Two new drones underwent a number of tests in front of Chen Chen.
The two gray drones were like two UFOs, swinging back and forth in the sky, constantly flipping and moving, and seemed to be more agile than birds.
"The new drone is equipped with a face scanning system and a 12K high-definition zoom camera, which can confirm a person's accurate identity up to 500 meters away. It can be converted into night vision mode even at night, no different from daytime. "
"Of course, we don't know the specific program yet. It all depends on the motherboard chip you provided..."
Mark explained while testing, "The flight noise of our drone is 20 decibels, which is equivalent to the rustling sound made by the wind blowing through the leaves. As for the power system, the cruising speed is 80 kilometers per hour. If it is only used for Patrolling is completely enough."
After thinking about it, Mark added again, "Of course, the speed is not the limit now. We may need a certain amount of time to improve the ion pulse thruster. In the future, it is expected to improve the speed to more than 120 kilometers per hour. May I ask... Do you need improvements? ?"
Chen Chen nodded, "It is definitely needed. There is no such thing as too much of this kind of technology. So what are the flaws?"
"If it's defective, it's probably that the weight is too light."
Mark regretted, "Although we have tried to reduce the weight of the drone as much as possible, it still needs to be equipped with high-precision cameras. The two cameras alone weigh three kilograms. Plus various instruments, the weight has exceeded ten kilograms. With every extra kilogram added, the efficiency of the drone decreases exponentially, and with three more kilograms it becomes difficult to keep flying.”
Chen Chen nodded, "So you can't carry weapons?"
"Yes."
Mark replied, "Even our newly developed electromagnetic rifle cannot be carried in terms of weight. However, even if it can be carried, electromagnetic weapons still have recoil. The stability of the drone is not allowed to exceed an impact force of more than 3N, otherwise It’s easy to lose control.”
"Why does it have to be equipped with an electromagnetic rifle?"
Chen Chen suddenly asked, "I see there is ceramic armor on the drone. How about removing the ceramic armor and trying to mount a weapon such as a pistol?"
"But without armor, wouldn't the problem of drone's survival rate be..."
Mark said in astonishment, "And the effective range of pistol weapons is only about fifty. If the drone wants to attack the enemy, it must get close. Plus, without armor, the drone's performance really cannot be unleashed."
Chen Chen smiled when he heard this, "Don't worry about this issue, you just need to make samples according to my requirements."
"If you insist."
Mark nodded reluctantly, but secretly he must still have the idea that Chen Chen's layman could guide an expert.
Seeing this, Chen Chen simply gave up and took out a metal ball with a diameter of about three centimeters and placed it in front of Mark, "All new drones must create a slot to fix the ball. "
"This is..." Mark was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Chen Chen's gesture, he slowly took the metal ball in Chen Chen's hand.
Suddenly, the metal ball made a "ding" sound, and Mark suddenly noticed that his eyes flashed, and his hand disappeared!
Mark looked down in shock, but was horrified to find that his body also disappeared. No, it didn't disappear. Mark found that he could still feel the existence of his body. Not only that, with his movements, there was a faint energy in the air. See the slightest distortion of light.
Other scientists around Mark screamed in surprise. In their eyes, Mark had just taken the metal ball, and then they heard a crisp sound from the metal ball, and then Mark disappeared directly in front of everyone. No trace!
"Crack!"
Just when Mark was shocked, he suddenly made a stroke in his hand, and the metal ball fell to the ground. It was only then that Mark realized that he had recovered again.
"This is… "
Seeing this, Mark quickly grabbed the metal ball and looked shocked, "This ball can actually make people invisible?"
"Yes, this metal ball can generate an electromagnetic field of a certain frequency. This electromagnetic field has the ability to distort light."
Chen Chen replied, "If this kind of stealth device is mounted on a drone, does it still need armor?"
"If you can really become invisible, then you really don't need armor..."
Mark nodded excitedly, and then asked again doubtfully, "If you create invisibility by distorting light, then it stands to reason that you cannot accept the light from the outside world. It is equivalent to becoming invisible and becoming blind at the same time." , but why can my eyes still receive light from the outside world after I become invisible?"
