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Chapter 354 Formation Wingman, Personnel Adjustment

"I can't do it!"

Lin Weiliang was pulled back and decisively shook his head, saying, "Loyal wingmen aren't swarms; their fault tolerance is on a completely different level. Besides, the Ghosts are all supersonic wingmen, not low-speed swarm drones—"

Current chip performance and industrial capabilities are simply insufficient to produce three thousand loyal wingmen; even thirty wouldn't be enough!

A loyal wingman is not a remotely controlled drone, but rather an aircraft that can autonomously engage in combat based on the operator's instructions, and even proactively decide to confront the enemy in the face of danger.

Essentially, this is an intelligent combat system consisting of a localized warhead system and physical aircraft.

Pilots only need to issue combat orders, or even not at all, and wingmen can make their own combat decisions, unlike remote-controlled drones which require pilots to operate them throughout the entire process.

However, because it does not require full control, it can make autonomous decisions in combat.

Each wingman unit requires a large amount of computing resources. With each additional wingman unit, the system complexity increases to a new level, and the computing power requirement increases exponentially.

The Ghost's platform is only so big. To increase computing power, you need to add hardware, which in turn requires increasing power. And with increased power comes increased heat dissipation—ultimately, eight loyal wingmen are the limit.

"Dad, we can make a weaker version of an interceptor wingman."

Lin Dong said from the side, "In these two actual combat operations, I found that the current wingman system and the bomber system are not very compatible. The eight loyal wingmen can only exert less than 40% of their performance, and the combat wingmen are more like interception wingmen."

This way, three loyal wingman positions are retained, and the performance of five loyal wingmen is released. This is because as long as the focus is on interception, it is a fixed model and interception decision-making system, not an all-round combat and all-attitude perception decision-making system, so the performance requirements are not high.

With the latest chips, 3,000 wingmen is a future prospect, but 1000 to 1300 aircraft is still achievable.

—”

The loyal wingman system was not a good fit, a fact that Lin Dong only discovered after two real-world battles.

Originally, in his plan, the eight wingmen would consist of one WZ-8 reconnaissance aircraft and seven fighter jets and J-1 fighters.

Fighter jets take the initiative to attack, similar to carrier-based aircraft defending against enemies hundreds of kilometers away.

Unexpectedly, when the enemy saw the large bombers breaking through their defenses and rushing towards them, they all went crazy and fired missiles in a volley without restraint.

Originally intended to defend against enemies from a distance, the loyal wingman was forced to follow along and become an interception tool.

After analyzing this for a while, he came to understand the enemy's mentality.

After all, large bombers can carry tens of tons of bombs, ranging from small aerial bombs and mines to medium-sized missiles and cluster bombs, as well as thermobaric and thermobaric bombs, including top-level mushroom bombs.

Nobody knows what's actually in your bomb bay.

This guy charged straight through the defenses, clearly intending to drop bombs on our heads; anyone would frantically try to stop him.

"From 1000 to 1300 aircraft—how is the computational power consumption problem addressed at the kinetic singularity?"

Lin Weiliang quickly estimated for a moment, then looked at Lin Dong seriously and said, "If this problem isn't solved, even with the performance of releasing five loyal wingmen, if you replace them with your weakened interceptor wingmen, you can only manage a maximum of 30 to 40, not possibly 1000."

Kinetic singularity is a theory borrowed from the field of physics. In the context of aircraft swarm systems, it refers to the point at which the density of a swarm exceeds a certain critical point.

So, just sensing the coordinates of each unit and preventing collisions between friendly units would consume all of the system's computing power.

Because in a congested airspace, each additional drone requires various collision calculations with all the drones in the cluster.

这样每增加一个无人机单位，对算力的需求不是1+1+1这幺简单，而是1乘以2乘以2，甚至是1乘以3乘以3的指数递增。

Swarm drones can reach a number of three thousand. This is because drones move at low speeds, have a larger margin for error, and can sense each other every two or three seconds, or even five or six seconds without any problems.

After all, the infantry's speed is what it is; if the infantry runs an extra forty meters, they can catch up in the blink of an eye.

The speed of swarm drones is not very fast, and the probability of a collision is not high, so even if a few drones do collide, the damage will not be significant.

However, for supersonic wingmen, at a suitable dispersion distance, the combined perception delay and interval cannot exceed 50 milliseconds. Exceeding this time can easily lead to mid-air collisions, or even a disaster where an unmanned wingman crashes into the Ghost aircraft.

"By increasing the computing power of wingmen, maintaining fixed formations, fixed flight procedures, and fixed sorties, the Ghost can make adjustments every five or even ten minutes —"

Lin Dong offered a clumsy solution.

Since the kinetic singularity of multiple units cannot be solved, let's integrate multiple units into one unit.

Because the flight procedure is fixed, the formation cannot collide or become chaotic even within a few minutes or a dozen minutes.

As long as the Ghost Ship encounters a sudden turbulence that could disrupt the formation before the formation becomes chaotic, the system can perform a perception adjustment to reorganize the formation that has begun to become scattered.

As for enemy missile attacks, they will be called out in a fixed numerical order.

A missile is coming from the left. The first wingman on the left scrambles to intercept it. After the first wingman intercepts, the second wingman on the left will scramble next.

"Fixed formations, consolidating disparate units, can indeed support a sufficient number of unmanned wingmen."

Lin Weiliang frowned and asked, "But what about electronic interference?"

"Dad, the Ghost itself has a powerful anti-jamming and communication link system. It can maintain a stable communication link even against the J-16D. In addition, it has a second set of laser communication redundancy."

