Chapter 648 It’s a pity to use such a good platform just for air combat...
Although Chang Haonan has tried his best to make his tone less certain and has not made any substantial guarantees, But as soon as the people across the street who were involved in Project No. 1 heard him say "fight for it", they already had smiles of satisfaction on their faces.
No way, my past resume is too tough.
After spending less than two years moving the turbofan 10 from the drawings to the verification machine, Chang Haonan has basically gone in the direction of the project research and development.
Even though he didn't give an exact timetable at all this time, it was just a mere painting, but he was still very convincing.
Therefore, Liu Gaozhuo immediately took over the conversation:
“Our country’s air force, at least at the moment, has the core mission of homeland defense, competing for air supremacy for ground forces and the navy, so models that favor air superiority are definitely still the current focus. "
"But we have also held symposiums with leaders of the navy, air force, and front-line pilots before. Basically, everyone agreed that on the premise of ensuring air combat performance, we should also consider giving fighter jets 11 platform’s ability to perform more complex tasks.”
“So, if the supply of turbofan 10 can be guaranteed, it does not require too much, and if more than 40 units can be guaranteed to be supplied to Project 11 every year, then We can also consider moving forward the planned research and development of multi-purpose models and special machine platforms.”
“40 units per year... I’m afraid the production capacity will have to continue to climb to meet Mr. Liu’s requirements. Looking forward to it..."
Chang Haonan smiled and looked at Zhong Shihong, deputy general manager of Liming Factory, who was a few seats away.
The latter also nodded with a wry smile.
“But Mr. Liu doesn’t have to worry too much about the production capacity issue.”
After relieving the Liming Factory a little bit of pressure, Chang Haonan changed the topic again:
“ There are also multi-purpose models and special aircraft platforms. If you currently have enough technical capabilities and manpower, you will definitely not lose money in the long run by freeing up the production capacity of 2-3 mass-produced models for research and development.”
"Especially for the multi-purpose model, the driving function of the back seat of the two-seater trainer is actually removed, and a special weapon control system is installed in the freed space. The changes are not large, and the development cycle should not be very long. But with a full-time weapons controller, you can relatively easily use weapons such as laser guidance, TV guidance, and image matching guidance that require human loop control or complicated settings before launch. This is a very obvious advantage. "
"Although the air superiority model also has a weapons bus and can perform these tasks, it is still a bit inadequate just by relying on a multi-function display on the pilot's operating panel."
"In addition, I During the design process, a power generation capacity of 50kW was specially reserved for the 10A turbofan after thrust reduction. When both engines are equipped with generators, a total power supply of 100kW can be provided. I can honestly say that this is what The tactical special platform is also the most irreplaceable advantage of heavy aircraft."
"This..."
Of course Liu Gaozhuo understood what Chang Haonan meant, but he still had some concerns.
That's the bad thing about twin-engine airplanes.
With limited aviation supply capacity, using two engines for one aircraft is really resource intensive.
Although the combat effectiveness will definitely be stronger than that of a single-engine medium-sized aircraft, it is difficult to say that one can defeat the two.
What's more, now is the time when there is an urgent need to increase the paper quantity of third-generation machines.
The advantages of single-engine aircraft are even greater.
Therefore, it is no wonder that he and He Ming were nervous just now -
In today's 1999, China still has hundreds of J-6s in service, and J-7s are even more "main force" "A new type of fighter jet."
Although Chang Haonan seems to have come up with a lot of new gadgets in the past two years, even the J-8C, which was the first to produce results, has been equipped with less than 50 aircraft so far.
It can only be regarded as a trump card, not the main force at all.
This, for the Air Force and the aviation industry, is already a "grand occasion" that was unimaginable in the past 20 or 30 years.
Therefore, at this moment, even if Liu Gaozhuo uses his imagination to the sky, he only thinks that the People's Liberation Army may equip two to three hundred third-generation aircraft in the future.
With such a limited quantity, two models are needed.
Of course it can only be done on a first-come, first-served basis.
This is one of the reasons why Factory 112 plans to produce some limited improved versions first.
After all, equipment has inertia. As long as an army uses heavy-duty aircraft, unless there is no choice later, when it is updated in the future, it will generally continue its past habits.
Occupy the pit now and you won’t lose anything.
Looking at Liu Gaozhuo, who looked troubled, Chang Haonan could probably guess his worries.
From the perspective of a reborn person, this is naturally unfounded.
In the future, the Chinese Navy and Air Force Air Force will replace all the two thousand or so tactical aircraft in their hands with third- and fourth-generation aircraft. There is extremely ample space for replacement, which is not inferior to the efforts of the past few years.
But this kind of thing is not a project after all, and even if you say it, others may not really believe it.
So the easiest way is to directly create a sense of crisis.
So, Chang Haonan cleared his throat and slowly said:
"Actually... Project No. 10 is currently being modified in this direction. You must have heard about it, 611 is planning to modify the overall design of the aircraft to meet possible future multi-purpose needs.”
“Even medium-sized aircraft are working in this direction, so Project 11 is multi-purpose. The potential is obviously greater, so we can’t fall behind others..."
Chang Haonan is now very skilled at this skill.
When he was in Chengdu, he used the J-11's advantage in development potential to get the 611 Institute to accept the extremely large improvement plan.
But now it's just the other way around.
What does it mean to eat two things with one fish? jpg
“I have indeed heard about the changes to the No. 10 Project plan...”
Although the method of provoking generals is old-fashioned, it is useful.
The balance that was still swinging in Liu Gaozhuo's heart suddenly tilted:
"Then... we will try to confirm the specific needs with the navy and air force before the year, and then start the project as soon as possible. ”
“It’s better to be as proactive as possible”
Chang Haonan started to come up with ideas directly:
"Users often lag behind in their understanding of needs. In many cases, they are not realized until a long time after the need arises. The nature of the defense industry is quite special. Many times if the time window is missed, it will be difficult to wait for the next one."
“So, it is best to make predictions and seize opportunities in advance.”
At the end of the 1990s, there was a conflict between the aviation industry system that manufactured aircraft and the aviation force that used aircraft. The relationship is relatively complex.
Before this, the military basically had to use whatever aircraft China built.
There is no choice at all.
By the time before Chang Haonan was reborn, the aviation industry could build whatever aircraft the military wanted.
Now is exactly the transitional stage in the middle.
There are options, but the range of choices is still relatively narrow.
So both sides are discussing many things.
Objectively speaking, the navy and air force's demand for multi-purpose air power, or what can be said to be air tactical strike power, was actually created after the millennium due to the renewed tension in the situation.
The second batch of Su-30MKK of the Air Force in the previous life and the Su-30MK2 of the Navy were both introduced under this background.
So, now that the conditions are in place, it’s better to prepare early.
(End of this chapter)