"?"
If I knew, what else would you do
Chen Chen did not answer, but changed the subject and said, "Okay, the sample has been given to you. I hope you can improve the drone as soon as possible, at least so that the drone has the attack power of light weapons instead of a movable monitor. .”
"Yes, for sure, we can transform the new drone within three days!"
Everyone nodded.
Seeing this, Chen Chen turned around and left.
Of course Chen Chen knew that compared to the UAV spy drones from the Elysian Space Plane, the ones produced by experts like Mark Dawson were naturally much inferior.
For example, the original version uses an engineering plastic, which is a kind of armor with the ability to deform under strong pressure. It weighs about the same as ordinary plastic, but its bulletproof capabilities are comparable to steel.
Not only that, the nuclear fuel cell in the original drone can support the drone to stay suspended in the air for more than a month, but now Chen Chen's battery technology can only allow the drone to fly in the sky for 24 hours.
After all, the technological generation gap is too big, and Chen Chen has not fully understood the hydrogen fuel cell technology of the Terminator plane, let alone the nuclear fuel cell technology of the Elysian Space plane.
Therefore, when energy technology is not in place, it is inevitable that the performance of drones cannot keep up with those in the movies.
However, there is no need to worry about the intelligent system of the drone. After all, there is Little X. As soon as these drones take off, they will immediately become a pair of eyes of Little No more dead ends.
This is Chen Chen's purpose. As Blacklight Technology continues to refresh cutting-edge medical technologies, the Life Sciences City has almost become a battleground between major forces, with spies emerging one after another.
For this reason, Chen Chen expanded the BSS department twice and recruited hundreds of foreign mercenaries. However, although the quality of the mercenaries was high, the elite spies sent by the major forces were not vegetarian. After several times, the BSS department's There was also a lot of damage.
But if the Black Knight troops are used, it will be a suicide attempt.
The Black Knight can indeed quickly and effectively crush most of the spies in Life Sciences City. He will never suffer from a collision of force. But once Chen Chen really does this, wouldn't it be equivalent to telling the federation that he has a combat force that can crush him? Legions around the world
Once the Black Knight is exposed, public opinion alone will crush Black Light Technology to death, not to mention sanctions from the Earth Federation.
Therefore, the Black Knight can only be used as a trump card. It may have miraculous effects at critical times, but when it is put on the table, it is just courting death.
…
Three days later, Chen Chen came to the research workshop headed by Mark Dawson again, and Mark also sent the improved drone to Chen Chen. And conducted simulated test flights in the wind tunnel.
And the effect is amazing.
The new version of the drone has an additional small electromagnetic gun. It is the same model as the electromagnetic pistol in the electromagnetic weapons that will be installed on the Black Knight. It uses 4×15mm fusiform hollow bullets. Due to weight issues, the loading capacity is only three. Ten shots, effective range of 100 meters.
Of course, the reason for equipping the weapon is that Chen Chen only wants to use this drone to carry out assassination missions under certain special circumstances. He will never use it to carry out frontal combat missions such as fire suppression. Chen Chen does not want to expose this trump card yet. .
In addition, minus the armor of the outer shell, the weight of the new drone is reduced to eight kilograms. Although the speed is still not much improved after losing two kilograms, the battery life has been increased by four hours.
Finally loaded with a stealth device, the drone immediately turned into a ubiquitous ghost. Its invisible and silent capabilities are enough to make even the best ace spies fearful.
"very good."
Looking at the outstanding performance of the drone in the small wind tunnel, Chen Chen nodded and praised, "As expected of the world's top team, Dr. Mark, your abilities are indeed worthy of your status."
"Mr. Chen, thank you very much."
Mark laughed and said, "The reason why we have reached this point is also related to the funds and various top-notch instruments you provided us. Otherwise, we would not be able to quickly replicate this kind of drone."
"So, including the lens, batteries, and all costs, how much is the final cost of such a drone?"
