Chapter 707: Top Secret Flight
"First of all, the vast majority of current military drones are low-speed drones, and the general speed is between two hundred and four hundred kilometers. And like some jet drones, they can reach speeds of 600 to 800 kilometers, but this is already rare.
As for our unmanned fighter, it is super maneuverable, and its maximum flight speed can reach Mach 0.9, which means that it is close to the speed of sound.
Secondly, there is the stealth ability. This drone has been designed with stealth and advanced absorbing materials. Ordinary radars can't detect it at all, and even the current advanced radar has a very small reflection area. On the radar screen, the size is like a sparrow, very small.
In addition, we have equipped this drone with an intelligent control system and cluster control technology. This also means that this UAV can not only independently perform the relevant tasks issued by the rear, but also use swarm control technology to independently form an attack group to attack enemy targets.
Finally, we also equipped this drone with a VR immersive field of view manipulation system. Our rear pilots can put on a special VR headset and be immersed in the drone, as if they were sitting in the cabin of a fighter plane.
This means that with this VR immersive field of view control system, our rear driver control personnel can perform some difficult combat missions. Even with low-latency technology, we are not only able to launch strikes on the ground, but also conduct real-time air combat to attack enemy air targets.
If the drone flies autonomously to attack, after the drone finds the target, it will first determine the identity of the enemy aircraft according to the identification technology and information database, and then select the target of the best threat to attack.
Even, the fleet of UAVs can also self-marshalling, assign tasks, and achieve ultra-high coordination tactics of attacking multiple targets at the same time in one swarm. ”
"In other words, it can really replace the fighter." Zou Xiaodong asked.
Well, Lin Jiaming was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's right, our goal is exactly that." However, we still have a long way to go to surpass real pilots, especially experienced ace pilots.
But I believe that this speed will be very fast, just like the Alpha Dog playing against the top masters of Go, and will eventually defeat humans in the future.
Not to mention the speed of calculation, judgment and manipulation, let's list one of them for comparison.
Unmanned fighters do not need pilots to fly on the plane, so fighters can make a lot of big maneuvers and ultra-high-speed actions without considering the pilot's physiological compression limit.
Therefore, in such an extreme grappling, the pilot will most likely not be an opponent of an unmanned fighter. ”
And Shen Ning, who had been following Wu Hao, couldn't help but interject: "I remembered a Chinese movie "Top Secret Flight", our unmanned fighter is very similar to the artificial intelligence fighter 'Eddie' in the movie. ”
Hearing Shen Ning's words, everyone laughed. As for Shen Ning, his face was a little red under the laughter and gaze of everyone.
As an entourage and Wu Hao's secretary, it was not appropriate for her to interject at this time, but this drone did give her too much shock that she couldn't help but blurt out.
Lin Jiaming naturally knew who Shen Ning was, and he had dealt with him before, so he was more familiar. I saw him nod and smile: "Miss Shen is right, this drone is indeed influenced by the movie "Top Secret Flight".
When proposing the project of a new type of UAV, we actually did not have the slightest idea. Finally, one of the movie lovers in the team collected some drone clips from film and television movies for us.
In the end, we felt that the AI fighter in "Top Secret Flight" was similar to our requirements, so we also used this as inspiration to redesign the outline frame of this unmanned fighter. ”
"But the drone in the movie finally went wrong, it had its own thinking, and it almost caused a global war." Shen Ning couldn't help but say.
Hehe, everyone chuckled when they heard this, but Lin Jiaming patiently explained: "That's just an artistic exaggeration of the movie creator, and real artificial intelligence will not be like this."
And in terms of artificial intelligence, our company is doing relatively well. At the moment, we're not at the level of the artificial intelligence in the fighter plane in the movie.
Secondly, when our company began to research artificial intelligence technology, Mr. Wu set a red line that could not be crossed, that is, all of the company's artificial intelligence products should not be allowed to have self-awareness.
Therefore, this red line is also a red line that all our scientific research and technical personnel must abide by.
And we have a military unmanned warplane, so safety and reliability are top priorities. No matter how advanced the weapon is, if it loses these two points, then it will not be able to equip the troops.
Even if our drone has artificial intelligence and autonomous attack technology, it is still people who ultimately choose to decide the target of the attack and give the attack command.
So to put it bluntly, it is a smart weapon, and the decision on how to use it is still in the hands of people. ”
"So will someone cross this red line and cause a crisis like the one in many science fiction movies where smart weapons get out of control?" This question was raised by Zou Xiaodong, who is also interested in this topic.
"Impossible!" Lin Jiaming waved his hand and denied: "First of all, the security and reliability of our system are still very high, and it is basically impossible to tamper with the core code.
Secondly, this system is firmly controlled by us, and no one else can access it. Even if it is handed over to the army or sold to other countries, it is still a fist and sharp knife in the armies of various countries, and it is difficult for ordinary people to come into contact with it.
In addition, we have a self-destruct program set up on the system, and if someone forcibly breaks the system or tampers with the system code, the system will start the self-destruct program.
Generally, there are two kinds of self-destruct procedures, one is the self-destruction of system data, including clearing the system code, system locking, and so on. The other is physical self-destruction, which burns the circuit board and chips of the entire drone through a strong current, so that it is completely damaged.
If necessary, the drone may even detonate the ammunition it is carrying, causing it to self-destruct.
As for the end, we will do a good job in the relevant after-sales service. Regularly help our customers to carry out fighter maintenance, check the condition of unmanned fighters, etc.
If there is a problem, our technicians can also find it in time and deal with it in time. Of course, this can also be left to the military itself, and we provide technical guidance. ”