Chapter 385: Synthetic Aperture Radar, Sky Eye One

But just as he was preparing to leave the laboratory, Dean He and Director Wang from the Military Department's Technical Division pushed the door open and entered together.

"Chief Engineer Li, working so early?" Although Dean He had drunk too much last night, he looked full of energy this morning.

"Oh, I had some inspiration last night, so I wrote a few things down," Li Mingyuan replied casually.

"By the way, the Ministry of National Defense is organizing a visit to a newly built military factory this morning. It is said there are many technical personnel who have returned from studying in the Star-Spangled Country. Would you like to go and take a look together?" Director Wang asked.

Li Mingyuan's eyes lit up, "Sure, I also happen to want to understand the progress in other fields."

Three hours later, Li Mingyuan followed the visiting group to a brand-new military factory located in the suburbs. It mainly produced radar and aviation equipment here. The workshops were spacious and bright, and although the equipment looked somewhat primitive, it was already at a top-tier level for this era.

In a remote laboratory, Li Mingyuan saw several young people enthusiastically discussing something around a piece of radar equipment.

"Theoretically speaking, if we increase the transmission power, the reception sensitivity should improve, but the actual effect is not obvious..." a young man wearing glasses said with a frown.

"The problem might lie in the antenna design. I studied antenna theory in the Star-Spangled Country; ordinary parabolic antennas have blind spots under certain specific conditions..." another young man with a crew cut explained.

Li Mingyuan walked closer and asked politely, "Are you all researching radar?"

The young people turned their heads, recognized Li Mingyuan, and their eyes immediately lit up.

"Chief Engineer Li!" the bespectacled youth exclaimed in surprise, "Are you the Chief Engineer Li who developed the Mushroom?"

Li Mingyuan smiled and nodded, "What difficult problem are you discussing? May I listen in?"

The crew-cut youth hurriedly explained: "We are researching how to improve radar resolution. Existing radar can only roughly determine a target's location and cannot identify what it specifically is. Additionally, we are also researching aviation camera issues, hoping to take clearer reconnaissance photos."

As Li Mingyuan listened, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind. Radar and cameras, while seemingly two different things, are essentially both means of acquiring information; one is through electromagnetic wave reflection, and the other is through optical imaging...

【Innovation in thinking detected, triggering special Insight Value】

【Successfully connected "Semiconductor Radar Principle" with "High-Resolution Imaging"】

【Congratulations to the host for realizing the prototype of "Synthetic Aperture Radar" (SAR) technology】

"Holy crap!" Li Mingyuan almost blurted out, hurriedly restraining his surprise.

Synthetic Aperture Radar is the core technology for remote sensing satellites in later generations! It can penetrate cloud cover under harsh weather conditions to obtain high-resolution ground images, and has extremely important applications in fields such as military reconnaissance and resource exploration.

"Everyone, I have an idea..." Li Mingyuan lowered his voice, "What if we combine the advantages of radar and cameras, using the penetration capability of radar and the resolution advantages of cameras to create a brand-new detection system?"

The young people looked puzzled, and the crew-cut youth asked: "Chief Engineer Li, this... how do we combine them?"

Li Mingyuan quickly drew on a piece of paper, "Traditional radar relies on antenna size to determine resolution, right? But if we utilize the movement of the flight platform to collect multi-point data along the flight direction, and then process it through a Computer, we can simulate the effect of an ultra-large aperture antenna..."

As he drew and explained, the eyes of the young people gradually widened.

"This... this is simply a genius idea!" the bespectacled youth said excitedly.

The young people listened with burning enthusiasm, discussing it all at once and occasionally asking Li Mingyuan about technical details.

After the visit, Li Mingyuan returned to his office and immediately organized this inspiration into a document. He wrote out the basic principles, signal processing methods, and hardware requirements of Synthetic Aperture Radar in detail, then combined it with his previous Chip technology and satellite plans to form a comprehensive national defense early-warning system proposal.

"Airborne Radar + Space Remote Sensing + Satellite Imaging"—if this system is built, it will put the Dragon Country decades ahead of the world in intelligence-gathering capabilities.

【Technical proposal integration complete, obtained "Tianyan No. 1 Project"】

Li Mingyuan looked at the three technical proposals he had created in one day and night, his heart filled with a sense of accomplishment. This was no ordinary technical upgrade; it was a dimensionality-reduction strike!

"3 Micron Chip Production Line", "Dragon Nation Space Program", "Tianyan No. 1 Project"—each one was enough to elevate the Dragon Country's technological strength by an entire era.

"System, what is my current Insight Value?"

【Current Insight Value: 18,750, an increase of 3,130 points compared to yesterday】

"Looks like I have to keep working hard," Li Mingyuan muttered to himself, "But these three proposals are enough to make the Star-Spangled Country drop their jaws."

He organized the three proposals, preparing to report them to the Military Department first thing tomorrow morning. If these plans could be implemented quickly, the Dragon Country would establish an all-around technological advantage in a very short time, completely changing the international landscape.

"Hmph, Clock Rollback? I think it's just the beginning of your nightmare, Star-Spangled Country," Li Mingyuan sneered and turned off the office light.

The next morning, just as Li Mingyuan was preparing to take the proposals to find Minister Zhang, the office phone suddenly rang...

The ringing of the phone broke the morning silence. Li Mingyuan reached out to answer it, and the voice of Minister Zhang's office secretary came through.

"Chief Engineer Li, Minister Zhang wants you at the large conference room at nine o'clock, bring all your new proposals."

"Alright, I'll prepare immediately." Li Mingyuan hung up the phone and took a deep breath.

This was a rare opportunity; the top brass were still immersed in the joy of the Mushroom's success, making it the perfect time to push for more advanced plans. He quickly organized the three proposal documents and checked the charts and data for the presentation once more to ensure everything was foolproof.

It was still half an hour before the scheduled time for the meeting, but the main attendees had already arrived one after another. As soon as Li Mingyuan entered the door, he felt a subtle atmosphere—everyone seemed to have already heard about what he was about to report, and their faces were filled with various complex expressions.

Dean He was sitting in a corner, whispering with several experts who had just returned from abroad. Taking the opportunity to put down his materials, Li Mingyuan quietly pricked up his ears.

"I heard Chief Engineer Li is going to report on some rocket and new reconnaissance system this time?" Dean He asked in a low voice with a frown.

Doctor Liu, a returned scholar sitting next to him, shook his head: "I heard it also includes some 'satellite' plan?"

"Satellite? What is that?" Dean He looked confused, "Is Chief Engineer Li going to lose his mind this time? Did the success of the Mushroom make him arrogant?"

Doctor Liu sighed: "When I was studying in Mocheng, I heard of the theory of 'Artificial Planet', but that is a top-secret research direction for Beijixiong Guo, and even they haven't had a breakthrough yet. Can we actually do it?"