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"Mr. Cao, I think the testing work of Wujian-7 can be done in a different way from other previous models."

“Nothing can validate an aircraft better than actual combat scenarios.”

"So I think we can directly simulate the actual environment and test it for a few months, and then make some targeted improvements. We can start equipping relevant departments early next year."

Zhao Siyu knew that Cao Yang was not the kind of leader who sticks to rules.

If he was still in his original unit, there would be procedures to follow for how each step of the testing work should be done.

If adjustments are to be made, continuous meetings are required to discuss and determine.

Some very special plans have no chance to be put on the table at all.

But it’s different here at Daystar Technology. Everything is based on speed, efficiency and cost.

As long as it does not affect the performance of the product, it can be done as conveniently and quickly as possible.

Therefore, everyone’s brains are more flexible and courageous.

This situation is definitely not comparable to other military industrial companies.

Of course, that doesn't mean that this method is necessarily the best.

Sometimes there's nothing wrong with being a little more stable, but it's just not suitable for Daystar Technology.

"What kind of test method do you want?"

After hearing what Zhao Siyu said, Cao Yang was not angry as expected, but continued to ask questions with interest.

The Wujian-7 drone and the supersonic drone under development are two of the more extreme plans that Venus Technology has taken on the drone road.

One pursues height and the other pursues speed. The final effect definitely needs to be tested.

"We took off directly from Yangcheng, then headed northeast, flew all the way to Japan and then turned back."

"On this journey, whether it is the relevant departments of China, or the air defense forces of Japan, the United States, and other regions, they will definitely pay attention to the situation of the No-detection-7."

"Of our two test models, one is coated with stealth material and the other is not painted."

"It will be a good time to see the reactions of all parties."

"I think Pan Jun would also like to know the true strength of Wuzhen-7."

When Zhao Siyu said this, Cao Yang agreed without any hesitation.

As for whether this would cause any trouble, he wasn't very worried.

Venus Technology is just a private enterprise in China. Its products are tested in the air. What's wrong?

At most, it means that the test aircraft made some mistakes and flew to the wrong place.

"Then make arrangements as soon as possible. Let Representative Pan help us handle the relevant domestic route applications as soon as possible."

"We don't need to rush to announce the situation of Wujian-7 to the outside world. We will wait until the test is completed to see the situation."

Following Cao Yang's decision, Daystar Technology immediately took action.

Since it was just a test of a drone, Daystar Technology did not report too many specifics, so the Air Traffic Control Bureau reviewed it and found that there were no problems, and immediately approved it.

After all, the green channel of Venus Technology is very effective.

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The test preparations for Wujian-7 are not complicated at all.

After applying for the relevant routes, the two planes took off directly from the runway of Venus Technology at 12 o'clock in the evening and quickly took off in the night.

As Daystar Technology becomes more and more famous, whether it is America, Polar Bear, or some other forces, there must be some eyes and ears around.

During the day, people have various ways to take photos of airplanes taking off.

Although No Investigation = 7 does not require special confidentiality, it will be officially announced soon.

However, in order to reflect the effect of the test, Cao Yang still asked people to arrange the test at night.

Of course, taking off from Yangcheng and heading towards Japan, the flight is not short at all.

In order to test the effect to the greatest extent, Daystar Technology is planning to fly directly to Hokkaido and then turn back.

The total flight distance is more than 6,000 kilometers.

Although a relatively high speed will be used to fly during the test phase, it is impossible to test at the highest speed all the time, otherwise the engine will be scrapped soon.

As a result, it will take almost ten hours to return.

If we make a slight turn or something and go around Goryeo, it would be normal for us to come back more than ten hours later.

Fortunately, the Wujian-7 has a battery life of more than 48 hours, which is even higher than the Global Hawk.

In this case, there is no need to worry about not being able to fly back.

The two Wujian-7s headed northeast and soon left the airspace of Lingnan Province.

Although it was night, the airspace where Wujian-7 flew was considered a relatively busy area in East Asia.

Various radars monitor the status of the air at all times.

At dawn, Wujian-7 has arrived near Okinawa, and several radar stations have discovered its movements one after another.

However, the information collected from various places surprised the personnel of the relevant American departments stationed in Japan.

One moment it was said that a plane of unknown origin flew over from an altitude of 25,000 meters.

