Chapter 382 announces international cooperation projects

"This is an airplane that can only be designed by God!" I don't know how long it took, but when talking about this scene, Luo Lisi was still full of emotion: "We were all shocked at that time, the ancient East could actually design such an aerodynamic shape, A perfect blend of flight performance and stealth performance!"

   "So, is it possible that they plagiarized the design of our F-22 fighter jet?"

   "I don't know. I heard that after the release of this model, Lockheed conducted a comprehensive investigation. However, the results of the investigation showed that the designer who developed the F-22 did not sell his soul."

   "So, did you get the technology from Lao Maozi? How could a country that could only improve the MiG-21 suddenly skip the third generation and develop the fourth generation?"

"I don't know about that, but judging from the available information, it shouldn't be, because the old Maozi never thought of using appearance to hide. They have always followed the path of plasma stealth. Unfortunately, if the Red Empire If there is no collapse, it is really possible for them to get it out."

   These are what Luo Lisi said in the interview later. As for now, Luo Lisi's big eyes are just staring at the model.

   Beautiful, so beautiful!

  The length of that model is only more than 30 centimeters, it looks like a model airplane, but its shape is different from any airplane in this era!

  It is black all over. I don’t know if it is because of the inspiration from F-117. It is painted with black paint. Regardless of the color, look at the shape first. It is so conspicuous on the red tablecloth.

The rhombus-shaped nose has prominent lines on both sides, and it is just combined with the upper end of the air intake at the rear. It is very coordinated. The air intake is a parallelogram. On the edge of the air intake, there is no boundary layer board, just saw something like a drum kit.

   Extending backward is the wing, the butterfly wing, and the distance between the tail and the tail is very close.

  The tail is even more special. Its two vertical tails are inclined to the outside, which should take into account the requirement of side stealth.

  When seeing the shape of this aircraft completely different from any aircraft of this era, everyone was amazed by its appearance.

   "Excuse me, what are the bulges on both sides of the air intake?"

"This is our innovative technology, the professional name is called supersonic inlet without boundary layer, it uses a fixed bulge to simulate the first and second adjustable swash plates in the conventional inlet, and can achieve the The compression of the airflow, as well as the purpose of simplifying the structure and making it invisible." When Zhao Dangsheng introduced it, he was still a little apprehensive.

   After all, this technology has not been mastered by ourselves! But Mr. Qin said that it must be announced here, so that the invention right is his own!

  In the field of military aircraft development, there is no such thing as a patent right, as long as there is technology, it can be used, and it is published now for the sake of fame.

  Who said that China's military aircraft research and development capabilities are weak? We can lead this era!

   "What does it have to do with invisibility?" someone asked below.

"It's a big deal. This bulge protrudes and just blocks the engine blades behind, which is the strongest source of electromagnetic reflection. At the same time, when the intake port is pre-compressed, the boundary layer between the air and the intake port wall will be outside the intake port. In this way, the electromagnetic wave emitted by the radar is an oscillating particle wave, which cannot easily enter the air intake of the fighter jet."

  These words are true and false, the former is true, but the latter, for the time being, Zhao Dangsheng and the others have not discovered it. However, to announce it to the public, it is still necessary to say these things, whether it is true or not, if it can mislead the colleagues, it will be a very face-saving matter.

  Qin Tao was in the corner, listening to the speech here, he also felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

  He didn't expect that his superiors would agree to his plan so quickly.

  Currently, there are two key projects in the aviation industry. The introduction of the Su-27 production line and the production of the J-11 fighter jets are the most costly and the most effective.

  The self-developed aircraft is J-10, and it has already started test flights. This aircraft is independently developed by its own side, and its specific performance will not be known to outsiders. It can be regarded as a killer weapon.

These two projects have already consumed a lot of money, and even the Flying Leopards have to use the meager funds of the Navy to maintain them. Therefore, at this time, the superiors simply cannot afford to support the J-31 project, and , this project is not a planned project in the aviation industry system at all.

Since the superior does not support it, it is of course no problem to turn it into an international commercial project. After all, if the superior does not allocate funds, this project can only go through other channels. Otherwise, the project will definitely be terminated in the end .

  The mentality of the superiors is like this. If you do it yourself, if you succeed, it can promote the progress of our country's aviation industry. After all, the stealth ability is high. If it fails, we have nothing to lose.

   That's it, the superior approved it.

   Just in time for this opportunity, he simply announced to the public that Qin Tao came here to do these things. Anyway, he promoted it, and he is duty-bound.

