China's drone technology is world-class

"From the overall level, China's technical strength in the field of drones has reached a world-class level." On the afternoon of the 11th, the "Tonghang Airlines Exhibition, Helping the Chinese Dream" series was held at the Zhuhai Campus of Jinan University. The "big coffee" was opened on the spot.

Zhuhai Media Group reporter interviewed Li Zhaodong, deputy chief designer of Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute of China Aviation Industry Corporation and the chief designer of the "Pterosaur" series of drones independently developed by China. He shared his vision of Chinese drone innovation. road.


Q: What do you think China's development in the field of UAV research and development in recent years?

A: China's drones have become a global hotspot in recent years, and the overall level has been highly praised and recognized worldwide. Overall, China's drone technology has reached world-class levels.

China's UAV development has its own characteristics and is self-developed on the basis of our country's industry. The future "Pterosaurus" drones also have many directions that need to achieve deep breakthroughs, such as new platforms, new intelligent systems and broader applications, in remote sensing mapping, meteorological detection, emergency response, marine engineering, communication groups. Fields such as the Internet can play a greater role. We hope to showcase our next-generation technology products at the 13th China Air Show.

Q: What advantages do you think drones have in the military field?

A: The drone has the advantages of long flight time, high maneuverability, high stealth and low cost. The integrated unmanned aerial vehicle can perform long-term observation and reconnaissance. It also has the ability to strike "time-sensitive targets". It can detect, locate, identify, target and attack targets in a limited "attack window" or "combat opportunity". The military field has unique advantages.

In addition, I also want to emphasize the system characteristics of the drone. The intelligent system carried by the drone gives it a certain degree of autonomy and adaptability, and can be flexibly integrated into the entire combat system, including the test of many harsh conditions such as high temperature in the desert, high cold and wind, plateau takeoff and landing, mountainous terrain, and marine environment. This is the innate advantage of drones.

Q: What do you think is the significance of sharing and exchanges with universities in Zhuhai?

A: China's UAV system has shown a trend of rapid iterative upgrade and serialization development in recent years. The fundamental reason for the formation of good development momentum is to adhere to independent innovation. Today, I came to the Zhuhai Campus of Jinan University. I hope that through my theme speech, I will pass on the development trend and key direction of the UAV field to the students present, enhance everyone's understanding of China's aviation industry, and stimulate everyone's thinking about innovation and development. Helping to nurture more outstanding young people with independent innovation capabilities, making future Chinese drones more "smart".

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On the 11th, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Air Force, the "China Airshow Exhibition, Helping the Chinese Dream" hosted by the Zhuhai Executive Committee of China Airshow - celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China and the 20th anniversary of the return of Macao to the motherland The second station was held at the Zhuhai Campus of Jinan University.

The event invited the deputy chief designer of the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute of China Aviation Industry Corporation, Li Yidong, the chief designer of the "Pterosaur" series of drones, and Jiang Xiaohua, director and executive deputy general manager of Zhuhai Obit Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. It shared the development trends and key directions of China's UAV technology and commercial aerospace satellite industry, and interacted with nearly 400 teachers and students from Jinan University Zhuhai Campus and Zhuhai College of Beijing Institute of Technology.

The event also hosted a video exhibition of the theme of "Blue Sky Epic" at the China Airshow. Nearly 130 works recorded the highlights and highlights of the previous airshows since the birth of the first China Airshow in 1996, many of which are highly historical. Precious old photos of value.

"This event was jointly organized by the organizers of the air show, based on the Greater Bay Area of ​​Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. The first stop will enter Shenzhen University, and then the activities will be held in the Macao Special Administrative Region." Li Yihui, deputy general manager of the City Exhibition Group said It is hoped that through the popular lectures and exhibitions and other forms, the latest achievements and achievements of China's aerospace and defense science and technology construction will be fully demonstrated, and the patriotic feelings of the young people in the Dawan District of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao will be further stimulated.