Chen Chen finally asked the most critical point.
"Excluding research costs, such a drone would cost approximately $3 million."
Mark pondered for a while and said decisively, "If an assembly line is developed for mass production, the price can be reduced by about 30%."
"very nice."
Chen Chen nodded. Although the price was a bit expensive, Chen Chen could still afford it. At least it was much better than extracting the UAV spy drone directly from the USB flash drive.
A UAV spy drone weighs only a dozen kilograms, and a nuclear power plant can absorb less than 100 of them with a month's charge. Chen Chen is not crazy, how could he specifically extract this kind of thing.
"Mr. Chen, now that all data tests have passed, is it time to name this drone?"
Mark asked again, with anticipation flashing in his eyes.
When Chen Chen heard this, he glanced at Mark and said, "Yes, your team has the right to name this kind of aircraft."
"Thank you, Mr. Chen."
Mark was immediately delighted when he heard this, "I've actually already thought of a name. How about we call it Mark-1? It's called M-1 spy drone for short."
"M-1?"
Chen Chen nodded reluctantly, "In that case, the rewards for your team will be sent to your accounts soon, and your permissions in the God's Forbidden Zone will also be improved for you. And this design drawing of the drone It's enough for you to hand it over to the department responsible for production, and there will be someone there responsible for mass production."
"clear."
Mark nodded, "Then our next step is to improve the drone based on the Mark-1 model drone?"
"Yes, for example, designing another spy drone that pays more attention to speed and endurance while being smaller in size."
Chen Chen replied, "Or maybe design a larger combat drone that can carry a weapon platform, etc. I need drones for various purposes."
Mark was shocked when he heard this. He seemed to vaguely understand Chen Chen's thoughts, but then he felt a little embarrassed, "It is not difficult to continue research and improvement, but the difficulty lies in the equipment. To meet your needs, we may need a larger one." Some wind tunnel.”
"Wind tunnel?"
Chen Chen turned his head to look at the small wind tunnel behind him and understood immediately.
The research and development of aircraft does require this kind of facility called a wind tunnel, and the most basic small drones are no exception.
The so-called wind tunnel is actually a device that artificially generates airflow. It is a large-scale testing facility used to simulate the flow of gas around an aircraft or entity.
The construction difficulty and value of this kind of facility are even greater than that of a shield machine. If you want to build an aircraft, a wind tunnel with various functions is indispensable.
Seeing the other party mention the wind tunnel, Chen Chen suddenly felt something in his heart.
After all, Chen Chen had always been interested in the "Bugatti Folger Transporter" in "Elysium".
After all, under certain circumstances, a small aircraft the size of an ordinary car would be enough for Chen Chen to cross the Pacific Ocean from one end of the earth to the other in one night.
However, although the "Bugatti" is already the smallest aircraft, judging from the data Chen Chen got back, the Bugatti still weighs 2.4 tons, and Chen Chen needs to save at least two months of power.
So Chen Chen understood that this kind of small aircraft could only be useful occasionally. The real solution was to build the aircraft himself.
And if you want to build an aircraft, you still need to build a wind tunnel.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen immediately made up his mind. He raised his head and said to Mark, "In that case, Mark, do you have the confidence to take on a new mission while taking on the drone mission?"
"Please tell me."
Seeing Chen Chen's solemn look, Mark's heart moved, "If it's not too difficult, I think I can give it a try."
Chen Chen said, "If I give you a sample of a manned aircraft like a drone, are you sure you can replicate that aircraft?"
"this… "
Mark was silent for a while after hearing this, and then he hesitated and said, "Although manned aircraft and drones are very similar in principle, they are completely different in difficulty, and the small wind tunnel used by drones cannot support the carrier at all. Research on human aircraft… ”
“Don’t worry about the wind tunnel aspect.”
Chen Chen waved his hand, "I am going to invest three billion US dollars to build a set of large-scale special wind tunnels here."
Mark's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, "If that's the case, I'm willing to give it a try."