  At this time, Zhao Dangsheng was still answering the following questions.

   "Excuse me, since you call this project J-31A, in other words, it is also a vertical take-off and landing fighter?"

  If the answer is yes, then even Americans cannot do it.

  A few years ago, the vertical take-off and landing fighter technology was very popular, and many companies were working on it, but in the end, there were two mature ones.

   Even the U.S. Marine Corps is purchasing British sea harriers.

"Yes, our aircraft is a vertical take-off and landing fighter. It is modified on the basis of the previous aircraft." Zhao Dangsheng said: "Next, we will briefly introduce the technology used by this fighter. "

   As he spoke, Zhao Dangsheng took out a design drawing board from behind the desk. When he put the drawing board on it, there was another sound of a camera.

"We know that there are only two vertical take-off and landing fighter schemes in the world, one is the Sea Harrier and the other is the Jacques. But both have shortcomings, such as the Jacques. The biggest disadvantage is the scorching airflow from the lift engine. The deck, our current plan, has completely improved this shortcoming."

   "How to improve?"

"As you can see from the design drawings, we used the rear take-off and cruise engine and the front lift engine structure. However, our lift engine is not an ordinary jet engine. It is just a lift fan. Through this shaft, the rear It is driven by the engine, so that it blows down the cold wind and does not scorch the deck."

   Zhao Dangsheng introduced it to him.

   Now that it is announced, there is no need to worry about leaking secrets. It is just a big fan. How is this fan made and what is the specific structure? Don't worry if you don't publish these.

   Moreover, if it is announced like this, some people should have a headache.

  Although the famous F-35 will not enter the public's field of vision until the 21st century, the related pre-research work has already begun.

Just last year, the U.S. Department of Defense launched the "Joint Advanced Attack Technology" JASF demonstrator research, and established the JASF Research Program Office in January this year. The goal of this program is to develop a light combat attack aircraft common to several military services series, replacing the F-15E, F-16, F-15C, and F-117 of the US Air Force, the F-14 of the Navy, and the AV-8B of the Marine Corps, several obsolete models.

   It is said that the United Kingdom has also expressed strong interest in this plan and proposed to join this plan to replace the Harrier fighter and its Sea Harrier series with this aircraft. In order to integrate resources and highlight key points, the Americans consider including the ongoing US Navy "Joint Strike Fighter" JAF program and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's "Common Low-Cost Light Fighter" CALF program into the JASF program, the most famous in history. The "Joint Strike Fighter" plan has gradually surfaced.

  All major companies have already started preparations. With the preliminary plans, if Lockheed hears its own plan, it will definitely be disgusting.

  Who invented this scheme? China! The American plan is also copied from China!

  Thinking about that scene, it is spectacular enough, and, maybe in order to avoid suspicion, Lockheed will start a new project, or the X-32 plan will win, and finally become the F-32.

   "In this way, the space between the front and rear is exactly the space of our weapon bay. In order to pursue stealth performance, we will also adopt the method of built-in weapon bay."

  After hearing these introductions, everyone was even more excited, and some people raised new questions.

   "Are you confident in developing it? It's just a model now. It will cost a lot of money to actually develop it!"

  These reporters are also reserved, and they didn’t directly say that they only know how to plagiarize? When will it be original?

"Yes, it will cost a lot of money to develop this fourth-generation aircraft. What we are doing now is the shape. Its engine, avionics, flight control, etc. are all difficulties we need to overcome. It is expected to consume at least $5 billion in funds."

five billion!

  F-16, this world-famous fighter jet, the research and development cost is only 870 million U.S. dollars, but that is the price in the 1970s, and the research and development of aircraft after that has become more and more expensive. When it came to the F-22, the research and development cost was more than 20 billion, and the cost allocated to each aircraft was more than 100 million. When it came to the F-35, it rose to more than 40 billion. (There are different sayings, some say 70 billion, and some say 200 billion.)

   "Of course, this is only a preliminary estimate. After all, global inflation continues, so in the later stage, research and development funds may continue to rise, but 10 billion is definitely no problem."

   "Do you have so much money?"

   Now, I'm getting to the point again!

  Zhao Dangsheng admired Qin Tao's arrangement so much that these reporters raised all the questions without saying anything.

"So, our aircraft will adopt a new research and development model." Zhao Dangsheng said: "This aircraft will become an international joint aircraft. Anyone who wants to obtain a fourth-generation aircraft can join our plan , we welcome partners who have ideas but no technology to join our project through investment, and through this project, they will also get a lot of benefits."

