Chapter One Thousand One Hundred and Twenty Two Large Aircraft Intelligent Unmanned Driving Technology
[Modified version] Seeing that Wu Hao was unwilling to say more about this issue, although everyone was very curious, they did not continue to ask.
Not only everyone present, but also the outside world are now very curious about the experimental spacecraft that Wu Hao and the others will launch in August.
Regarding this (this, this, this) experimental spacecraft, Wu Hao and the others have kept a tight lid on it, so the outside world still doesn’t know what kind of spacecraft it is.
But what is certain is that judging from some limited information previously revealed by Wu Hao and Haoyu Technology, this experimental spacecraft is definitely not simple.
Looking at the people seated, Deputy Director Qi, who was sitting in the front seat, smiled at everyone and said: "Okay, let's get to the point.
Today is the first plenary meeting since the establishment of our project. The purpose of this meeting is mainly to bring everyone together to discuss some of the current progress of the project and some problems encountered by the project team, as well as everyone’s relevant opinions and opinions on this project.
I suggest we have a chat.
First of all, let me introduce to you the relevant situation of our project.
Our project was officially established in April this year under the joint care of the leaders of the group company, the leaders of the Science and Technology Bureau, and the military leaders.
Before its establishment, our Aviation Technology and Aircraft Design Institute had many contacts with Haoyu Technology Company. We had repeated discussions on this project and reached an agreement on related cooperation.
Haoyu Technology Co., Ltd. provides the core technology used in this project, which is the intelligent unmanned driving technology applied to large aviation aircraft.
Our Aviation Technology and Aircraft Design Institute provides relevant research sites, as well as corresponding equipment and hardware.
We have jointly formed a large-scale intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle technology research and development project team to conduct relevant research work on this technology.
After the project team was established, technical personnel from both parties were quickly put in place. Basic demonstration research work on related technologies has already begun, and relatively good results have been achieved so far.
After repeated discussions by the project team, we finally selected the aircraft used for this demonstration of intelligent unmanned aviation technology as the MA 700 new turboprop regional aircraft that we designed and developed and has been put into commercial operation.
The reason for choosing this new MA700 turboprop regional aircraft is mainly due to the performance of the aircraft itself. First of all, its size is not small. It is a medium-sized new turboprop regional aircraft with 70 to 80 seats.
The aircraft has a wingspan of 29.0 meters, a fuselage length of 30.9 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 27,600 kilograms, a maximum commercial payload of 860 kilograms, a maximum cruising speed of 637 kilometers per hour, a maximum range of 2,700 kilometers, and a maximum flight altitude of 8,000 meters.
Although this aircraft is smaller than ordinary large jets, it is not bad at all. In particular, it uses our newly developed digital flight platform, which is very advanced and very suitable for intelligent unmanned driving systems.
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Moreover, in terms of intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle driving technology currently adopted by major airlines in various countries, our new MA700 turboprop regional aircraft is definitely the largest among them.
Of course, bigger is not always better. If the aircraft gets bigger, the system will become more complex. For now, this new MA700 turboprop regional aircraft definitely meets our current research needs."
After hearing Deputy Director Qi's introduction, Academician Tang Shizhen, who was sitting opposite Wu Hao, also said: "The choice of the MA-700 new turboprop regional aircraft as our experimental model was based on repeated research.
Decision made after discussion.
Unlike ordinary small aircraft, it is still very difficult for large aircraft to carry out unmanned driving technology.
Especially when it comes to safety, to be honest we cannot guarantee it, so we must choose an economical and reliable model.
At the same time, the alternative models should not be too big or too small.
If the aircraft model is too big, its flight control system will become more and more complex, which will be difficult for us to implement, and it will be difficult to produce results in a short time.
In addition, large aircraft are relatively bulky, and the items we can use for testing are relatively limited. Moreover, large aircraft are relatively expensive both in terms of unit price and flight usage price. It would be too wasteful to use them at this stage.
If the aircraft is too small, it will not be able to achieve the purpose of our project. Moreover, there is a big difference between small aircraft and large aircraft, so an aircraft of a certain size is still needed."
At this time, Deputy Director Qi once again took over the words of Academician Tang Shizhen and said: "Regarding this new MA700 turboprop regional aircraft, our Aviation Technology and Aircraft Design Institute has decided after research to transfer one of the aircraft we have previously researched and tested for free.
The prototype of the new MA700 turboprop regional aircraft was handed over to the project team for experimental use.
This prototype is the fourth of the five produced for our initial research experiments and is in good condition.
Originally, this aircraft would undergo some simple maintenance and then be sold to domestic local airlines. However, because of this project, the aircraft was temporarily handed over to us for use."
"Great, with this aircraft, our project will be more convenient during the research and testing process." Wu Hao said with a smile.
“In fact, whether it is a car or an airplane, if autonomous driving technology is to succeed, it cannot do without repeated testing experiments.
This is especially true for our artificial intelligence technology. If you want an artificial intelligence system to be smart enough, you must give it enough information and data to let it learn.
At this point, our aviation field has a great advantage compared to the automotive field. Because all our aircraft will have flight data, and these data will be stored in black boxes.
These flight data are exactly what our intelligent unmanned driving system needs to learn."
"No problem, we have cooperated with the civil aviation department to obtain relevant flight data of passenger aircraft belonging to major airlines.
At present, we have obtained relevant flight data and have begun to use this data to conduct relevant training for our intelligent unmanned driving system." Deputy Director Qi replied to Wu Hao.
Luo Kai on the side also said to Wu Hao and the people present: "Our Air Force is very interested in the intelligent unmanned autonomous driving technology of this large aviation aircraft, but the military's military aircraft flight data is an important military
Confidential, so unfortunately we can't provide it directly at this stage.
Of course, if the entire project achieves good results in the later stage, we can retrieve some transport aircraft flight data as appropriate to support the continued research of this project."
After hearing Luo Kai's words, everyone nodded. Luo Kai's meaning was very clear, that is, it depends on the results. If the results are good enough, then it is no problem to obtain relevant data support from the military. But if the results are not ideal,
, then for the sake of safety, there is no need to take this risk.
