However, it is not an easy task to transform the j-7 or j-6 series fighter into unmanned fighters that can operate automatically. So no matter how important this matter is, no matter how conceited Duke is, he will not dare to agree easily.

"Minister Xiao, we have never done this. In my understanding, this project is not simpler than simply developing a drone. Perhaps it is much more difficult. First of all, it is more troublesome to control this huge guy to fly in the air. You know, whether it is our current Jingwei or the Wingshode, its combat communication radius is limited. The Jingwei is about one hundred kilometers, while the Wingshode is more powerful, about 300 kilometers.

However, fighter combat is not this distance. Although using satellite communication can extend the distance further, the transmission speed is not as fast as the wireless transmission speed we developed. This is difficult to ensure the timeliness of communication. You have seen it. Our drone target recognition intelligent system actually relies on the powerful computing power of the ground monitoring station. Computer workstations that require very fast speeds are also a big part of the cost of drone manufacturing.

Well, even if we can consider loading this system on the plane to solve this problem, it is really difficult to make the fighter maintain agile combat like a manned and perform various maneuvering actions. Now, our technology and hardware are extremely difficult to do."

Duke said truthfully that in order to compete with human pilots in this regard, it may be possible to have computer support with Kerry, who is like the super computing power in his body.

When the two generals Xiao Qianguang and Wang Rong heard Duke say this, they couldn't help laughing. "Director Du, our requirements are not as high as you imagined." Xiao Qianguang said with a smile, "We will not use these fighters for air combat. Although this idea is very tempting, we all know that this is not realistic."

"As for our initial idea, if these fighters can automatically take off and fly to the designated target to perform attack tasks, we will already be satisfied. However, after looking at your drone project, our requirements have been added, that is, when performing this combat mission, these fighters have certain intelligence, can perform some conventional evasion actions, avoid certain air defense weapons, and make the fighters performing missions lose less.

Then when performing terminal combat missions, you can have the ability to identify the most valuable tactical targets to attack. In fact, you can imagine it as a more flexible and intelligent missile to use. Of course, most of the time we eliminate them as missile carriers that can be recycled.

Only in special circumstances, such as when performing saturation attack missions on aircraft carriers, we can even let them be fully loaded with high-explosive bombs to act as the role of Kamikaze fighter jets, and use large cluster combat mode to cooperate with other third-generation fighter jets to forcibly tear open the enemy's aircraft carrier air defense system."

Hearing this, Duke vaguely understood the intention of the generals to assemble these generals. It turned out that this thing was not only a dish prepared for neighbors, but also a big meal for the US Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers. If the huge retired J-7 or J-6 aircraft fleet really had some intelligent combat capabilities, then this would be a greater threat to the aircraft carrier formation than the DF-21e missile.

Once something happens in the southeast direction and performing a kamikaze mission, these J-7 or J-6 fighters can "visit" targets such as high-explosive bombs, such as low-priced "gifts" such as destroyers and aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet. After adding a sub-fuel tank, it can disrupt the so-called blockade of the US military's so-called first island chain.

Due to the limited military expenditure, the reserves of new anti-ship missiles such as DF-21e are not too large. Compared with the number of J-7s or J-6s with thousands of existing J-7s and J-6s, and more importantly, the DF-21e cannot be adjusted after being fired. Facing the camouflage targets of various anti-missile systems of the opponent, it is likely to be deceived.

However, the drone target recognition system developed by Duke is different. It not only has strong intelligent recognition capabilities and is not confused by opponents' tricks, but also can use early warning aircraft and satellites to transmit real-time images captured by the fighter thousands of kilometers away, so that the back-end monitoring system can analyze in detail, identify and eliminate fake targets and reset new attack targets.

In other words, the General Assembly hopes that Duke can transform the j-7 or j-6 series into an intelligent long-range unmanned attack platform, which can carry missiles or high-explosive bombs to fight.

"If this is the case, we can try it." After Duke understood Xiao Qianguang's intention, he felt that this matter could be tried, "But if it succeeds, we can't guarantee it now."

"For research projects, we must certainly allow failure, but we believe that with your strength, especially Dean Du's profound attainments in artificial intelligence, the probability of success is very high. However, our cost of consumption can be controlled, and try not to exceed 5 million yuan. Later, we will give a list of functions and list the priority of various functions. Of course, the cheaper the cost of consumption improvement, the better. Everyone knows that we have never had enough time in terms of funding.

The cheaper it is, the more we can transform it. Sometimes when the number is to a certain extent, it will play a decisive role. Of course, the necessary performance must be maintained. In addition to priority, there are also functional projects that must be implemented on the function list we give, which are indispensable." Xiao Qianguang continued Duke's words.

"We will try our best to do this project." Seeing that Xiao Qianguang had said this, Duke was no longer polite and began to make a request. "If we look at the main functions just mentioned, I personally think we should have a relatively good grasp of the implementation of basic functions. However, we have no experience in the performance of the two major series of aircraft, such as the j-7 or j-6. If we rely solely on our own exploration, we don't know when we can complete this transformation work.

Can the assembly team coordinate with AVIC and send a group of engineers with rich experience in J-7 manufacturing and maintenance to assist our transformation work?”

"Of course, we will ask the j-7 production factory to send the best engineers to assist you in the transformation work." Xiao Qianguang replied without hesitation, "This is an important thing that the assembly will take into account in the near future. We can achieve results as soon as possible in this project. To be honest, the international situation we are facing is not very good now. We are not very clear about what effect it can have after the Military Commission exposed our killer weapon last time.

It may make our opponent think twice before acting, but it is not ruled out that the opponent is ignored by the opponent. If this J-7 or J-6 drone plan can be realized, even if we only transform hundreds of aircraft, we will have more and more choices, whether it is to show it out to deter or to attack it unexpectedly in actual combat."

"We can't afford the huge price of hundreds of pilots, but it doesn't matter if we drive out hundreds of stock planes at one time."

(I was wrong. Xiao and Xiao did not distinguish clearly before, and they will be called Xiao Ganguang in the future. Thank you for your support from the book friends, so that the first chapter subscription will not be too ugly. Although the absolute number is still insignificant in the eyes of the master, I am already very content. There will be another update before 12 o'clock in the evening. Thank you for your enthusiastic support from the book friends!)
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