Rebirth of the Military Industrial Overlord

"Teacher is testing me." Yang Wei tilted his head and pondered for a while before repliing: "Actually, I think that other 3S is relatively easy to implement. At least, through the accumulation of technology in the previous period, we have also found In order to achieve a practical technical path, such as this ultra-maneuverability, it is actually based on the good aerodynamic shape, maneuverability and powerful power of the fighter. We have already fully developed the "J-10" in the process of development. Master the characteristics of the aerodynamic layout of the canard. Although this layout may sacrifice a little bit of the RCS reflection area of ​​the radar wave, it is more likely to obtain greater lift and better maneuverability, combined with detailed and reasonable flying. The control system can achieve better flight performance than the conventional layout. We have actually obtained verification from the "J-10". Moreover, the excellent aerodynamic layout can also make up for the shortcomings caused by insufficient engine thrust to a certain extent. So even if the true supersonic cruise cannot be achieved, at least it can ensure that the fighter can achieve supersonic flight capability with small afterburners. This has already achieved great tactical advantages."

After a pause, he went on to say: "As for the last super-powerful situational awareness, we need to integrate all the sensing systems of light, electricity, and magnetism on the fighter plane, and be able to achieve the internal and even communication with the fighter plane through the data link. The data sharing of the entire battlefield command information system. I have talked about this many times in my daily communication with Brother Tan. He said that with the further development of electronic technology, it should be possible to achieve it in the future. Moreover, he has been conducting technical discussions and preparations in this area with several domestic research institutions, and has accumulated a lot of phased results in this area. I believe we will soon see the corresponding plan."

It’s okay that Yang Wei didn’t mention Tan Zhenhua. When he mentioned his famous brother, Song Wenhua couldn’t help but snorted from his nostrils: "That stinky boy, if you have any good ideas, I went to Xijing to find Chen Yijian first. Even the joint pre-research and advancement of the new generation of fighter jets are mainly based on Xijing. Yang Wei, you will comment on it. It is obvious that I am his teacher, okay? Why is this kid always turning his elbow out?"

This time I couldn’t pick it up, and Yang Wei also knew that the teacher was not really dissatisfied with his named student. In fact, whenever someone mentioned Tan Zhenhua in front of the teacher, Song Wenhua would always be full of expressions. While pretending to hate iron but not steel, he said: "My student is too ineffective. He is blind with such a clever brain and has no academic achievements. Why was I blind for a while? , I fell in love with such a guy..."

To be honest, Yang Wei can't help but secretly slander sometimes: "Teacher Song, you show off in public like this, really good?"

Besides, Tan Zhenhua focused on Xijing, which was an inevitable choice, because both Yang Wei and Song Wenhua knew very well that in addition to the flying leopard B, which is already undergoing test flights, the three types In 1996, another major project-"Flying Leopard II" was secretly launched.

The planned "Flying Leopard II" will be slightly smaller than the existing "Flying Leopard" fighter, but although it is a little smaller physically, its combat effectiveness has been doubled!

First of all, the "Flying Leopard II" does not scale down the "Flying Leopard" fighter aircraft, but plans to use the latest research results in fluid mechanics and structural mechanics to completely reconstruct the aerodynamic shape and internal structure of the "Flying Leopard", while combining the existing It has carried out the phased results of the pre-research on the low intercept rate of fighter radar for many years. The goal is to reduce the frontal RCS value of the new fighter to within 0.1 square.

Secondly, the "Flying Leopard II" fighter plans to use the newly developed "Turbofan 12" engine as the target power. This is actually one of the reasons why the "Flying Leopard II" fighter has to be reduced because the "Turbofan 12" has not yet been fully developed. It was successful, but its basic parameters have been basically finalized. The first-stage practical model has a thrust-to-weight ratio of 8.05 and can provide a maximum thrust of 8.7 tons. For China Xia, this is the first domestic engine with a thrust-to-weight ratio of more than 8, which is undoubtedly a huge technological advancement, but after all, this is only a mid-engine. Even with dual engines, it can only provide a maximum of 17.4 tons of afterburner thrust. , So the overall empty weight of the fighter must be limited.

In fact, Chengdu is also very concerned about the progress of the "Turbofan 12" engine. Since 1993, the engine has completed the ignition test of the first prototype, and has completed 6 batches and dozens of technical and engineering verification machines. Iterative improvement of the “Flying Leopard” model. The latest batch of 06 model has also been tested on the flight platform. It has been running for tens of thousands of hours and is very close to the mature and usable stage. Therefore, the engine is likely to be able to catch up with the “Flying Leopard”. II" was put into actual use before-but the first user of this type of engine will definitely not be the "Flying Leopard II", because the export-type "Xiaolong BLOCK2" has already ordered this set of power system, and Pakistan Railway has already urged It's been a long time.

In addition to these improvements, another major improvement of the "Flying Leopard II" is its airborne fire control radar. With the successful development of the first-generation gallium arsenide-based T/R components of the 4055 Institute, the 4014 Institute immediately The development of a variety of new-generation radars, including but not limited to, airborne X-band, airborne S-band, ship-borne C-band, ship-borne X-band, ship-borne L-band, missile K-band, and mobile S-band The research and development of various types of radars such as large-scale fixed L-band, and all these radars have adopted an active phased array system!

There is no doubt that the "Flying Leopard II" fighter will be China's first fighter to use the AESA system fire control radar!

After the new radar provides a longer detection range, clearer, higher resolution and higher sensitivity aircrew signal, it will inevitably put forward higher requirements on the data processing capability of the whole machine. Therefore, "Flying Leopard II" At the beginning of the design, it was proposed to adopt a distributed joint avionics system based on a large-bandwidth optical fiber backbone communication network. The system will combine the radar system of the fighter aircraft, the new photoelectric joint detection system, the passive radar illumination warning system, and the enemy-we The data and information provided by a series of sub-systems, such as the recognition system, fighter flight attitude control and feedback system, are organically integrated to provide pilots with decision-making reference, and can even perform some auxiliary actions autonomously. There are also new standards under development. The high-speed data link cross-links the fighter aircraft with the friendly command and control system in the entire battlefield environment.

In short, the design concept of "Flying Leopard II" can be said to be a revolutionary advancement compared to "Flying Leopard". The influence of YF22 can be seen in many places, and Yang Wei also knows that in Xijing Institute, "Flying Leopard" Who is the person in charge of this epoch-making project-Tang Changhong, his classmate and roommate of the university, Chen Yijian's proud pupil.

Obviously, Tang Changhong's ability to monopolize such a major project is inseparable from Chen Yijian's training and recommendation. It can also be imagined that once the "Flying Leopard II" project is successful, what kind of glory the former classmate will gain — -Although this project is still under the guise of "exporting", who said that if the investor is there, it can't be sold domestically? It's not that he has never done it before, um, it is more accurate to say that he has done this kind of trickery, and he has done it very well.

It’s just that Yang Wei really envied Tang’s good luck. Chen Yijian, the chief instructor, was the teacher, and Lu Hesheng, a major in the global fighter design industry, was on the spot as a guide. Now he has become a very promising prospect. The master of the model, the future can be said to be bright!

So, what about yourself?