingchen Automobile, and promote it before it is officially put on sale."

Li Shigui directly put forward his thoughts.

"It can be, but if you release the Golden Eagle drone to publicize, it's best to communicate with Pan Jun, so as not to have any misunderstandings and affect our follow-up product promotion."

UAV is one of the fist products of Nanshan Group, and the twin-tailed scorpion UAV is currently preparing a foreign trade version.

During this period, Cao Yang will definitely not let the team stop there.

In addition to continuing to develop and improve the four-engine twin-tailed scorpion UAV, unmanned helicopters are also being put on the agenda synchronously.

If we want to be sure, we must develop products with technological advantages.

In 2011, the Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter was definitely very impactful.

The flight performance of this armed unmanned helicopter has reached the advanced level of similar unmanned helicopters in the world, with a maximum flight altitude of 4,000 meters, a full load endurance of 5 hours, a combat radius of 150 kilometers, a load of 150 kg, and a maximum of 8 heavy anti-tank missiles or air-to-ground missiles, and the payload capacity is comparable to that of Wuzhi 10.

This small drone is very easy to transport, and a box truck can fit both.

It can carry not only anti-tank missiles, but also various types of sensors, communications equipment and other payloads.

This enables it to perform multi-tasking tasks such as intelligence gathering, communications relay, target calibration, and aerial surveillance.

It can perform multiple missions in a single flight, increasing the overall combat effectiveness.

"Mr. Cao, learning from the experience of the twin-tailed scorpion UAV, we have simultaneously developed two sets of control systems and two models of versions when we were developing."

"For example, the high-end version uses a lot of T800 carbon fiber and T1100 carbon fiber, while the entry-level version mainly uses T700 carbon fiber."

"For camera systems, we also have two sets of different standard products."

"When the time comes, if Pan Jun is interested, we can provide them with a high-end version."

"And the ones that are displayed and exported to the outside world are low-profile versions."

"In this way, it doesn't matter if we don't communicate with Pan Jun in advance, after all, we are just a private enterprise, and the positioning of the Golden Eagle UAV is an unmanned firefighting helicopter."

Li Shigui explained this, and Cao Yang also broke the defense a little.

Unmanned firefighting helicopters?

No matter how you look at the shape of this unmanned helicopter, it has nothing to do with firefighting, but if it is hard to use it for firefighting, it must not work.

Just replace the missiles with fire extinguishers.

There is nothing wrong with the logic?

After being silent for a while, Cao Yang didn't bother anymore and said: "Then let's officially release it, you can participate in some air shows later, so that you can see our Golden Eagle UAV, as well as the foreign trade version of the twin-tailed scorpion UAV." ”

Daystar Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. has been formally established, so the company's future business status is something that needs to be considered.

You can't always rely on the funds given by the headquarters to burn money every time, that is not a long-term solution.

In the past, we will consider accepting some external investment, on the one hand, to use some resources of the capital, and on the other hand, to raise some funds.

Whether it is a rocket under development or a future Starlink project, it will require a lot of money.

And with Cao Yang's consent, Li Shigui naturally took action immediately.

Soon, the official Weibo of Daystar Aerospace posted several promotional pictures of the Golden Eagle UAV.

Of course, Daystar is a private enterprise, so this drone is directly named Golden Eagle unmanned firefighting helicopter.

As soon as the relevant pictures were announced, Cao Yang's personal Weibo was forwarded.

As a big V with nearly 30 million fans, Cao Yang's retweet directly sent the Golden Eagle unmanned firefighting helicopter to the hot search.

"The shape design is ingenious, and it is really the consistent style of Nanshan Group."

"The curves of this plane look beautiful."

"This helicopter seems a bit sci-fi, it's very special."

"Is Nanshan Group going further and further on the road of 'drone'?"

"I'll go, it's actually a coaxial helicopter, the same helicopter as the Ka-28 and Ka-52, and you tell me it's an unmanned firefighting helicopter?"

"This Golden Eagle drone won't be the same as the twin-tailed scorpion drone, because it's too good, so it's going to join the army directly, right?"

"@曹阳, this name is not good, isn't it more appropriate to call it the Golden Eagle unmanned armed helicopter?"

"Why does this helicopter's tail look a little strange? Won't you fall off? ”

"It's really a bit strange, who popularizes science!"

