Chapter 801 Arms Sales to Russia
? Sure enough, Jiang Chen had expected that when Xinghuan Trading displayed the hummingbird drone in the Singapore-Malaysia joint military exercise, there would definitely be people interested in this flexible support equipment.
Flexible mobility and highly intelligent battlefield adaptability are simply the nightmare of all soft targets.
In fact, it is not just Xinguo. In fact, the US Navy SEALs and Russia's Alpha Special Forces are equipped with similar individual drones. However, the drone with the quadrotor structure obviously cannot be compared with the hummingbird with the aerodynamic engine.
"The Hummingbird drone is not for sale." Jiang Chen said without hesitation, "It is impossible to sell it. In the future, the military industry will only complete the order of the star ring trade. I am afraid that this matter will disappoint you."
"I expected you to say that." Natasha shrugged, "So I didn't intend to ask about the hummingbird drone."
"Then what do you mean?" Jiang Chen looked at her and asked with a smile.
"Beta-3 drones, that is, the drone logistics network you have laid in Xiangjiang City, we are very interested." Natasha said.
"The logistics market in Russia is not well developed."
"We don't plan to use Beta-3 for logistics either." Natasha stared at Jiang Chen with piercing eyes. "It's not just express delivery that needs logistics. Beta-3's all-terrain transportation capabilities can fully play its role on the front line Value. For example, sending ammunition and supplies to soldiers deployed on the front line..."
After pondering for a moment, Jiang Chen said with emotion from the bottom of his heart.
"Whoever came up with this idea is a genius."
To be honest, Jiang Chen sometimes feels quite puzzled. Every time he took out NB's black technology, someone always took the trouble to dig out its military value for him, and use the drone logistics network for front-line supplies. He really didn't think about this idea.
But then again, the use of Beta-3 drones for supplies is really of little significance to the soldiers of the star ring trade. Because of the existence of the mechanical exoskeleton, the weight of each soldier can reach more than three to five times that of other countries' armies. With the breakthrough speed of the Star Ring Trade Soldiers, it is basically possible to finish a local battle without resupplying once.
"Make a price." Natasha said with a smile.
"Put the UAV terminal on the infantry vehicle, use the UAV to resupply the soldiers who are scattered in combat, and when necessary, tie explosives to the opposite face... Tsk tsk,
This method does work. Jiang Chen rubbed his chin, thinking about this question seriously.
The load capacity of Beta-3 is about 2-3 kg. Through technical upgrades, at the expense of the radius of action, it should be no problem to increase its load capacity to 5 kg. As for the large Beta UAV control terminals deployed in the express outlets in Xiangjiang City, it is technically feasible to reduce them to a small vehicle-mounted terminal with 10-20 UAVs at the same time!
"$500,000, 20 drones and supporting vehicle-mounted drone terminals." Jiang Chen said.
After hearing Jiang Chen's offer, Natasha's eyebrows twitched, coughed and laughed.
"This quotation...is a bit too expensive. I remember that the cost of laying out the drone logistics network in Xiangjiang City is more than 200 million US dollars. A total of 50,000 drones have been invested, and the average drone is only 4,000 US dollars. That’s all. 20 planes for $500,000, why don’t you grab them!”
"It's $500,000 for 20 drones and supporting terminals." Jiang Chen accentuated the word "terminal", looked at Natasha calmly, and continued, "The price of the terminal is more expensive than the drone itself." But it’s much more expensive, after all, it’s not just a computer that can provide data processing services for drones.”
"Can't it be cheaper?"
Natasha pretended to be cute and pitiful, but Jiang Chen insisted on the price he offered unmoved.
"No! We have to design a portable Beta drone terminal specially for you, it can't be cheaper." Jiang Chen shook his head repeatedly.
Of course it can be cheap, but how can I make money if it is cheap?
The cost of 20 drones and terminal pairs is only 100,000 US dollars, but since it is an export, and it is a monopoly business, how can you survive without killing you?
After a lot of bargaining, Jiang Chen finally "reluctantly" agreed to give a 10% discount, and set the price of this equipment at 450,000 US dollars a set. The specific agreement will be brought back by Natasha after get off work. Before going to work, she has repeatedly nagged Jiang Chen, so don't change her words suddenly.
Jiang Chen suppressed a smile and sent her out the door. After she left, he finally couldn't help laughing.
Less than a month after the establishment of the future military industry, it received overseas orders.
A set of 450,000, after deducting the cost, he can earn 350,000. Even if one-tenth of Maozi tanks, infantry vehicles, and military off-road vehicles are replaced with an advanced drone supply system, there will be a profit of more than 3.5 billion. How can Jiang Chen be unhappy?
All in all, this arms business is really lucrative. Jiang Chen secretly made up his mind to contact the Liu family in Huaguo and ask them if they are interested in this Beta drone supply system. Compared with the impoverished bear, the rabbit is the rich donor!
Anyway, the international influence of the future people group has made him no longer need to worry about the arms business.
After confirming the matter, Jiang Chen cleaned up the dishes with Aisha, and then went out to the Future Man Building.
After returning from get off work, Natasha put an arms purchase contract in front of him, and watched him sign her name with a smile. She helped the Russian Ministry of Defense save a lot of expenses, and she was often praised by her boss.
It's just that the boss's caring tone made her a little annoyed, as if she had betrayed her appearance to persuade Jiang Chen to give him a 10% discount.
After signing the contract, Jiang Chen came to the study as usual and dialed Liu's house.
After listening to Jiang Chen's words, Liu Xiangguo immediately expressed his interest. But he is not a member of the military system after all, so he can't make a hasty decision on this matter. After expressing to Jiang Chen that he would study the matter, the old fox hung up the phone.
Throughout the day today, drones brought him good news.
However, at this time, Ghost Agent brought him bad news.
"The United States is currently developing a vehicle-mounted anti-drone equipment, which is currently being bid by two arms companies. Among them, Raytheon's design is to use directed energy weapons to lock and eliminate the approaching drone target, similar to the laser anti-drone in the experiment. A simplified version of the guidance system. Lockheed Martin’s design is to use directional full-channel jamming technology to block the communication between drones and terminals in the target area, and set up a no-fly zone for drones.” Aisha reported to Jiang Chen From the intelligence collected by the US agents.
After hearing this information, Jiang Chen was not surprised.
After any weapon is born, someone must think about how to restrain it.
Raytheon's solution is costly, but it is undoubtedly the most effective, because the anti-drone equipment in the last days basically relies on faster and more accurate directed energy weapons, as well as regional EMP weapons that are not available in the present world. As for the latter, Lockheed Martin uses the commonly used anti-drone methods in the world, but it is not effective for hummingbirds and Beta series drones.
Although relying on the terminal for data processing and remote control, both the hummingbird and the Beta drone have built-in AI programs. Even in the offline state, you can complete the preset tasks and return to the flight according to the preset route.
This Lockheed Martin's full-channel jamming technology is at best a flash bomb. Although it can cause some trouble to the drones of the Star Ring Trade, it cannot completely lose its combat effectiveness.
And you have radio interference, why don't we have an anti-radio interference?
In front of the station at the end of the world, anti-radio interference is the basic equipment for electronic warfare.
Personally, Jiang Chen still very much hopes that Lockheed Martin can successfully bid.
So Jiang Chen couldn't help thinking, should I help them?
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