"global cooperation?"

   This is definitely the first time!

   Has anyone ever heard that a country develops weapons and seeks cooperation from other countries? Generally speaking, the weapons are developed and sold, and then earn profits from the arms. During the research and development stage, they are all done by themselves.

  However, there is also international cooperation. The European Tornado fighter jets and Typhoon fighter jets are the products of international cooperation. However, these are the joint development of several countries with strong technical strength. They are only invested in this kind, and have never been seen before.

   Will anyone join?

etc! There seems to be a problem here!

"As far as I know, although there is a demand for vertical take-off and landing fighters in the world, it is not big. It is understandable that you want to obtain a large amount of funds through international cooperation, but what do you want to do?" to determine that potential customers will need this vertical take-off and landing fighter?"

   After all, most countries still need conventional fighter jets. They don’t have so many islands to defend, and they don’t have aircraft carriers. Therefore, if this aircraft is an ordinary vertical take-off and landing fighter jet, the sales area will be very narrow.

"The question raised by this reporter is very good." Zhao Dangsheng nodded: "If it is just a vertical take-off and landing fighter, then the user area of ​​our aircraft must be very narrow, but you can continue to look at our aircraft design drawings, as long as we Remove the front lift engine and replace it with an auxiliary fuel tank, equipment compartment or weapon compartment, then it can be transformed into an ordinary stealth fighter. At the same time, due to the removal of these mechanisms, the performance of the aircraft will also be further improved. We estimate , There will be thousands of demand for this regular version in the world!"

   In front of everyone's eyes, Zhao Dangsheng stretched out his hand to the drawing board, and then easily tore off the lifting fan and rotating shaft on it!

   This part was actually pasted in?

   After tearing it off, he replaced it with an ordinary fuel tank sticker and pasted it on it. It was slightly crooked, but everyone could see it clearly at a glance.

Whether it is the Sea Harrier or the Yak-38, due to structural limitations, it cannot be changed into a conventional fighter, but the design in front of it is different, the engine is arranged at the tail, if the front structure is removed, it will be an ordinary fighter. The layout of the fighter jets.

   "How long do you expect the development of this aircraft to take?"

"The fourth-generation aircraft is also a major challenge for us. We predict that even if we have sufficient funds, it will take ten years of hard work to successfully develop it. Therefore, we hope that customers who are interested in purchasing our aircraft will You must be mentally prepared. Now that you have made a decision, you must go on firmly. Well, our press conference today will end here. Later, we will open this plane, and everyone can line up to take photos with the plane Remember, and then you can leave."

  Everything that needs to be said has been said, and Zhao Dangsheng is not as nervous as before. After leaving this sentence, he left calmly.

  What about Mr. Qin? Where did President Qin go?

  Qin Tao didn't do anything else, he was hungry, so he went to eat with Lei Qiang.

  If it is in the aviation base, there will be a special pilot restaurant with the highest standard in the army, but in the aircraft factory, there are not many pilots in total, and it is enough to open a small kitchen for the pilots alone.

At this time, Qin Tao was enjoying the treatment of a pilot, and Lei Qiang, who was sitting across from him, didn't feel anything wrong at all. At this time, he felt that he had a lot to say to Qin Tao, and eating became a Secondary.

   "Lei Zi, you have worked hard this time. You have to wear a full set of equipment and perform for so long in such hot weather." Qin Tao said to Lei Qiang.

   "What's the hard work, we pilots have to be like this, even if it's summer, we have to wear thick clothes, I've already gotten used to it." Lei Qiang said.

Although it’s hot on the ground, it’s cold in the sky, especially at an altitude of 10,000 meters, where the temperature is still below zero. If you don’t dress thickly, if you have to parachute in case of an accident, you won’t be frozen broken.

  So, no matter how hot it is, you have to dress thickly.

   "Mr. Qin, let's hold a press conference to make an official announcement. Will there be clients to invest?" Lei Qiang continued to ask.

Qin Tao smiled: "Of course it will, I am very confident. You think, the era of stealth aircraft has arrived, but there are not many countries that can develop stealth aircraft, and there will always be people who will take a fancy to it. Why, what do you think about this Are you interested in this aircraft?"

"Yes, our country needs vertical take-off and landing fighter jets. The sea in the south is especially urgent. If it still has the ability to stealth, it will definitely greatly enhance our control over the territorial waters of the motherland. However, it is too difficult for us to develop an aircraft. I don’t know how long it will take for this aircraft to mature.”

