Baisha had just seen off Zhang Wei and his party, and before he had rested for two hours, people from another department also came to the door.
The visitor was none other than Jaguru, the deputy general manager of Ceylon Ocean Transportation Group.
After reading the introduction of the Dandelion Airship, Jagufu showed a very interested look on his face:
"This new type of airship you are studying is good. I am very optimistic about its transportation potential, especially it will help us expand the African market and consolidate the island control area in the Pacific."
The Western Pacific region, which has only recently been included in the territory of Homo sapiens, is mostly small islands, and the islands are relatively far apart, so it is not possible to build underground railways like the Nanyang Islands.
Now we can only rely on planes and ships.
However, the transport volume of aircraft is too small, and the speed of ships is relatively slow, which is not conducive to Homo sapiens' control of these islands.
According to the data provided by Baisha, Jaguru believes that vacuum airships have great potential. Although his Ceylon Ocean Transportation Group is mainly responsible for shipping in the Ceylon Ocean, it is also their responsibility to develop the African market.
The coastal areas of Africa are not bad, and the ports of some small countries are patchy and barely usable.
But the interior of Africa is almost a barren land. Not to mention railways, there are only a few roads, and the airport facilities are very rudimentary.
This is obviously not conducive to the penetration of Homo sapiens.
Baisha immediately proposed an enhanced version of the transport airship, with a length of 1,500 meters, a total vacuum volume of 14.4 million cubic meters, and a total buoyancy of 18,576 tons at sea level. After subtracting the dead weight of the aircraft body of 3,000 tons, there is still a buoyancy of 15,000 tons.
Compared with hydrogen airships, which have hidden safety risks, or helium airships, which require the use of rare gases, vacuum airships are very good in all aspects.
However, this time and that time.
In this way, there is no need to worry.
"Team Leader Bai, what kind of supporting equipment are required for your airship lifting and docking requirements?"
Baisha reminded: "Manager Jagufu, why don't you use a larger configuration?"
At that time, airships were eliminated by aircraft and missiles because of technical and material problems.
Of course the person in charge of the Equipment Department knew the production capacity of this factory, and he directly stated his plan:
"Don't worry! The Ministry of Defense has its own solution."
Baisha was a little helpless, feeling that today was really lively.
"Four million? The price is not bad." Although Jaguru thinks it is a bit expensive, the airship's transportation capacity is also more suitable.
Otherwise, a batch of transport airships must be specially modified.
His thoughts have not yet been expressed.
After all, the Ministry of Defense has its own airship factory, so the design details must be handled by itself, and there is no need to stop here.
After agreeing on a technical handover time with the person in charge of the Equipment Department and determining the contact plan at that time, the other party left in a hurry.
But the people from Ceylon Ocean Transportation Group are still here.
However, since Baisha didn't know the existence of the gamma ray cannon, he reminded with some worry: "Will the space carrier be too conspicuous? There is no way for this thing to be invisible!"
Therefore, the Ministry of Defense directly approved the aerospace carrier project and planned to build five ships in the first batch to verify the idea.
In internal seminars, the Air Force Department and the Equipment Department re-evaluated the war potential of airships under current technical conditions, and then they found that the military value of airships is considerable.
Obviously, people from the Ministry of Defense are also very concerned about various new technologies within Homo sapiens. As soon as they heard the news about vacuum airships some time ago, they organized an internal seminar to discuss whether airships could be used in the military field.
Moreover, according to the assessment of the Ministry of Defense, there is a high probability that the aerospace carrier will not directly engage the forces of the great powers in the short term, and its targets may be those second- and third-rate forces.
Bullying those small countries is not just a matter of punching a child.
He told Baisha his thoughts.
However, Jagufu needed to discuss the design details with Baisha and put forward some requirements to avoid running around all the time.
Based on the simulation design of the Ministry of Defense.
After deliberation, the Ministry of Defense felt that this issue was not a problem.
If a batch of transport airships can be built, Homo sapiens will soon be able to deepen their influence on the interior of Africa with cheap industrial products and food.
Especially for vacuum airships, their huge payload in the troposphere and their huge size are all things that can be exploited.
People from the Ministry of Defense also arrived.
The reason for reaching this conclusion is magnetic field radar and gamma ray cannon.
It means you can't be invisible.
A transport airship with a payload of 2,000 tons, a dead weight of 580 tons, and a total weight of 2,580 tons.
"A larger configuration?"
Jaguf became even more satisfied after hearing this.
Hearing that the Ministry of Defense had a solution, Bai Sha nodded, but did not continue to ask about the specific content. For such a project involving military matters, he still knew how to measure it.
Although in the last century, airships have proven unsuitable for air combat.
They plan to design an aerospace carrier with a total payload weight of about 30,000 tons, which can carry Seahawk fighter jets, large drones, and the recently developed gamma ray cannon.
The approximate specifications are 700 meters in length, 80 meters in height, 60 meters in width, 2.4 million cubic meters of vacuum volume, and a total buoyancy of about 3160 tons.
As for the fear of fire, the airship can be wrapped with a layer of flame-retardant material, or directly installed with aerosol protective armor.
What is a stealth airship?
As long as the enemy's attack methods are neutralized, the space carrier will become an invisible airship.
"That's no problem." Baisha breathed a sigh of relief.
However, considering the conditions in various parts of Africa, Jagov felt that it was necessary to install protective armor, cruise missiles and cannons on the transport airships.
"Because we use vacuuming to provide buoyancy, buoyancy control is very simple. The landing site only needs flat ground. Even if there is no cement-hardened site, you can land safely."
Jaguf made a rough estimate in his mind.
As for the problem of the space carrier being large and easily detected by radar.
When Bai Sha heard the Equipment Department's thoughts, he said with some embarrassment:
The people from the Ministry of Defense are the heads of the Equipment Department and the Air Force Department.
"It doesn't matter. You share the technology with us and then send a few engineers to assist. The Ministry of Defense has its own airship factory."
"Because the transport airship requires a special engine and power system, the cost is about 4 million."
After hearing this plan, Jaguru did not make a decision immediately, but asked:
"How much is the approximate cost?"
"The production capacity of our factory is not enough. We also need to produce communication airships and transportation airships."
Its flight altitude is below 5,000 meters, its daily navigation altitude is 1,000 meters, its limit speed is 200 kilometers per hour, and its operating speed is 150 kilometers per hour.
After all, building a transport ship with a deadweight of 15,000 tons also costs 6 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to 3 million gold dollars.
It doesn't matter, as long as the space carrier can detect enemy aircraft and missiles in advance, it can use gamma ray cannons to clear out approaching targets.
The speed of transport airships is about 10 times faster than ordinary transport ships.
Since the Ministry of Defense has decided to develop an aerospace carrier, there is no need for civilian transport airships to be equipped with heavy armor. Jaguv only retained a micro-drone launcher and 6 defensive cannons.
Then he signed a cooperation agreement with Madagascar Space City on behalf of Ceylon Ocean Group, planning to produce 100 18,000-ton transport airships in the next three years.
Just a sub-project of the Dandelion Project has brought a lot of new technologies. This is a derivative effect of large-scale projects.
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