From arms dealer to king of war

Johnny Payne is a typical scientific research CEO...

He has enough business acumen, but scientists' yearning for scientific research will always take over unconsciously.

Such people tend to go astray in their research, but this kind of 'departure' is sometimes the reason why good things are born.

Because science is extremely uncertain, a moment of inspiration combined with luck can often create amazing things.

This set of Tyros flexible armor is one of them!

This is a new material that Qiao Jia has never seen before. You can't say how magical it is. As long as this material is hit hard, it will harden locally, and the effect is enough to withstand the attack of pistol bullets.

The most interesting thing is that this suit of armor that looks like a diving suit is lined with a set of thin patches that have the same structure as the exoskeleton.

When Johnny Payne roughly told the origin and function of this suit of armor, Qiao Jia did not hesitate to strip down to just a pair of underwear, and then with the help of Johnny Payne and another man in a white coat, Start wearing the flexible patch within the armor.

In fact, Qiao Jia is not very interested in flexible armor itself, because it can only protect against pistol bullets, which is a bit useless for him. After all, his suit has the same effect, and even has better performance.

What Qiao Jia is really interested in is the set of lightweight flexible exoskeleton patches. The 8 mm thick flexible patches have strong adsorption properties.

Just like the ankle bandages and knee sports tape used by athletes, Qiao Jia immediately felt that the joints were protected and elastic after applying them.

A flexible exoskeleton was attached to the outside of the body and various joints. After Qiao Jia jumped on the spot, he shook his head slightly disappointedly...

"What's the use of this thing? You spent so much money to come up with this high-tech sports bandage?"

After listening to this, Johnny Payne walked up to Qiao Jia with a wry smile and said, "Sir, you should try weight-bearing. This kind of flexible exoskeleton can share about 30% of the external weight without affecting the body's movements at all. The most important thing is that it can protect the human body's joints by sharing the impact.

Coupled with flexible armor that can protect against pistol bullets and a smart helmet, in theory it is the best combat uniform. "

Qiao Jia was not in a hurry to put on the so-called flexible armor. He walked to the front line terminal, bent down and picked up the thing to feel it.

As his body felt the weight, Qiao Jia clearly felt that the flexible exoskeleton shared part of the weight for him, effectively relieving the pressure on his knees and waist.

The frontline digital terminal, which weighed more than 40 kilograms, does not seem to be that heavy now.

Qiao Jia put down the terminal and reached out to pinch the connection between the waist and thigh exoskeleton, and found that there seemed to be a few special fibers inside.

This thing seems to become hard with the pressure transmitted from other places. The special steering structure can ensure that it will not affect Qiao Jia's body movements.

Qiao Jia realized something at this time. He sprinted a few steps and then jumped up hard. After landing on the ground, he clearly felt that the exoskeleton on his body was not very helpful for running and jumping, but it had a strong ability to absorb external impacts. Effect.

For example, when falling from a high place, this flexible exoskeleton can effectively alleviate the impact on the knees and various joints.

Its structure itself is not fundamentally different from an ordinary exoskeleton, but because it is light and flexible, it can indeed increase the load-bearing capacity and enhance impact resistance, which makes Boss Qiao like it very much.

Johnny Payne watched Boss Joe keep trying various moves in his underwear, and seemed to be a little bit happy with it. He smiled dryly and said: "Sir, you should try flexible armor. After all, protection is also very important, right?"

After hearing this, Qiao Jia stopped, smiled and nodded and said: "Then try...

Dude, relax, you got the investment now.

As long as you promise not to spend too much money, your Tyros armor project can continue.

I am very interested in arming my own soldiers, but I need you to simplify the existing helmet functions for me, make the contents inside stupid and hierarchical, so that I can configure the soldiers according to different types of arms.

In fact, we all know that what you want to do next is actually software optimization. I suggest you go to Central Africa to build a laboratory. As long as you can find enough engineers, there are enough soldiers there to cooperate with you to complete software optimization and debugging.

Digitization and intelligence are the future trends. I have an unmanned airship as a frontline terminal. If you can upgrade a useful intelligent frontline terminal system and install it on the unmanned airship, I will be happy to pay for it. "

As Qiao Jia looked at Johnny Payne's excitement, he smiled and said, "Don't be too happy. Since it's a software upgrade, you can't expect me to spend too much money, right?"

Johnny Payne nodded decisively and said: "Sir, I have heard about your unmanned airship, and I also know that Cube Company helped you upgrade the unmanned airship's data link, control system, and sensors...

I'm good friends with the vice president of Cube, and he recommended you to me.

There is nothing wrong with what you said. With only US$50 million to US$80 million, I can arrange for engineers to go to Central Africa to debug and integrate intelligent systems.

Within one to two years, the current Tyros armor can be put into practical use.

If you are interested in investing in mass production, the costs are bound to come down a lot. "

Qiao Jiacai has no intention of investing in mass production. What he wants is an intelligent frontline command terminal that can meet his own needs, as well as an intelligent assistance system built into the helmet. He can handle the rest by himself.

Just kidding, there are so many soldiers in P.B. Even if the cost is reduced to 500,000 per set, Boss Qiao can't bear it.

To be honest, the technology content of that helmet is definitely sufficient, but it is not unique.

The F-22's joint helmet has a similar function. The emergence of this helmet makes it much easier for the pilot to control the fighter.

‘Cobra’ once told Qiao Jia that the more advanced a fighter jet is, the easier it is to fly.

The purpose of the intelligent assistance system is to make everything stupid!

