Xie Kai's words made Zhao Xi's heart move.

A drone that can take off and land flexibly and has more roles is the dream of every drone designer.

"How much money do you provide, and what are the requirements for the technical indicators of the project?" Zhao Xi asked Xie Kai and the others.

"Do you want to discuss it anymore?" Zheng Yucheng looked at Xie Kai worriedly.

also said that he was fooling the project, isn't he also fooling around?

Zheng Yucheng does not think that the drone project proposed by Xie Kai will be much cheaper than the large aircraft project.

"The specific performance indicators really have to be studied to demonstrate the feasibility of the technology. Xie Kai did not directly put forward his own ideas, whether it is the RQ-4A/B "Global Hawk" UAV for long-range and strategic reconnaissance, or the MQ-1 "Predator" series UAV for battlefield "reconnaissance and combat integration"; China has a corresponding model.

Xianglong, Pterodactyl II, and Rainbow series are all China's top UAVs.

These unmanned combat reconnaissance planes, which were built in the era of the concept of information warfare, are now directly putting forward performance requirements, and it is very difficult for people who do not know about information warfare to accept and not talk about them, and it is also difficult to break through in terms of technical difficulty.

If you want to engage in drones, you must develop in this direction.

It can integrate the existing domestic technology, do not invest too much to obtain technical results, and will not make the whole project in trouble because the project is too difficult.

There are still problems with the automatic driving system of Yun-10, and it is indeed difficult for the top UAVs to engage in information warfare now.

Beidou has not yet reached the sky, and the most important satellite signal transmission network has not yet been established, which limits the emergence of UAVs such as Xianglong and Pterodactyl in this era.

Even if Xie Kai knows the specific performance and knows the parameters, it is impossible to make the UAV in the era of information warfare appear 20 years in advance in this era.

The Gulf War, which completely shocked the military, is still years away.

That war changed the direction of army building all over the world, and the torrent of steel in the Soviet Union will no longer make people tremble.

"In the early stage, we can carry out unmanned modifications of backward fighters such as J-5 or J-6 for remote control. Xie Kai put forward his own ideas. "We will select a group of technicians in various fields to cooperate with you. ”

How to implement it, this is what Zhao Xi and his team need to do.

Take this opportunity to cultivate the 404 base's own UAV R&D team.

In the nineties, this modification was completed by Zhao Xi's team, ten years ahead of schedule, and the problem should not be too big.

"We study and study. "Zhao Xi has long had the idea of changing retired fighters to drones, but he has never had the opportunity to implement them. What Xie Kai proposed was in line with his intentions, "What are you going to do with these three target planes at present?"

Zhao Xi came over to deal with the three target planes.

Two million is a very large amount of money for them.

"You take away the target aircraft, as for the funding, we will contribute to the domestic target aircraft industry. Zheng Yucheng saw Xie Kai looking at himself, Rao was extremely reluctant in his heart, and he had to speak.

More than a million, and that's it.

"Thank you so much. Our project leaders have always attached great importance to it, but the funding has been stretched. Zhao Xi saw that Zheng Yucheng gave them funds for nothing, and his heart was happy, "Please rest assured, we will definitely be ready for the cooperation between the two sides in drones." ”

"There is Mr. Lao Zhao. We will also do our best to assist you. Xie Kai was naturally happy when he saw Zhao Xi say this.

404 doesn't have much foundation in this regard.

The longer the tentacles stretch out, the more basic technicians at the base will have work to do.

Zhao Xi said goodbye happily and went to Wang Guilin to remove the wings and tail of Changkong No. 1 and transport it by train at night.

"You still say that I'm going to set up a project at will. With such an idea, if we don't get anything, we will lose more than a million. Zheng Yucheng kept complaining after Zhao Xi left.

"Do you dare to pick on the door again? It's really not for nothing. In the future, they will definitely do their best to cooperate with us. Xie Kai said, "If we get it out, we can take advantage of it." ”

"Who knows how long it will take to see results?" Zheng Yucheng is dissatisfied.

If he can see hope, he thinks he can make money, and he doesn't mind no matter how much money he invests.

"If fighter jets are allowed to flexibly make all kinds of maneuvers in the air, do you say that the Air Force will choose those ordinary target planes or those target planes transformed from fighter planes?" Xie Kai asked, "If they can operate flexibly, will those countries that lack pilots and have no ability to train pilots be interested?"

The prospect depicted by Xie Kai made Zheng Yucheng not believe it.

"Domestic pilots don't have enough money to fly. ”

"Pilot flying is completely different from remote control, right? If in wartime, a remote control plane carries ammunition into the battlefield, and there is no need to worry about being shot down. Manned fighters, after being shot down, the safety of pilots is very serious, and it is not easy to train a pilot...... The remote control operation is much easier, don't get shot down, come back and continue to refuel and drop bombs or something......" Xie Kai knew that it was difficult to convince Zheng Yucheng in this combat mode.

The J-6 has been discontinued in 83, and the main combat force of the Air Force has become the J-7 and J-8II, and a huge number of J-6 has still not been completely retired.

