In the past two years, a self-media turmoil that has penetrated the industry has spread on the Internet, and the more I read it, the more I feel like a novel! Is the reality of the mainland as they describe? The private sector has become a state-owned enterprise, and the master is in the people?
A netizen once said something like this on the Internet: "I thought we were still stuck in the West, but now when I wake up, my feelings are that the sweater is worn backwards, and there is a false alarm." In this regard, some netizens said, how can there be a feeling of Wang Po selling melons and boasting about herself?
For a while, below the commenting netizen, all kinds of explanations came, to sum up. That is, the high-strength carbon fiber material used in fighter jets has always been in the hands of the fishing guys, and the original research and development of this material was for fishing! In those days, the aircraft carrier blocking cables that the Americans offered sky-high prices were originally eaten in the warehouses of private enterprises built by the mainland's bidding ships, and there were thousands of them!
Phased array radar was originally used to chase wild boars, laser cannons were used to trim tree branches, drones with a range of 8,000 kilometers were originally intended to be used to deliver couriers, and fifth-generation aircraft stealth materials were originally used to help cars evade test radars...... Comments like this abound in the comment section, no wonder netizens will say: Dying sick and sat up in shock, the great powers are actually me and myself.
However, behind these high-tech cores, is it really as easy as netizens say? Isn't what those self-media articles describe a little too outrageous?
The R&D determination behind the new material
Xiaobian has always firmly believed that the core technology of the mainland has never been achieved overnight, and behind every private enterprise that has lit up the achievements of the mainland's science and technology tree, there must be an extraordinary helmsman. Take the carbon fiber material of the continental fighter jet as an example, as one of the essential core materials of modern advanced fighters, this technology was originally only owned by Japan and the United States.
To tell the truth, the Continental Army Industrial Enterprise has also been developing in this field for decades, but the results have always been unsatisfactory, but I did not expect it to be produced by a civilian industrial enterprise that produces fishing gear in the mainland. Of course, the R&D process is not like a joke like netizens, saying that the boss is developing it in order to catch big fish and not the Air Force, he is the mainland's Guangwei Group!
Guangwei boss Chen Liang when he entered the fishing tackle industry, only to find that this industry turned out to be so rolled, in order to prevent those fishing guys from blaming the tools in the Air Force, the fishing tackle industry rolled up the weight, the strength of the roll. Roll strength, roll performance. In short, they pursue fishing rods that are light and lightweight, and can also catch dozens of catties of big fish, and even prevent fire and moisture.
In order to meet the almost perverted requirements of the anglers, Chen Liang introduced and created the first wide carbon fiber prepreg production line in mainland China in 1998 and produced carbon fiber fishing rods. The lightweight shaft, coupled with the comfort of strong tension, made this fishing gear quickly popular all over the country, and even exported to more than 60 countries.
However, before Chen Liang developed the second model, foreign countries implemented a "carbon fiber" technology blockade on the mainland in 2000 and no longer provided this technology to mainland enterprises. As the saying goes, it is better to seek others than to seek oneself, Chen Liangxin is horizontal, and plans to develop the mainland's own carbon fiber technology.
No one expected that this hot-blooded boss who would do what he said would be a R&D in this field for more than 20 years, and the investment was countless, and almost all the money he earned from selling fishing gear every year was thrown into it. With the passage of time, Chen Liang has made breakthroughs in equipment, technology and products, and successfully developed CCF300 carbon fiber in 2005, breaking the blockade of foreign technology.
Today, various types of carbon fiber have been conquered by Chen Liang's Guangwei Group, and it has rightly become a military supplier and a mythical figure.
Tough American DJI!
If there are any technology companies in the mainland that give the United States the most headache, then I think that in addition to Huawei, it is DJI. As a drone research and development company, DJI's products are not only used in high-altitude shooting, but also in major wars. Take the Russia-Ukraine war as an example, both sides use it to carry out high-altitude drone bombing.
Untyable dropping bombs are installed under the fuselage, and after takeoff, the drone transmits a clear picture, and its high maneuverability and flexibility allow it to shuttle through various alleys at will, and carry out accurate bombing after finding the target. I have to say, isn't this a mini fighter, and it is also remotely controlled, which can achieve the purpose of attack while ensuring personal safety.
According to statistics, DJI will occupy 80% of the global drone market share in 2022, selling more than 3 million drones and selling more than 170 billion, making it an absolute leader in the international market!