"As we all know, when the main rotor of a helicopter with a normal layout rotates at high speed, the fuselage of the helicopter will also rotate with it under the action of the rotor torque. To overcome this rotational moment, a conventional layout helicopter with a single rotor must be fitted with a tail rotor in the tail section, which rotates in the opposite direction, thereby canceling out the rotational moment of the fuselage. This not only needs to provide about 10% of the power for the tail rotor, but also needs to design a longer tail boom to ensure the length of the boom, which will lead to the helicopter fuselage being too long, which is not conducive to take-off and landing and narrow space operations. ”

"The coaxial anti-propeller design adopted by this UAV is different, it is two blades up and down rotating, one rotates clockwise, and the other rotates counterclockwise, which directly cancels the rotational moment of the rotor, and no longer needs the tail rotor and tail boom, and there is no tail rotor to eat the power problem, and all the power can be used for lift and propulsion."

"So its fuselage can be made very short, less affected by crosswinds, and has better stability and hovering, which is very important for the flight performance of unmanned helicopters."

"Because there are two upper and lower rotors to provide lift, the upper rotor will also provide a certain amount of "pre-compressed" airflow for the lower rotor, which is conducive to improving the overall lift, so the rotor diameter can be made smaller, making the whole machine more compact. ”

……

All kinds of comments soon appeared under Cao Yang's Weibo, making this matter even more popular.

Even many stars under Nanshan Film and Television also reposted Cao Yang's Weibo with a strange comment.

"It's such a cute helicopter, and after having it, you don't have to worry about fire extinguishing on the high floors in the future."

"Produced by Nanshan, it must be a high-quality product, and I feel that this unmanned helicopter is very powerful when I look at the appearance."

I just came back from Huangshan, and I think, "This unmanned firefighting helicopter seems to be very good for sending couriers to places like Mount Tai and Huangshan." ”

"With it, the crew can let it deliver things at any time when filming in remote areas in the future."

……

Although the comments after the reprint of these stars are a bit weird.

However, it has made the Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter more well-known.

In this way, the relevant departments must have seen the information.

However, they did not find Nanshan Group directly so recklessly, but found AVIC and other professional departments to confirm, knowing that this unmanned helicopter was very suitable as an armed helicopter, and then found it.

"Mr. Cao, I feel that as a representative of Nanshan Group, the psychological quality must be good."

"Otherwise, if I give you such stimulation every once in a while, my heart won't be able to stand it."

Pan Jun came to Cao Yang's office a little jokingly.

During the period when he was a representative of Nanshan Group, he had one more star on his shoulder.

If you work hard for a few more years, you may be able to add another star.

However, at that time, it may be the ceiling.

"Representative Pan, if our group can't surprise everyone every once in a while, then won't the importance of your stay here be reflected?"

Cao Yang and Pan Jun are also very familiar, so they can be regarded as more casual when they speak.

Although there are not many things that Pan Jun can do directly, he is responsible for liaising with many relevant departments, and his importance is actually very high.

He can be regarded as a bridge between Nanshan Group and relevant departments.

"Haha, Mr. Cao, what you said is also right."

"I'm mentally good, and it's okay to have a little surprise every day."

Pan Wei's mood is actually very good now.

The more high-tech products the Nanshan Group has produced, and the more products that can be used in the military, the higher its importance will naturally be.

The twin-tailed scorpion drone has already given everyone a very huge surprise.

Now the Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter seems to be a very anticipated product.

"Representative Pan is here today for an unmanned helicopter?"

Naturally, there is no need to beat around the bush with Pan Jun, Cao Yang directly enters the topic.

"Yes, they announced that this unmanned helicopter is an unmanned firefighting helicopter, and this thing can really be used to extinguish fires?"

Pan Jun obviously felt that the news announced on Daystar's official Weibo was not very reliable, so he directly found Cao Yang, the real designer.

"Fire extinguishing can naturally be used to extinguish fires, and our drone can be mounted on the left and right sides of a total of 8 fire extinguishing bombs, which is still promising for use in forest fire prevention, grassland fire prevention and other fields."

Cao Yang must be biting his own product, it is really an unmanned firefighting helicopter.

Of course, in front of Pan Jun, he will definitely say some truths that cannot be told to the outside world.

"Representative Pan, our unmanned helicopter is equipped with a large photoelectric turret in the nose and jaw, and has three optical systems, namely infrared thermal image night vision, laser ranging and visible light camera system, which can rotate 360 degrees to search for targets and obtain intelligence in the air."