How to deal with the more than 5,000 Jian-6 after retirement is a big problem that plagues the military.

J-6 transformed target aircraft, unmanned combat aircraft, this is the later road.

Xie Kai gave the answer in advance, whether it is a target aircraft or an unmanned fighter to sell to Iraq and other countries, it is feasible.

It is better to get it out before the Gulf War, and then sell a batch to Saddam Hussein to see how the combat performance.

If the performance is good, the transformation of the more than 5,000 retired J-6s in China will be a huge profit.

Selling to countries where pilots are scarce is a lot of foreign exchange.

UAVs don't require pilots to go through lengthy training, as long as they train remote-controlled technicians.

The requirements of keyboard pilots are far less demanding than those of real pilots.

Keyboard pilots who hide hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away from remote-controlled fighter jets will be brave and brave without facing danger.

"The J-6 is changed to a drone, can it really work? It can be bigger and heavier than a target aircraft. Zheng Yucheng felt that what Xie Kai said was all crooked, "The technology needed is not a little bit." ”

"If the technical difficulty is too great, Mr. Zhao has no opinion at all?" Xie Kai said with a roll of his eyes, "They must have been working on this idea before, and they lacked funds." ”

"Can your superiors agree?"

"The number of retired Sixth Masters is huge, how to deal with it? Is it necessary to dismantle them? The funds required are not a little. "Domestic fighters, even if they are decommissioned, are mothballed.

I am afraid that when the time comes, all the advanced equipment for the war will be exhausted, and the ground troops will have to wait to be bombed.

The People's Liberation Army (PLA), which came out of the War of Resistance Against Japan, has a deep memory of the enemy's blows from the air.

The fighters of the little devils can chase the army and strafe, and the echelon of fighters of the US army can continue to bomb.

"Even then, they would agree to let us do the transformation? Zheng Yucheng shook his head.

The guys in the military can't pick on the door, and it's not easy to take advantage of them at all.

When it seems to take advantage, it often loses.

"Don't think about it so much, they are having a headache about how to deal with the retired Jianliu Master. If we convert it into a target aircraft, even if one or two hundred planes are consumed a year, the military will save a lot of money. As long as the cost of modification is not too high and it can be sold, they can't ask for it. Xie Kai understands how scarce the Air Force is.

Zheng Yucheng looked at him and didn't think so.

"How many target planes were given to them like this? How many target planes did the Air Force get for nothing?" Zhao Xi looked for Wang Guilin, and Wang Guilin came to ask Zheng Yucheng. "We've just passed this day, so we're going to give a lot of money to buy favors, and we won't be able to live in the future?"

When Xie Kai heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Zheng Yucheng pointed at Xie Kai and said to Wang Guilin, "You ask him." ”

"How did it give it to the Air Force for nothing, they shoot targets, and they have funds. Xie Kai said.

"We don't ask for any money, if they owe it, can we give it?"

"Zhao Xi, won't they settle the expenses with each other?" Xie Kai asked.

"They settle, it has nothing to do with us, we paid for the things, plus more than 2 million in freight. The dissatisfaction on Wang Guilin's face was not hidden at all. "We're missing a fee on our books. ”

Don't say he doesn't agree, no one who knows about it will agree.

"Otherwise, let's discuss with Mr. Zhao, and don't want the Air Force to give money, let them give us a few retired J-6 or J-5 for research. This makes sense, and there is no problem on the books. "Since we are going to engage in the matter of J-6 to change UAVs, Xie Kai feels that it is better to get the retired aircraft as soon as possible.

When the time comes, you don't have to ask for help.

"There are retired planes and base parks, what do you want so many for?" Wang Guilin looked at Xie Kai dissatisfied.

As soon as the skin moved, millions of funds were given away in vain.

Even if the Air Force remembers their friendship, it will be in vain.

They have nothing to do with the Air Force.

Xie Kai immediately explained to Wang Guilin that he was going to cooperate with Zhao Xi and them to build an unmanned combat aircraft, Wang Guilin kept staring at Xie Kai, and finally threw a look at Zheng Yucheng, and what he got was helpless.

It became clear that this kid was a moth again.

"There should be no problem with exchanging a target plane with the Air Force for a retired Jian-6? The J-6 that was in service in the early days, the Air Force has always had a headache on how to deal with it. If you can't get one, you can replace it with two. Zhao Xi proposed to Xie Kai to exchange the three target planes for retired fighters for research experiments, and both hands agreed.

"That thing is useless, what do you want so much?" Wang Guilin complained.

For him, no amount of J-6 is useless.

"The weapon system told them not to dismantle. We don't need ammunition or anything, and we can't miss weapons. Xie Kai ignored Wang Guilin, who was complaining, and said to Zhao Xi.

Zhao Xi is familiar with the Air Force, and he should be reliable when he goes to talk about this matter.

"We can communicate with the Air Force, and in the future, we need to retire aircraft for experiments, and we can use target aircraft to replace them, so that we can save them a lot of money." Xie Kai said to Zhao Xi's eyebrows.