  Qin Tao nodded. Of course he knew that Lei Qiang was inspired by it. The research and development of the J-10 had gone through hardships. The next J-31A is more technically difficult, and the research and development time may be even longer.

"That's right, everything is difficult at the beginning. The J-10 is the first aircraft we developed, so we have experienced a lot of twists and turns. However, on the basis of this aircraft, we have already traveled a long way, so we will continue to work on it in the future." It will be easier to go on." Qin Tao is still confident about this: "As for our J-31A, the biggest problem at present is funding. If there is a big donor, give us a billion dollars , maybe within five years, this aircraft will be ready for test flight."

  A penny is hard for a hero. In order to promote J-10, Mr. Song set up a noodle stall in front of 611 for a while, so poor.

  Although Qin Tao can make money, he can't invest all his funds in the J-31A project. After all, he also has a lot of things to do.

  So what is missing now is investment.

Although at the press conference just now, Zhao Dangsheng said that he needed 5 billion U.S. dollars, it was just for making money. In fact, the research and development funds for J-10 are only 4 billion yuan, and J-31 If A can have billions of dollars, it will be able to get to the step of test flight.

   When it’s time for the test flight, and then display it publicly, it is estimated that more people will be willing to invest.

   "Within five years? Isn't this too fast? Isn't there a lot of new technology applied to it?" Lei Qiang was a little surprised.

"Yes, it is true that a lot of new technologies have been applied, but it is just changing the shell. For us, the biggest difficulty is the engine. If we don't modify it and just use the imitation of the original R-79 engine, five In a year, it should be able to be produced."

   This matter was also promoted by Qin Tao. He brought back the full set of information on the R-79 engine, including the smelting information of various materials, etc.

  So, if he just thoroughly understands the technology and then imitates it, he feels that time is enough. As for improvement and improvement, that is a later matter.

  The technology of the engine is solved by the relevant departments, and the project of the lift fan has been developed in the machinery factory in Huating, and it is steadily developing.

   What's left?

   Mainly the flight control, right?

   In this regard, Qin Tao believed in Zhao Dangsheng. Moreover, the J-10 has already started test flights, and there are no problems with the flight control. The foundation of 611 in this area is already very solid.

  As long as the flight control problem is solved, there will be no other problems in the development of this J-31A.

   "Boss Qin, this kind of stealth machine not only depends on its appearance, but also has a special skin coating, right? It seems that only Americans have this thing in the world."

  Hearing what Lei Qiang said, Qin Tao nodded: "That's right, only the Americans have it, but we only need to find an opportunity to knock down an F-117 in the future, and there will naturally be a sample of this stealth coating."

   Knock down the F-117? President Qin, are you joking? That is the best stealth machine in the world, and it has never been discovered after being put into the battlefield.

  Lei Qiang was a little puzzled, but he also knew that Mr. Qin was amazing, and since he said it, he would definitely be able to do it, so he still couldn't raise his question.

   "Boss Qin, if this aircraft can really be developed, then our J-10 will be outdated." Lei Qiang was a little lonely again.

  611 has spent decades of hard work, and the first finished product is the J-10, but what about now? If this J-31A comes out, then the J-10 will be completely outdated.

"How could it be?" Qin Tao said: "J-10 has already started test flight, and in five years, it will be able to equip troops, and match with the domestically produced Su-27 to build our Great Wall of the Sky. J-31A It will fly for the first time in five years, and it will take another five years or even ten years until it matures."

"Moreover, the J-31A is only a medium-sized fighter. Our country has a vast land and resources, and there is a vast airspace to protect. Therefore, we also need twin-engine heavy fighters. After our 611 has completed the J-10 project, we can develop it again. A double-engine heavy stealth fighter with a canard layout, so that after entering the era of stealth aircraft, we can still match high and low."

The J-31A project was initiated by Qin Tao. Although the performance indicators are excellent, it is only a commercial cooperation product, and it is only the foundation of a medium-sized machine. Qin Tao does not hope that this project will be given to domestic companies. Other projects pose threats.

The motherland still needs heavy fighters. After getting used to the Su-27, I definitely want heavy stealth fighters. Therefore, the J-20 project will not disappear. On the contrary, with the technology accumulation on the J-31A , J-20 will be even faster.

   "Boss Qin is right!" Just then, a voice came.

  (end of this chapter)