One of these two jeeps is the vehicle of the commander of the East Suburbs Base, and the other is the special vehicle of the Central Monitoring Team.
The Supervision Group is a brand-new department specifically designed to supervise and inspect the test results of all projects of the Military Research Institute.
Their main job is to supervise and record the entire testing process according to the test manual provided by the project chief engineer to ensure that there is no risk of leakage in the testing process and that all testing processes are carried out strictly in accordance with the test manual.
In addition, after the test is completed, they must organize personnel to collect and seal the samples or debris, and immediately send the test records back to the center for their superiors to review.
When Mr. Zhou first proposed the concept of the supervisory group, he specifically asked Xu Jianguo for his opinion.
Xu Jianguo did not think there was anything wrong with this. Instead, he thought it was very necessary. After all, with the increase in the research and development projects of the institute, he could not guarantee that he would personally conduct every project test. In order to ensure the authenticity and effectiveness of the tests, a supervisory department must exist.
Soon, two jeeps stopped not far away, and several familiar faces appeared in Xu Jianguo's sight.
Since this was not the first time Xu Jianguo came to the East Suburb Base to test new projects, he was already very familiar with the base commander Ge Changhai, deputy commander Tian Weidong, and members of the inspection team.
Seeing several people getting out of the car and walking towards him, Xu Jianguo also took Song Changqing to greet them.
"Jianguo, how are the preparations going?" Ge Changhai asked.
"We have to wait a while, the assembly and debugging have just begun." Xu Jianguo replied.
"Director Xu, in order to seize this opportunity, all the leaders of our inspection team are about to fight!"
The person who spoke was Zhong Bai, the leader of the fourth group of the monitoring team.
"Of course. After waiting for such a long time, the attack drone is finally going to be tested. It would be strange if we didn't grab it! How did you get it this time?" Tian Weidong asked with a smile.
"Deputy Commander Tian, you are really wronging me. Do I need to snatch it? Originally, our group 4 was assigned to this test. Those guys tried to tempt me with good wine and cigarettes, but they were scolded by our director and they all behaved themselves. Hahaha!" Zhong Bai said with a big laugh.
Xu Jianguo did not expect that the inspection team would actually grab the opportunity to test the drone this time, but this is not surprising. After all, this project is the highlight of this year. Once the test is successful, it means that the country has another trump card in its hands. In some special battlefield environments, the appearance of drones will inflict heavy damage on the enemy by surprise.
As they talked, they walked towards the testing ground.
At this time, Liu Mingyu and his men were assembling the first drone in a canvas tent covered on three sides.
The attack drone designed by Xu Jianguo this time did not continue to use batteries as its sole energy source, taking into account the issues of payload and battlefield endurance. Instead, it chose a dual energy source of fuel and batteries.
The batteries on the drone are mainly responsible for components that require electrical energy, such as radio, camera and weapon release, while fuel will serve as the main energy source for the drone's flight, greatly improving its endurance.
Combined with a high-power radio control system, its combat radius will be able to reach an astonishing 30 kilometers, the fastest flight speed will be 160 kilometers per hour, and the maximum take-off weight will be 600 kilograms.
According to the data calculated by Xu Jianguo, its theoretical flight time can reach three hours at the fastest flight speed, and two hours at the maximum take-off weight.
When talking about the maximum take-off weight here, Xu Jianguo mainly considered the situation where the ammunition is fully loaded. If the weight decreases as the ammunition is consumed, the flight time will be further improved.
This attack drone is much larger in size than the reconnaissance drone, but its external shape has not changed much. It still uses a rotor structure and can hover in the air.
As for the drone external parts designed by Xu Jianguo, they mainly take into account its functions in other modes, such as lighting, transportation and self-destruction.
The self-destruct mode mentioned here mainly refers to the drone using external attachments to carry high-yield high-explosive bombs and carry out self-destructive attacks through high-speed dives.
The attack drone adopts a regular octagonal eight-rotor structure with a maximum length and width of two meters. The fuselage and fuel tank are all made of aluminum-magnesium alloy, which greatly reduces its own weight while ensuring its sturdiness.
Looking at the gradually assembled drone, Xu Jianguo suddenly thought of something and turned to Ge Changhai and asked, "Commander, are your ammunition ready?"
"It's all ready. Do you need it now? If you do, I'll have it moved over!"
"Okay, then move in!"
"Okay!" Ge Changhai agreed, then turned and shouted to Bian Jun and Song Jingang in the distance, "Bian Jun, Song Jingang, take some people and bring all the ammunition boxes over here!"
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the two of them immediately stood at attention, agreed in unison, and then turned around and ran away.
In order to meet the drone's ammunition requirements, Xu Jianguo specially designed a new grenade and wheeled external launcher that can carry forty rounds of ammunition at a time. Its explosive power is three times that of an RPG rocket, and it is equipped with different warheads to achieve armor-piercing and blasting functions.
For the drone's cannon, Xu Jianguo used a rotating six-barrel gun similar to a Gatling gun, with a bullet caliber of 14.7mm. The external flat drum magazine can carry up to 6,000 rounds of ammunition at a time.
In order to maximize the firepower of the attack drone in combat, Xu Jianguo chose single and double control modes this time.
Simply put, one person can operate the flight control and fire control systems independently, or two people can control different systems separately.
The advantage of this design is that it can ensure that the flight and attack of the drone do not interfere with each other in intense and complex battlefield situations, avoiding confusion.
After waiting for a while, a military truck drove over from a distance, and then Bian Jun and Song Jingang jumped out of the cab. The soldiers in the truck neatly stacked the ammunition boxes next to the tent.
Xu Jianguo found the wooden box containing the external drum magazine and the wheeled launcher according to the numbers on the wooden box. He patted it and said, "Come on, open these two wooden boxes and start loading!"
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