"This ensures the accuracy of the fire suppression."

"The fuselage is equipped with short wings on both sides of the fuselage to hang pylons for fire extinguishing bombs, and the short wings of the fuselage are designed with wing-body fusion, and the short wings are integrated with the fuselage, which can increase the fuselage space in order to accommodate more fuel and equipment."

Listening to Cao Yang's explanation, Pan Jun's interest immediately came.

Infrared thermal image night vision?

Laser ranging irradiation system?

Visible light camera system?

Aren't these things used on helicopter gunships?

As soon as you hang up the missile, this thing will immediately become a nightmare of a torrent of steel.

"Mr. Cao, your twin-tailed scorpion drone has a stealth function, and this unmanned helicopter also has a stealth function, right?"

Pan Jun knew that he didn't need to worry about whether this unmanned helicopter was for firefighting or armed helicopters.

Anyway, in the end, how the relevant departments buy it back and use it is their own business.

"Our unmanned helicopter adopts a wing-body fusion design, and its important advantage is that it can reduce the radar scattering area, increase stealth, and improve survivability in special environments."

"And on this basis, we can further coat it with the same stealth material as the twin-tailed scorpion drone, which greatly improves its stealth performance."

"Although in the face of particularly advanced high-power radar, it may not be able to fully achieve 100% stealth performance."

"But when dealing with some moving vehicles on the ground in the field, it is generally difficult to detect."

As soon as Cao Yang explained this, Pan Wei's interest became even greater.

This is definitely a product worth looking forward to.

Although I don't know what the final performance will be, the products produced by Nanshan Group are definitely not bad.

Especially in terms of various control systems, Pan Jun thinks that it may be better than some professional research institutes.

This is very rare.

After all, Nanshan Group as a whole is really a private enterprise, and its main products are civilian products.

"Mr. Cao, when will your prototype come out and when will it be officially mass-produced?"

With such a good thing, Pan Jun can't wait to hope that the relevant departments can use it.

"According to our current design, the various designs of the Golden Eagle unmanned firefighting helicopter are relatively mature."

"Although it will officially enter the prototype production stage next month, there is a high probability that there will be no major problems with these prototypes."

"The follow-up is nothing more than to further improve some of the performance of the prototype, and then we can start large-scale mass production."

"If it's fast, it will be delivered to its customers by the middle of this year."

"We can start accepting bookings now."

Cao Yang's reply was a bit beyond Pan Jun's expectations.

The research and development of a product often takes a long time.

Pan Jun is naturally very clear about this.

But when it comes to Nanshan Group, it can always give you some unexpected surprises.

"How much does such an unmanned helicopter cost?"

There are a lot of good products, but if the price is too exaggerated, it doesn't actually make much sense.

Especially for Huaxia, the demand for various equipment is very large.

In this case, it is required that the relevant equipment must be of high quality and low price.

Why does the twin-tailed scorpion drone have a very high evaluation in the relevant departments?

Good performance is certainly a big prerequisite, but cheap is also very important.

For 2 million yuan, you can buy a twin-tailed scorpion drone with two engines.

There is no pressure to directly equip thousands of planes.

The current Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter looks like the performance is also very good, but the price is not yet known.

"If it is a large-scale procurement by relevant departments, without relevant accessories, 1 million yuan can be done."

"Of course, we are also preparing to export this product on a large scale, and the price will go to $1 million."

As soon as Cao Yang said this, Pan Jun's heart finally fell.

1 million yuan, which can be said to be good quality and cheap.

It seems that Nanshan Group did not intend to earn money from relevant departments, but only charged a cost price.

The focus is still on export income generation.

"Mr. Cao, export-related matters, I can help communicate again, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"But the export products should not allow you to paint stealth materials."

"The export version of the systems you just mentioned cannot be the same as the domestic version."

"You can do these conditions, right?"

Since Huaxia promulgated the policy of allowing private enterprises to enter aerospace-related industries, the relevant departments have also had some new regulations on the procurement of products from private enterprises.

The kind of situation where I buy it, and you are not allowed to sell it anymore, will gradually become less.

Of course, you can't sell what you sell to me directly to someone else, but you have to show some differences.

Cao Yang is naturally understandable about this.

No matter which country is engaged in the export of military products, it will have similar requirements and operations.

"There are no problems, and we have taken these problems into account when developing this unmanned helicopter."

"Even our aviation division has specially organized personnel to develop supporting firefighting ammunition."

