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As the two most prestigious military helicopters in active service in the United States, the Black Hawk and Apache have followed in the footsteps of Uncle Sam and been active in local conflicts one after another.

When developing the Kunpeng heavy-lift transport helicopter, Cao Yang also arranged for personnel to benchmark against Sikorsky's Black Hawk helicopter and develop a multi-purpose armed helicopter belonging to Venus Technology.

However, as Venus Technology moves towards more military products, products like the Black Hawk are no longer enough.

"Mr. Cao, the relevant departments have told us that they hope that Daystar Technology can develop a professional armed helicopter based on Apache."

"I think it's not a big problem for companies to develop professional armed helicopters based on existing technology."

Zhao Siyu took several core technical personnel to report the new product planning to Cao Yang in the conference room.

As Venus Technology's communication with relevant departments becomes smoother and smoother, various demands also appear directly in front of Venus Technology.

The largest consumer of military products is definitely China, so Zhao Siyu feels that he must pay full attention to the demands of relevant departments.

Otherwise, he would not have specially arranged this report.

"Can't the Black Hawk helicopter also be used as an armed helicopter?"

Although Venus Technology also thought about integrating some Apache functions on the basis of Black Hawk.

But after all, it is different from professional armed helicopters.

In fact, Cao Yang understood this in his heart, but he was a little worried that when new products were developed, the products developed to compete with the Black Hawk helicopter would not be marketable.

After all, the development is almost complete, so it would be a pity to give up directly.

"The Black Hawk and the Apache are undoubtedly two excellent helicopters, but there are still big differences between the two helicopters."

Zhao Siyu opened the PPT and prepared to introduce the relevant situation.

"First of all, the Black Hawk helicopter is more commonly known as a multi-purpose armed helicopter. Although the Black Hawk helicopter can also use Minigun, Hellfire, and 70mm rocket launcher equipment, it does not have a head-up display. This means that the Black Hawk helicopter does not have the ability to mount combat missiles, and the Black Hawk helicopter does not have the big mushroom above the rotor of the attack helicopter, and its perspective on unknown battlefields and airspace is not as good as the Apache.”

"Secondly, there is a big difference in the design of the cabin between the Black Hawk and the Apache. The cabin of the Black Hawk helicopter is a typical bread-shaped cabin, and is equipped with sliding doors to facilitate the boarding of special operations soldiers, and the Black Hawk helicopter The cabin is divided into driving and carrying parts, so the cabin of the Black Hawk helicopter is very much like a van.”

"The Apache helicopter has an obvious independent dual-cabin design. There is no carrying space behind the cockpit. Instead, it is replaced by a bulky general-purpose turboshaft engine and more fuel."

"And it can be seen from the appearance that since the Apache does not need to consider capacity, the frontal area and resistance are obviously smaller than the Black Hawk, which has a thicker cabin."

With the page-by-page PPT introduction, Cao Yang had a more intuitive understanding of the differences between the two products.

I always felt that the Black Hawk that appeared in the movie "Black Hawk Down" was the helicopter with the best overall performance, so I thought about developing similar products based on it.

Now it seems that it is still not enough.

"In addition, the performance positioning of Apache and Black Hawk is actually very different."

"The Apache was designed to pursue lateral and longitudinal movement capabilities as much as possible, and the multi-angular nose design and the design of the coverless armor box gave the Apache a very good bulletproof appearance and more protection when falling. Buffers and survival probabilities.”

"All designs of the Black Hawk helicopter seek to be simple. Whether it is the temporary Minigun shooting port or the aerodynamic shape of the rigid bomb-receiving aircraft, it can prove the simplification of the Black Hawk helicopter's design."

"So for relevant departments, Black Hawk is a very good product and has corresponding usage needs."

"But Apache is also their pursuit, a weapon that directly participates in combat on the battlefield."

Zhao Siyu carefully explained the difference between the two to Cao Yang.

At the same time, it also reported the demand for both Blackhawk and Apache products from relevant departments.

The maximum takeoff weight of the Black Hawk helicopter and the Apache helicopter is 10 tons, and the helicopter itself weighs about 4 tons.

For Venus Technology, many things are actually universal.

Based on the Black Hawk helicopter under development, Zhao Siyu feels that the development time can be greatly compressed by continuing to develop a similar helicopter like Apache.

"Since the relevant departments have needs, we will develop it according to the needs of customers."

"However, in order to reduce production costs to the greatest extent, parts in all aspects should be shared as much as possible."

Cao Yang no longer struggled. If there is a market, then just develop it.

By then Venus Technology will have four helicopters on the market, which will greatly enhance its influence in the helicopter field.

Compared with heavy transport helicopters, the market demand for medium-sized helicopters such as Black Hawk and Apache should be greater.

Even if the sales price is lower by then, it is still worth looking forward to.

"Well, that's what I think too. As a professional anti-tank armed helicopter, the Apache has a rotating nose turret equipped with a 1mm chain-type anti-tank gun and 30 external hardpoints that can hang 4 anti-tank missiles and tools. 8 Install a rocket launcher."

"The aircraft is also equipped with a target interception display system and night vision equipment, which can search, identify and attack targets under complex weather conditions."

"It can effectively destroy medium and heavy tanks, has good survivability and the ability to fly close to the ground at ultra-low altitudes. As long as we develop similar products, it is expected to become the most important armed helicopter in China."

Following this conversation between Cao Yang and Zhao Siyu, a new project team was formally established within Daystar Technology.

Many things such as engines and flight control systems can be considered to be shared, or extended after appropriate modifications.

There are also many fuselage materials that can be used universally, which greatly reduces the difficulty in all aspects.

However, if Daystar Technology makes such a move, Aerospace Technology will feel uncomfortable.

"Mr. Zhao, I heard that the relevant departments intend to reduce the number of WZ-10s in preparation and wait for the new model of armed helicopters from Venus Technology to be put into service."

"We have already made a plan before, but if we suddenly adjust it now, it would be too childish, right?"

"After all, Daystar Technology's professional armed helicopters are only now being developed."

Wan Jinniu came to Zhao Tianling's office with an unhappy face, wanting to discuss a response plan.

It is not a secret within the system that relevant departments approached Daystar Technology to develop armed helicopters.

Wan Jinniu even knew that the requirement put forward by the relevant departments was to develop the Apache helicopter gunship based on the United States.

The Apache has always been considered the world's number one armed helicopter with no rivals.