After a while, another radar station said there were two planes.

In order to clarify the situation, several fighter jets even took off to intercept.

But obviously, it is impossible for a fighter jet to fly to an altitude of more than 20,000 meters.

It was not until seven or eight o'clock in the morning that, through the use of various satellites and radars, it was finally figured out that two reconnaissance planes of unknown nationality were flying.

The United States was very clear about the situation in Japan and Korea.

It was obvious that these were not their planes.

At first, the United States thought it was a plane from its own country, flying from other regions.

But after confirming it, it was found that there was no relevant information.

As a result, the situation naturally became serious.

Reported layer by layer, various investigations, and various attempts to contact, but to no avail.

The WZ-7 continued to head towards Hokkaido at its own speed, and after reaching its destination, it turned around and headed south along the coastline of Japan.

Now that there was a target, the radars of the United States and Japan in various places were naturally tracking the movements of the two planes with all their strength.

In the end, the scene of the two WZ-7s landing on the runway of Venusstar Technology was also captured by the reconnaissance satellite specially adjusted by others.

This incident immediately caused an uproar in some departments of Japan, Korea and other countries.

The Chinese plane violated their airspace.

This kind of thing has never happened before. At most, they just circled around their airspace.

This behavior of flying directly over your head is definitely different.

"Mr. Cao, Japan and Korea are protesting, saying that our plane illegally invaded their airspace."

Early in the morning, Cao Yang had just returned to the office, and Pan Jun came over very happily.

Although he was protested, the situation is different.

In the past, I protested against others, but now others protest against me.

Can the mood be the same?

Because this matter is somewhat embarrassing for Japan and Korea, especially after the other side's fighter took off, let alone expelling it, they didn't even see the butt of the WZ-7.

Only with the help of radar and satellites on the ground, some photos were taken.

These photos were actually taken by American satellites.

So the other party directly found the relevant departments of China to protest.

For such a sudden thing, the protested department must find the counterpart to confirm.

Fortunately, Venusstar Technology had informed the relevant departments when it reported in advance, so it didn't have to know anything.

However, Venusstar Technology was so aggressive that it directly placed the test route over the skies of Japan and other countries, which obviously surprised many people.

In the past, the tests of aircraft developed by various companies were carried out in the most hidden places without letting others know.

Why did Venusstar Technology swagger into other people's airspace?

"Let them protest first."

"I guess they will protest a few words and the matter will be over."

Cao Yang is not even going to give the prepared excuses now, and will try to see the other party's reaction first.

There are supersonic drones behind, and he is also going to take a similar test route.

It can't be that the map is problematic again next time, right?

There is no harm in letting everyone see the strength of the Wuzhen-7.

It just happened to take this opportunity to officially release the news of the Wuzhen-7.

Although this test did not cause any disturbance on the Internet, the major countries in the world naturally knew about this news.

So when Venusstar Technology suddenly released the official pictures of the Wuzhen-7 prototype taking off and landing, many people immediately started discussing this matter.

"Boss Cao, you guys are too awesome."

"You actually developed a drone that can fly at such a high altitude."

As the general manager of AVIC, Zhao Tianling naturally knew about this very quickly.

Venus Technology is developing many drones, and he probably knows some news.

But Zhao Tianling definitely doesn't know anything about the specific situation of the WZ-7.

Now it has quietly appeared, and it has appeared after the incident, which is definitely beyond Zhao Tianling's expectations.

"Boss Zhao, the United States has already developed the Global Hawk in the 1990s, and its flight altitude has reached more than 20,000 meters."

"After more than ten years, our Venus Technology can produce the WZ-7 with better performance. This is not too exaggerated."

Although Zhao Tianling's surprise made Cao Yang feel very happy, there was no need to pretend at this time.

"That's true, but the Americans made this product in the 1990s. Now, apart from Venusstar Technology, there is no other company in the world that produces similar drones."

"The threshold for high-altitude reconnaissance drones is still relatively high. Not only are the requirements for engines relatively high, but the requirements for various reconnaissance equipment are also very high."

"And it also needs to meet the requirements of long endurance, high speed and other aspects at the same time, otherwise there is no way to fully exert combat effectiveness."

Zhao Tianling is an expert, so he naturally knows that the research and development difficulty of the WZ-7 is actually quite high.

