Although our country lags behind other developed countries in many fields, we can keep up with the trend of development in some emerging projects.
This was the case with the application and development of drones.
The idea of military drones was actually proposed by the British during World War I. In the years after World War I, the United Kingdom and the United States completed the design and test flight of the first generation of drones one after another.
After World War II, with the rapid development of the aviation industry, the development of drones also made great progress. It wasn't until the 1990s that the development of miniaturized and functional drones began to surge. Developed countries have officially equipped their troops with drones and even used them in actual combat.
Our country began to study drone technology in the late 1950s and officially began to develop drones for military use in the late 1960s. More than 30 years later, in the 1990s, several series of drones with target, reconnaissance, and protection as the main functions were developed.
Since 2000, drones equipped with thermal sensors, ultra-high-definition surveillance lenses, and other high-tech and functional drones began to be installed experimentally.
At the same time, most of the foreign armies in developed countries already had professional drone forces. With the help of satellite-guided attack drones and reconnaissance drones were now flying all over the world, and they even broke into our country's airspace from time to time.
Considering that in modern warfare, the application of drones would become more and more widespread, the General Armament Department and the General Staff Department jointly organized this drone design contest.
On the one hand, they wanted to use this event to brainstorm and open up ideas for the future development of drones in our country. On the other hand, they also hoped that relevant universities and research institutes would pay attention to the development and application of this technology in the future.
If an ordinary person saw the contest on the military website, the first thing they would think of would be medium to large drones flying at high altitudes. After Qu Sen saw the news, his mind was full of Zhou Li's "little toy".
In Qu Sen's view, the medium to large drones that could perform high-altitude reconnaissance and even provide precision strikes and long-distance rapid tactical support were drones. Zhou Li's little guy with four propellers was also a drone.
Medium to large drones had their uses, and small drones also had the advantages and application of small drones.
Rumor has it that the UA developed a lot of small and micro wireless reconnaissance devices in the form of simulated animals.
Although robot flies and mosquitoes flew all over the sky, it still seemed like science fiction. However, a small drone with multiple functions also had great potential in military applications.
"What's up? I'm busy." After the call was put through, Zhou Li's low voice came from the receiver.
"I just saw on the military website that the General Assembly and the General Staff Department are jointly holding a prize collection for drone design proposals. It's targeted at the military universities," Qu Sen said quickly and anxiously.
"That means medium to large drones," Zhou Li replied in a low voice.
"There's no indication in the event introduction. The medium and large ones are UAVs, but the small ones are not UAVs," Qu Sen immediately replied.
After a few seconds of silence, Zhou Li replied, "Wait here. I'll call and ask." With that, he hung up without waiting for Qu Sen's response.
After about ten minutes, the phone began to vibrate. Qu Sen looked at the number and immediately picked it up. He asked anxiously, "How is it?"
"Go now and summarize your previous thoughts. In about a week's time, the first stage of the test will be almost finished. When Yingying and I go back, we'll sign up! "Zhou Li spoke quickly and excitedly assigned tasks to Qu Sen.
The transition from idle to busy was so sudden. During the day, Qu Sen felt like he had a lot of time and had nowhere to spend it. He even had time to go to the computer room with Gao Bo to secretly play online games. But at night, it was already past eleven o 'clock, and he was still typing on Word.
When they were modifying Zhou Li's "little toy", the three of them came up with a lot of functional ideas. But because of the inherent shortcomings of the carrier, these ideas all remained in the design stage.
Qu Sen wanted to summarize these ideas in the week before Zhou Li came back, and then eliminate the ideas that were jokes and science fiction. Then, he systematically listed out the directions that could be worked on.
After two days of statistics and elimination, Qu Sen found that the ideas he had with Zhou Li and Li Ying could not all be integrated into the design of a drone.
Even if it could be done, it was far beyond the ability of the three of them. After all, this collection activity was not only to collect ideas, but the contestants also had to come up with the real thing.
No matter how good Qu Sen's ideas were, they couldn't just stand aside and talk about the design plan in front of the PowerPoint during the competition.
After some planning, Qu Sen roughly summed up three participation plans.
The first was a long-endurance drone equipped with thermal sensors and other components. This type of drone, in Qu Sen's idea, was mainly used to perform battlefield monitoring in complex terrains and small areas, as well as anti-infiltration tasks.
The second was similar to Zhou Li's "little toy", with a high-definition camera and sound pickup components. However, the fuselage would be designed as thin and light as possible, and the propeller would also be designed with an ultra-silent design. This kind of drone was mainly used in the operations of scouts and special teams to carry out covert reconnaissance and intelligence collection.
The third was purely an idea of Qu Sen, inspired by some war blockbusters. In this design, the most important component of the drone became a high-definition zoom camera, which was controlled by a portable visual remote control. It was mainly used to detect enemy snipers in combat environments.
Imagine if the observer was equipped with such a drone, it could minimize the probability of being sniped. The drone could even be equipped with a warhead.
It might be a bit ridiculous to install a recoilless gun or a small or miniature missile, but it was completely feasible to equip it with a remote-detonated explosive.
Even if it couldn't kill the enemy sniper, it could also effectively reduce the casualty rate of their own personnel by interfering with the opponent. Using a drone in exchange for one or even several lives of their comrades, no matter how you looked at it, it was worth it.
Expand on this idea and replace the explosives in the warhead with smoke bombs. When necessary, it could also accurately release smoke to cover the actions of their own personnel.
After Zhou Li and Li Ying came back, they immediately found Qu Sen. After looking at his three design presets, the two girls were very satisfied.
The three of them got together and made some improvements. They added an extension plan similar to the tactical communication jammer in the design. Zhou Li wrote an application and Professor Wu helped to hand it directly to the school.
Although the prize collection this time was geared towards the students of various military universities, military drones were not simple remote-controlled toys. How could the students build them themselves?
Not to mention the production costs involved, the series of assembly parts were not things that could be bought with money.
The school's financial support and coordination endorsement were indispensable if they wanted to transform the idea from a diagram into a real object.
Professor Wu was a very influential PhD lecturer in the university. Qu Sen and the other two's proposal was feasible. After the university contacted the organizers, they confirmed that the three's proposal was eligible to participate in the competition. Then, they directly brought this matter to the weekly meeting.
After the meeting passed, the three people's participation was approved. They also received a special 100,000 yuan design fund from the school, an experimental operation room, and a number of equipment support.
100,000 yuan sounded like a lot of money. Forget about ordinary remote-controlled toys, even if it was used to buy a toy drone like Zhou Li's, it would be enough to buy a dozen or even twenty of them.
However, the things that could be bought were all mass-produced products. Qu Sen and the other two people wanted to create a competition product from scratch.
Not to mention other things, just designing the outer shell of the drone would cost tens of thousands of yuan. Not to mention, they also needed to buy various sensors and main control chips used inside the drone.
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