"When enemy missiles attack simultaneously, the formation must launch simultaneous interceptions, and the kinetic singularity will appear synchronously —"

"Change our strategy, take the initiative to strike in batches in advance, and stop using it as a last resort."

"Fixed interception decisions, lacking global decision-making, are prone to unknown interference, which prevents the interception rate from reaching its current high level."

"If you can intercept one of two or three, that's a win. If you can't intercept all three, the remaining ones can be used as a final barrier by laser interceptors."

"What about the cost? The Hot Shot II dogfighting fighter costs more than a whole bunch of air-to-air missiles. This is a losing proposition—"

"Dad————"

Seeing Lin Weiliang's persistent questioning, Lin Dong whispered, "I can redesign a dedicated interceptor drone; two days should be enough."

Increasing the number of wingmen does not mean increasing the wingman combat system.

The main purpose is to counter enemy countermeasures against laser interception, serving as a supplementary measure. In this case, all that's needed is to redesign a dedicated interceptor drone.

"—Two days?"

Lin Weiliang's eyes widened as he looked at his unfilial son opposite him: "I'm very busy. The Skull Battle System, the development of the laser field, the construction of the GW constellation, a whole bunch of things that require my involvement."

"Ahem—Dad, didn't you hand over the entire Skull Warp System to Dr. Feng last year?"

Lin Dong coughed twice and said in a low voice, "Hand over the most important battle skull system. As for the rest, you're just a technical expert with not much to do—there's no rush to improve the Ghost wingman platform; two years is enough."

Because cross-regional communication is quite troublesome, and also because family members are aware of the talent gap between them.

Before the Spring Festival, Lin Weiliang, who had been trained by Dr. Feng at the National University of Defense Technology, took a step back and handed over the entire warhead system to Dr. Feng, while he was only responsible for communicating with the military to request resources.

When the elderly people in the system learned about this, they were all impressed by Chief Engineer Lin's magnanimity and benevolence.

A core system that we spearheaded, developed, and implemented ourselves, with its framework and strategy in place, and which we'd worked on for several years and was now largely complete, was suddenly being abandoned.

"Pupi"

Wang Xingguo couldn't help but burst out laughing. He patted Lin Weiliang on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Have you forgotten your kid's privileges? If he wants to know about you, it's not difficult at all."

"Oh, right, Godfather, you also have something to do. There's a personnel transfer that requires your signature—"

When Lin Dong saw Wang Xingguo stand up, he seemed to remember something, so he took out a stack of core personnel transfer forms, placed them in front of Wang Xingguo, and handed him a pen and seal.

"The projects are being rushed right now. Once the personnel structure is adjusted, the rocket project at the aerospace base, the early-stage space station project, and the J-20S project can all be launched."

Building an aerospace research and production base is far more complex than that.

It's been almost half a year since the Lunar New Year. Even though Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) has a strong track record, plenty of money to spend and rush projects, and an existing laboratory building, it has only recently been a month since they managed to get things sorted out and equip and debug all the equipment and instruments.

As for the initially planned electric pump rocket project, it is still in the initial data stage and has not been officially launched.

Now that we've got the personnel in order, and with a bunch of college graduates arriving during graduation season, the project should be getting off the ground.

"Engineers Xu, Xia, Huang, and Cai are all concurrently handling affairs at the aerospace base, and we're also transferring two hundred R&D personnel from modules such as communication and attitude control over there?"

Wang Xingguo quickly flipped through the transfer list, then looked at Lin Dong with wide eyes, somewhat bewildered, and said, "These are all core members and key personnel. With so many people gone, is the J-20S project going to be abandoned?"

"Godfather, the core personnel are only serving on a part-time basis."

Lin Dong analyzed seriously: "Furthermore, after such a long training session, the team has grown significantly. Even without these few people, the overall R&D strength is not much different from before the training session."

Of course, due to the personnel changes, Godfather, in addition to attending meetings, you'll also be responsible for some other tasks.

"—Xiao Dong."

Seeing that Lin Dong didn't seem to be joking, Wang Xingguo's smile vanished completely, and he silently protested, "I'm your godfather, not your biological father. I'm almost sixty years old; you can't treat an old man like this—"

"Godfather, your birthday is in December, you're not even fifty-six yet, how come you're already sixty?" Lin Dong said speechlessly.

"Fifty-six is ​​still six." Wang Xingguo's voice was filled with regret at this moment.

"Serves you right!"

Upon hearing Wang Xingguo's tone, Lin Weiliang burst out laughing, his previously annoyed mood instantly brightening.

Although the Ghost wingman system upgrade is more complicated, it is still much easier than participating in the J-20S project.

After all, one was a matter left behind by the unfilial son, which he could take full responsibility for without being chased by anyone; the other was a matter in which the unfilial son was involved, which he was being chased around like a spinning top.

"Let's do it."

After reviewing the personnel information at the aerospace research and production base, Lao Wang determined that such a transfer was sufficient and necessary. Without hesitation, he picked up a pen, signed his name, and stamped the document.

But the next moment, Wang Xingguo pulled out Xu Ziming's transfer list, placed it in front of Lin Dong, and said, "Xiao Dong, I will be responsible for notifying and communicating with the other personnel."

But Engineer Xu has been working overtime for more than a month recently because of the events in the south, and you know his lazy nature.

I previously instructed him that taking on additional core tasks at the space base was a bit too much for him—Xiao Dong, you're all grown up now, you can handle these things yourself, your father-in-law, you step in!

Lin Dong watched as Wang Xingguo pulled out Xu Ziming's transfer form, which he had deliberately placed in the middle of the table, and his lips twitched involuntarily.

Xu Ziming already disliked him, and now that he had just been working overtime for more than a month, was he sure he wouldn't be kicked out if he was asked to go and talk about this additional burden?