Who wouldn't want to have an advanced reconnaissance aircraft?

This time, with the help of the United States, both WZ-7s were finally discovered.

But the WZ-7 with stealth coating is actually not capable of being detected by many countries around China.

Especially in the southern waters, the WZ-7 can often replace reconnaissance satellites to act, which will be more flexible.

After all, reconnaissance satellites are in space, and with the rotation of the earth, they cannot detect a certain area at any time and anywhere.

It is possible that they can only stay over a certain area for a part of the day.

Unless you specifically control it.

But the Wuzhen-7 is different. Its hovering time exceeds 48 hours, and it can conduct reconnaissance in a certain area for a long time.

"Our domestic industrial strength has improved rapidly in recent years, and many advanced technology products are constantly emerging."

"Not only our Venusstar Technology is like this, but AVIC is actually similar."

After Cao Yang said this, Zhao Tianling felt much more comfortable.

To a certain extent, this is also a fact.

As the general manager of AVIC, Zhao Tianling naturally knows that many new products have appeared in the company in recent years.

Some things have not been announced for confidentiality reasons, but they actually exist.

"Mr. Cao, you have more and more drone models now. In the future, the drone orders from the relevant departments will be monopolized by you."

"Why don't you find a time to let the people below discuss the division of labor, so as to avoid vicious competition on the same type?"

Zhao Tianling didn't worry too much about the threat that Venusstar Technology brought to AVIC before.

But now the situation has slowly changed.

If Venusstar Technology is allowed to develop, many orders of AVIC will be snatched away in the future.

This is definitely not the situation that Zhao Tianling, the general manager of AVIC, wants to see.

So it is necessary for everyone to communicate in advance.

In this regard, Cao Yang did not ignore him completely.

After all, the situation in China is a little different from that in the United States.

Everyone is competing, but also in a cooperative relationship.

Where there is room for negotiation, it must be discussed carefully.

However, compared to Cao Yang chatting happily with Zhao Tianling, the situation in the United States is completely different.

"Kevlar, these are the photos we took of the Chinese WZ-7 and the various information collected by the radar along the way."

"Combined with the information of the WZ-7 officially announced by Venusstar Technology, it can be basically confirmed that this drone was developed to match your Global Hawk."

As a representative of the Pentagon, John immediately took the relevant information to find Kevlar, the vice president of Northrop Grumman, to communicate.

Global Hawk is an American high-altitude reconnaissance drone. Not only the United States itself has equipment, but also some of its allies have equipment.

Originally, it was the world's top existence, and it can be said that there is no rival in the industry.

But now that a WZ-7 has emerged, the situation is completely different.

Let alone, the flight altitude of the WZ-7 alone has reached at least 25,000 meters, which is the result that Global Hawk said it could not achieve.

Besides, the information detected by the radar does not mean that the WZ-7 can only fly that high.

"Venus Technology is going to develop all kinds of drones."

"Don't they already have several products such as the Twin-Tailed Scorpion UAV and the Skyhawk UAV?"

"Why did they develop another product with a completely different positioning?"

Kevlar's face was very bad.

The Global Hawk UAV is one of their flagship products.

The price of a Global Hawk is more than 100 million US dollars, and the profit is not low.

Now that the United States allows their company to sell this product to its allies, the prospects are even more worth looking forward to.

Originally, they were already discussing the sales of Global Hawk with Korea and Japan.

But if everyone thinks that the performance of Global Hawk is not as good as that of WZ-7, this order may be scrapped.

Compared with Boeing and Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman is much smaller.

They definitely don't want their Global Hawk to be pulled off the stage.

"Venus Technology is a scourge, constantly emerging with new technology products."

"This makes many of our actions a little hesitant, and we don't know how to judge."

"Especially in China, the things they bring out are often not the most advanced."

"We are worried that after the appearance of Venus Technology's Wuzhen-7, AVIC or other Chinese companies have more powerful products that have not been brought out."

"If this is the case, it will be very troublesome."

It must be said that John's worry is not without reason.

In the past few decades, China has always been very careful in promoting military products.

The equipment that is brought out on a large scale is definitely not the most advanced.

This point has almost become a global consensus.

Now Venus Technology is so high-profile in showing one product after another, which makes everyone very worried.