In the past two years, the United States has also been jealous of DJI's ability to absorb money, and with the idea that if you can't get it, it will destroy you, and the United States has taken action against DJI. 70% of your drones in the United States take goods from me, and you still suppress me? Okay, if you embarrass me, then I'll raise the price, don't buy it if it's too expensive!
I have to say that the United States is really lifting a stone to hit itself in the foot this time, over the years, using drones to attack in street battles has almost become a tactic of the US military, and the easy-to-use DJI has made many US troops call it a sharp weapon. Therefore, it is impossible not to buy DJI, after all, it can't look down on those poor drones. Why is DJI so confident?
As the boss of DJI, Wang Tao has been a military fan since he was a child, and he has always dreamed of developing an aircraft that can hover in the air. In order to achieve this dream, he transferred directly to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in his junior year, and took the helicopter hovering technology as his graduation project.
In order to study this field, Wang Tao chased after the back of the school tutor's butt and stalked him, and finally obtained 18,000 Hong Kong dollars in project research and development funds. After more than 5 months of painstaking study, this technology still ended in failure. However, Wang Tao's idea attracted many people.
After graduating, Wang Tao, who still didn't give up, asked for another 200,000 yuan from his family, and rented a warehouse in Shenzhen with a few like-minded friends, and the original DJI was established here. While they were developing and running for funds, after countless failures, DJI finally improved a little.
Whether it is a flight controller, a drone, a gimbal, a video transmission, or an imaging system, DJI is constantly making breakthroughs and growing, and with the improvement step by step, it is the DJI drone that is famous at home and abroad today. And all the technologies are owned exclusively by themselves, so if you want to sanction DJI, I'm afraid Lao Mei is not funny.
Air Express turned into an unmanned bomber
As the leader of the express delivery industry in mainland China, SF Express has become bigger and bigger in recent years, becoming more and more international, and even wants to expand the business of drone express transportation. In order to achieve this service, SF Express hired Tengdun and asked them to help it develop several drones, which can preferably meet the needs of heavy-weight transportation with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers.
Don't say it, after a year of research, this kind of drone was really created by Tengdun, and the name is twin-tailed scorpion drone. The drone has a maximum flight speed of 3,500 kilometers per hour, can carry 1.5 tons of cargo, and has a range of up to 35 hours. Seeing that his dream would come true soon, the boss of SF Express also happily posted a Weibo.
What to say about the double scorpion drone produced by our company is about to carry out transportation services, and if there is a demand, you can place an order immediately. Unexpectedly, I didn't expect that SF Express had just started to celebrate, and the military over there was staring at it with greed. Say that this plane is suitable for being an unmanned bomber, the boss of SF Express is so patriotic, he shouldn't mind using it for our military.
In this way, under the "flickering" of the military, SF's daughter-in-law who had not yet passed the door was abducted. And, after the twin-tailed scorpion was added, the military also transformed it, and the range was directly upgraded to 8000 kilometers, good guys, you are still an unmanned bomber, it is simply an ultra-long-range unmanned strategic bomber!
The key is that the cost of this aircraft is still very cheap, only 2 million for one aircraft, and I dare not imagine what kind of sensation it will cause in the world after mass production.
As a matter of fact, most of the private enterprises on the mainland that have become military industry have never been found out in a big way, and those unscrupulous media have attributed all the credit to an accidental investigation for the sake of traffic, and have wiped out the merits of the older generation of scientists and private entrepreneurs in the national defense industry.
And what makes the editor most angry is that there are even private enterprises that do whatever it takes for the sake of traffic, treating conscientious military workers and scientific research workers as waste to eat rice, specifically for research, and in the face of indicators, it is better to not know the indicators and casually set up private enterprises. Stepping on the two and then winning eyeballs, this kind of talent is the most infuriating.
The mainland's scientific research achievements are by no means accidental, and I hope that when you read some media articles, you can keep your eyes open and not let those scientific researchers who are fighting for the mainland's cause feel cold.
Resources
[1] China Civil Aviation Network May 8, 2018 [DJI and Microsoft Reach Strategic Cooperation to Build Advanced Drone Technology for the Enterprise Market]
[2] China News Network April 19, 2024 [Visit to Shandong Weihai Carbon Fiber Enterprise: A Carbon Filament Drives an Industry]