From July 10th to 12th, the "Made in Sichuan" Scorpion UAV successfully completed the plateau test and flight verification of the large-scale high-altitude full-network emergency communication UAV platform at the Garze Kangding Airport at an altitude of 4,238 meters. This is also the first time that a drone has completed a "practical" test of carrying an aerial base station to achieve emergency communications across the entire network in complex natural environments and real emergency conditions such as "high altitude" areas and "no signal" areas, fully verifying the drone platform. and communication equipment emergency support capabilities, accumulating real data and valuable experience for the next step of large-scale and actual combat use.
During the plateau flight verification test phase, the Twin-Tailed Scorpion UAV took off from Ganzi Kangding Airport. After arriving at the on-site command headquarters without communication network coverage, it hovered within a mission area with a radius of 4 kilometers and provided continuous communication signals . The reporter learned from the scene that after the Scorpion drone flew to the mission area and carried out emergency communication operations, China Telecom , China Mobile, and China Unicom mobile phones within a range of 30 to 50 square kilometers all recovered from the no signal state, and successively received A reminder text message: "[ Sichuan Provincial Communications Administration Warm Reminder] Dear user, your mobile phone has been connected to the communication network through the fixed-wing drone high-altitude base station, which can provide you with real-time voice and SMS services. Best wishes!" At the same time, the functions of receiving and sending text messages, WeChat's functions of transmitting text, voice and documents, and the calling and calling functions of mobile phones in the mission area were all restored, and the flight verification work was a complete success.
According to reports, the Twin-tailed Scorpion drone used in this flight verification test was independently developed by Sichuan Tengdun Technology Co., Ltd. and has complete intellectual property rights. It has a wingspan of 20 meters, a length of 10 meters, a height of 3.1 meters, and a maximum flight range of 20 meters. It has a maximum flight time of 35 hours, a maximum range of 7,000 kilometers, a maximum ceiling of 10,000 meters, and a maximum speed of 280 kilometers per hour. It is the world's first dual-engine large-scale high-end UAV system. The excellent air performance provides sufficient guarantee for the deployment and expansion of large-scale emergency communications work, and also makes rapid response, cross-regional and uninterrupted air support a reality. The dual engines greatly improve the system reliability and flight safety of the UAV, allowing the UAV to maintain significant advantages in deployment capabilities on plateaus and at sea, and adaptability to complex meteorological conditions and complex geographical environments. The configuration of dual generators ensures that the drone can provide sufficient power supply capability for all-network air base stations or other mission loads. The above characteristics also make the Scorpion UAV particularly suitable for emergency communications.
This flight verification test under actual combat scenarios in plateau and alpine areas has further enriched the application scenarios and usage connotations of large UAVs directly participating in emergency communications, and has strong inspiration and demonstration for the deep integration of large UAVs into emergency communications systems. effect.