For Boss Qiao, the most valuable thing about this kind of thing is actually the internal software, and he can handle the hardware himself.

Because the plug-in scan can be recorded and copied together with the software, the Telos system itself has not yet been fully formed, and what these scientists have created by themselves cannot fully meet the needs of P·B, so the software still needs to be upgraded and modified by them.

When Johnny Payne saw that Boss Joe didn't refute, he excitedly held the flexible armor and said, "Sir, please try this. It is the core of the future Telos armor..."

When Qiao Jia saw Johnny Payne's appearance, he took the flexible armor and felt it out of curiosity, and then put the flexible armor on his body like a diving suit.

When Johnny Payne helped pull up the zipper at the back, Qiao Jia instantly felt the flexible armor tightening.

It wasn't until the muscles clinging to his body stopped that Qiao Jia felt his body become completely tense.

This feeling is not particularly good. Excessive tightness will keep the muscles in a state of tension for a long time, making it very easy to fatigue.

Qiao Jia moved a few times uncomfortably, shook his head and said, "This thing is uncomfortable to wear. What else does it have besides being bulletproof..."

Johnny Payne walked up to Qiao Jia, pulled out a patch from the cuff of the flexible armor and put it on the back of Qiao Jia's hand...

Then he took Boss Qiao to the side of the box and took out a silver tool box. After opening it, a mechanical arm was revealed inside.

After fiddling with it for a while, the guy turned on the power of the robotic arm, then looked at Qiao Jia and said, "Sir, you can try moving your arm..."

Qiao Jia realized something in an instant. He straightened his arms out of curiosity, then clenched his fists, and then something magical happened...

The mechanical arm actually made the same movements as Qiao Jia, and there was no sluggishness at all.

Compared with the motion capture system used for shooting movies, this thing is more portable and its sensing capabilities are unprecedentedly detailed.

Seeing Qiao Jia trying to change his arm movements with great interest, Johnny Payne coughed lightly and said: "Sir, the flexible armor on your body has a built-in sensor chip, which can..."

"It can't..."

Qiao Jia shook his head decisively and said: "Don't tell me you want to develop the steel suit in the movie, or the kind of large robot that should only appear in cartoons.

Without reliable energy, this thing would be just a toy even if it were built.

I've seen Raytheon's mechanical exoskeleton. It's a cool thing, but it doesn't look impressive in real life and runs out of power in less than 20 minutes. "

Johnny Payne saw that Boss Joe was clear-headed and could not be fooled. He sighed helplessly, picked up the digital goggles matching the flexible armor, and said: "Sir, maybe the steel suit cannot be realized in the short term, but we can't So give up, right?

In fact, the energy problem is not difficult to solve. We can temporarily ignore miniaturized active exoskeletons and develop unmanned auxiliary combat platforms.

For example, an unmanned armored vehicle already has mature technology. With simple software modification, it can be remotely controlled through this induction armor.

In the future, armored infantry will fight together, and armored vehicles will not even need a driver to move or attack according to the needs of the infantry. "

As he spoke, Johnny Payne looked at Boss Qiao sincerely and said: "Sir, as long as you give me 100 million US dollars, I can perfect this set of induction armor. Its application range is very wide, and it does not have to be limited to category of weapons.

Detection robots, engineering robots, and any machinery that requires fine control can be remotely controlled using induction armor.

Sir, as long as you are willing to invest, I am willing to sell 60% of the company's shares. "

Qiao Jia knew that the so-called 'unmanned armor support platform' was just an excuse to deceive his investment, and that thing did not require such complex sensors.

He looked at Johnny Payne and said in amazement: "Man, I am extremely impressed by your imagination, and at the same time amazed by your ability to ask for money."

As Qiao Jia looked at the Tyros armor in front of him, and then at the sensor armor on his body, he finally realized how the previous $200 million had been spent.

The exoskeleton armor really couldn't cost that much money. He had always thought that Johnny Payne had the problem of old American scientific research companies taking money improperly. Now he discovered that most of the 200 million was probably spent on himself. On the sensor armor on the body.

More sensitive, lighter, new materials, this is a new breakthrough, but unfortunately it will take many years to be practical.

Qiao Jia believed in Johnny Payne's so-called intelligent remote control ability of the induction armor, but in Qiao Jia's heart, this thing was most useful when it was used to control robots in combat.

Think about it, if robots can completely imitate human movements, then one day in the future, game players may be equipped with a universal wheel, and they can fight with robots thousands of kilometers away.

Looking at Johnny Payne's expectant look, Qiao Jia decisively took off his sensor armor and said while putting on his clothes: "I need to see some progress of the project before I can decide whether to work on the sensor armor project. Invest in you.

You have taken an important step, but you have not attracted giants like Raytheon to invest in you, which proves that you still have flaws.

I have money, but I want to see something that can really move me..."

Upon hearing this, Johnny Payne said excitedly: "Sir, I can gather people to go to Central Africa to upgrade the frontline command terminal first. At the same time, I will also bring a few robots there to improve the control system of the induction armor.

We have done many experiments and using the existing system, we can control the robot to make the same tactical actions within the signal range.

Although there are still many problems that need to be solved, at this stage, using a helmet to access the robot's perspective can effectively control the robot for combat.

I can refine the intelligent system and provide you with an auxiliary robot as a try first.

Sir, fighting is not everything in this world!

There are many places in this world that humans cannot enter, and robots will be the main force in exploration.

Sensor armor is the best tool for controlling robots and we'll be rich! "