"From the information we have and the information released by Venus Technology, the performance of Wuzhen-7 is already very advanced."

"There is no reason for China to have more advanced drones, right?"

Kevlar was a little hesitant when he said this, and even he himself did not have confidence.

After all, John's worry is not without reason.

"We have tried every possible means to get rid of Venusstar Technology before, and it will become more and more troublesome in the future."

"Now they don't need to import all kinds of equipment and materials from abroad, and the main sales volume is also in China. It's a bit difficult for us to deal with them."

"In the future, we can only compete purely on the basis of technology."

John said distressedly.

Chinese companies are different from those in Persia and other countries. They dare not use some radical means easily.

Otherwise, everyone will retaliate against each other, and John is also worried that he will be physically destroyed one day.

Just like the competition between the polar bear and the United States, many times it is a fair competition in technology.

It is still relatively rare to directly get rid of the other party's technicians.

Especially now that the times have developed, it is even more difficult to quietly get rid of a key figure.

"In terms of technology, I still have the confidence to surpass Venus Technology."

"But if we want to study and produce a more advanced Global Hawk improved version, the production cost will be higher."

Kevlar must seize this opportunity to raise the price of Global Hawk.

Otherwise, if the R\u0026D resources are invested, but the price of the upgraded product does not increase, wouldn't that be equivalent to a significant drop in profits?

He would definitely not do such a thing.

However, John certainly did not want to be easily controlled by Kevlar, and said: "I will promote the bidding business of the new high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft as soon as possible to see which company's product solutions are stronger, General Atomics, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, etc.."

The United States has always been doing the bidding work on the surface.

After all, some insider trading also requires procedural legality and compliance to assist.

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Let's not talk about how the United States has Wuzhen-7, but North Korea is very interested in this news.

Compared with reconnaissance satellites, Wuzhen-7 is definitely much easier to use.

The most important thing is that it flies so high that there is no need to worry about being shot down by Goryeo's missiles.

As for whether others can find it, it is a small problem.

If the missile can't hit it, what if you find it?

So North Korea quickly arranged for someone to contact Venusstar Technology to discuss the purchase of the WZ-7.

"Mr. Cao, although the performance of the WZ-7 is very advanced, we don't have any special opinions on selling it to Korea. It depends on what your company thinks."

The export of such advanced equipment must obtain permission from relevant departments.

So after Zhao Siyu communicated with North Korea, he went to Pan Jun to find out the situation.

Pan Jun has always been very active in supporting Venusstar Technology to expand overseas markets.

Because he also knows that the profit margin of products sold overseas and the profit margin of products sold to relevant domestic departments are completely different concepts.

If Venusstar can export more orders, the financial pressure will be much smaller.

In the end, more funds will enter the research and development field, which will also benefit relevant domestic departments.

For products such as the Skyhawk stealth drone, relevant departments must be very cautious about export business.

But for products such as the WZ-7, the situation is different.

Not to mention that North Korea definitely did not buy this product to deal with China.

Even if this kind of product flies to China, we have a response plan here.

At worst, we can just arrange a WZ-7 to crash into it.

Anyway, the performance of the export version of the product is definitely lower than that used in China.

Whether it is the flight altitude or the flight speed, there will be some restrictions.

"We are relieved with your words."

"But the price of the WZ-7 is much higher than that of the twin-tailed scorpion drone."

"I just don't know if North Korea can afford it."

As for the economic situation in North Korea, both Pan Jun and Cao Yang know it well.

The WZ-7 is not as expensive as the Global Hawk, but it is at least in the hundreds of millions of yuan.

Otherwise, this kind of transaction with a low order will become a complete charity.

Obviously, Cao Yang's company is not for charity.

"We don't care about this, you can talk about it yourself."

"Their money may not be much better, but if we barter, they may have what you need."

Although Pan Jun also wanted to help, he obviously couldn't help too much.

"That's true."

"However, compared to selling it to North Korea, I would rather sell the WZ-7 to Persia. They have enough oil to pay for the relevant expenses."

Cao Yang chatted with Pan Jun casually.

However, he had a lot of things to deal with every day, and many times when others came to him to talk about things, they had to find a way to do it.

Before Pan Jun continued to communicate with him more, Mi Ying came to inform him that he was leaving.