On the 23rd, the weather was sunny and windless and cloudy.

Early in the morning they got up. After eating a few big meat buns made by the overnight villagers, everyone hurried to the test flight site.

These days, except for those who are on duty at the test flight site, everyone else has been staying at the homes of villagers not far away.

Although the accommodation conditions are relatively poor, the villagers are relatively enthusiastic and the food is not bad.

Today is the day of the test flight, so in addition to Wu Hao and Zhao Hongzhe, there are some other helpers.

These people will be scattered across various observation points within a radius of several tens of kilometers in order to observe and record first-hand data.

In addition, they have installed cameras on nearly 100 drones to record the flight attitude of the entire fleet in multiple directions.

In addition, the research team also relied on the advantages of the military branch to apply for relevant UAV reconnaissance assistance from the Air Force, and will observe and record the flight test process of the entire UAV cluster from the air during their test.

Of course, that's not all. There is also a mobile radar unit on a ridge not far away, searching and detecting the flight data of the entire drone cluster.

In addition to helping to record relevant data, it is also a targeted test. They also want to know what the state of such a high-density UAV swarm is in the radar, and the whole test conditions can be described as very luxurious.

"Are you ready?" Zhao Hongzhe sat under the tent and asked everyone.

"Everything is ready to go!" As the on-site chief dispatcher, Gao Feihang replied loudly.

Zhao Hongzhe beckoned: "Then let's start!" ”

"All departments are ready, the 'Wild Bee' system is activated, the drone is activated, and the networking begins!"

"The release field report shows that the drones have all been started and are in good condition!"

"The network was successfully connected, and the 'Wild Bee' system was uploaded."

"The system is uploaded, and the loading starts. 10%、20%、30%…… At 100%, the system is loaded and the reboot begins. ”

"After the restart, the data shows that a total of 3,482 drones are in normal condition, and 12 are faulty, and within the allowable failure rate of one percent, the next step can be carried out."

After hearing this, Gao Feihang looked at his teacher, and Zhao Hongzhe nodded at him lightly when he saw this.

Gao Feihang took a breath, and then continued to give orders: "Attention departments, the drone is about to be released.

5,4,3,2,1, release! ”

"The release field report, the first unit of drones has begun to launch!"

When the people who were gathering in the control center heard this, they picked up the binoculars that they had held in their hands for a long time and began to look at them.

I saw that the drone launcher placed on the ridge in the distance began to launch the white drone rapidly outward.

A drone was ejected and then quickly flew into the airspace in the distance.

At the same time, a new order came from the command and control center: "The drone swarm begins to assemble in the third airspace!" ”

As the order was issued, I saw a satellite map appear on the big monitor in front of everyone, and some small blue dots appeared on the map that were moving, which was the flight trajectory data transmitted back by the drone cluster.

It took about ten minutes, more than 3,000 drones were launched, and then gathered into a huge fleet in the No. 3 airspace. These drones hover in the air like a flock of birds flying densely.

Through the telescope and the high-definition video images transmitted from the observation point below the third airspace, everyone can clearly see the flight status of the entire group.

"Report, the comprehensive optoelectronic reconnaissance data of the Air Force UAV was transmitted."

"On the big screen!" Zhao Hongzhe waved his hand.

Under the gaze of everyone, the video images captured by the high-altitude drone appeared on the big screen.

I saw a huge group of drones, hovering in an oval shape in a relatively open valley.

"Zoom in!"

Zhao Hongzhe pointed to the screen and said to everyone: "You see, the entire structure of the drone cluster is still very complete, and the spacing inside the group is also well controlled. ”

"Yes, the data is also performing well!" Yang Xuehai stared at the data on several screens and smiled.

"Then let's move on to the next project, let's try to test a few more today." Zhao Hongzhe waved his hand and said with satisfaction.

At this moment, what could make him happier than the preliminary results of this project, thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Wu Hao who was sitting on the side, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

"The next test content is to simulate the swarm autonomous attack test."

With the issuance of the Gao Feihang order, I saw that the controller immediately marked five points on the satellite map, each of which was different in size and distance.

As the command was uploaded to the drone cluster, I saw that five squads were divided from the entire fleet. Through the monitoring information data, Wu Hao and the others can clearly see the number and flight direction of these separated drone teams.

The number of these five squadrons varies from thirty or forty aircraft to one or two hundred. According to the size of these annotation points, the five drone teams also made corresponding selections.

And all this is controlled autonomously by the UAV swarm, and the control center just issues a few target points to the swarm.

Bang Bang Bang ......

Seeing this, everyone applauded, and the fact that the drone swarm can do this part means that they have succeeded in this technology for more than half of it.

"Lift the attack mission and order these five teams to fly to the seventh airspace to assemble!" Zhao Hongzhe ordered.

"Yes!"

As the five target points on the map disappeared, the five drone teams began to change direction and flew towards the airspace of Seven.

"The main cluster of UAVs began to test terrain matching and autonomous route selection."

This test content requires the UAV cluster to achieve a slightly low flight at low altitude or ultra-low altitude with the support of satellite navigation and digital terrain matching navigation technology. And according to the topography, choose the flight route independently.

It's a bit like the automatic navigation route planning in the navigation software we use, but it's not a level of difficulty.

Automatic route planning in navigation software is a choice based on an already existing road route. That is to say, there are already ready-made routes, and the navigation software is just to pick a route from which the distance is relatively short, the road condition is better, and there is no congestion.

As for this technology in the drone swarm, it is to plan N alternative routes by yourself in areas where there are no routes. It is also necessary to consider factors such as terrain, distance, and climate information to make the best choice.

As the order was given, I saw that on the satellite map on the screen, the swirling drone swarm had turned into a long dragon and began to fly towards the marked area. At the same time, several planned schemes appeared on the map, as well as a flight path of its own choosing.