Cao Yang gave a small reveal to the research of Daystar Aerospace in missiles.

Anyway, as long as my missile is not loaded with explosives, it is a civilian product.

As for explosives, the Nanshan Group certainly does not produce them.

The final process is handed over to the factory of the relevant department to complete, and there is no technical difficulty.

Because when Daystar was developing here, it had already done the simulation in accordance with these requirements.

Whether it is a twin-tailed scorpion drone or a Golden Eagle unmanned helicopter, in order to maximize their power, they must need supporting missiles.

Air-to-air, air-to-ground, and even air-to-ship, although these missiles are available in China, and some of them are even relatively advanced, there are certainly still some deficiencies.

Daystar is specifically involved in the relevant departments of Huaxia, which is relatively little, or it is not very good.

For example, some stealth missiles, Huaxia has done relatively little in this regard before.

The world's martial arts, only fast is not broken.

The relevant design departments of Huaxia, which firmly believe in this concept, often consider how to improve the speed when designing missiles, and do not give much consideration to stealth performance.

The United States is different in this regard, and many of its missiles are stealthy.

The design of missiles has a different focus, and the appearance is also very different.

Of course, if your stealth performance is good, your speed will often be affected to a certain extent.

It depends on how to weigh it.

On the whole, different application scenarios have their own advantages.

"Firefighting ammunition?"

Pan Wei looked at Cao Yang a little speechlessly.

At this time, you are still so hard-mouthed?

"Yes, fire-fighting ammunition, we are a private enterprise, we only produce civilian products, and when we export them in the future, we will also export them in the name of fire-fighting ammunition."

"If customers need to do their own modifications, that's their own business, and it has nothing to do with Daystar."

Cao Yang explained with a smile, and Pan Jun couldn't help but say directly, "Do you want people to buy the missiles back, empty the firefighting ammunition inside, and reload them with explosives?" ”

Regarding the issue that Pan Jun is worried about, there is naturally a discussion within Daystar.

"Our fire bombs, warheads and ammunition are separated, and even warheads and ammunition are procured separately."

"At the same time, if a customer wants to buy other ammunition, we can also help introduce it to the relevant department."

Pan Jun: ......

……

"Print, what do you think of the newly announced unmanned helicopter over there?"

John has been paying attention to the situation of Daystar Aerospace in the past two days, and now he has naturally seen the picture information released on Daystar's official WeChat.

"The design of the small unmanned helicopter allows it to be maneuverable and flexible enough to perform tasks in a variety of complex environments."

"It can hover, it can be condescending, it has a God's perspective, it has fierce firepower, and it can also carry out missions in narrow or inaccessible areas such as cities, mountains, forests, etc."

"This high flexibility makes it very useful in special situations other than conventional warfare, such as counter-terrorism operations, border patrols, etc."

"Its powerful strike capability allows it to be widely equipped with troops, and our company is also studying and developing similar unmanned helicopter products."

As a professional, Plint is naturally aware of the importance of unmanned helicopters.

In fact, there are many companies in the United States that are developing unmanned helicopters, and some of their products are already in use.

He even heard that the new generation of armed unmanned helicopters researched by his competitors will be officially equipped on a large scale this year.

However, Plint can accept that his competitors will launch high-performance unmanned helicopters, and he can't accept that Huaxia will launch such high-performance products faster than his own company.

Although it is just some pictures and related text descriptions, as a professional, you can already see a lot of things from them.

The fact that Nanshan Group was able to produce a twin-tailed scorpion drone already speaks for itself.

There is no reason why the second drone product that Nanshan Group came up with is very poor.

"Is an unmanned helicopter so useful?"

John looked at Plinter in surprise.

He didn't expect the other party to have such a high evaluation of Huaxia's product.

"Yes, even in addition to the advantages I just mentioned, it is also important for small and medium-sized unmanned helicopters in tasks such as fire reconnaissance, artillery positioning, target irradiation, etc., and can guide targets for artillery and missile units."

"If it is equipped with an advanced data link system, it can even carry out A-launch and B-guided capabilities, and guide the long-range cruise missiles of armed helicopters to strike front-line targets."

After listening to Pultrint's words, John felt that he needed to mention to the above after he went back, whether to increase the allocation of procurement funds for unmanned helicopters in the future.

Otherwise, if you fall behind in this field at that time, you may suffer on some occasion.

(End of chapter)