Chapter 648: Such a good platform, it's a pity to just use it against the air...
Although Chang Haonan tried his best to make his tone less certain and did not make any substantive guarantees, the faces of several people participating in Project 11 across from him changed when they heard him say "fight for it". He showed a satisfied smile.
There is no way, the 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 straight direction in terms of project research and development.
Even though he didn't give an exact timetable at all this time, it was just a piece of cake, but he was still very convincing.
Therefore, Liu Gaozhuo immediately took over the conversation:
“Our country's air force, at least the current core mission, is homeland defense and competing for air supremacy for ground forces and the navy, so models that favor air superiority are definitely still the focus at the moment.”
"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 the J-11 platform the ability to perform more complex tasks. ability."
“So, if the supply of turbofan 10 can be guaranteed, and it doesn't require too many, and if we can guarantee the supply of more than 40 units to Project 11 every year, then we can also consider using the planned multi-purpose models and special machine platforms. R&D needs to be advanced.”
"40 units per year... I'm afraid the production capacity will have to continue to climb to meet Mr. Liu's expectations..."
Chang Haonan smiled and looked at Zhong Shihong, deputy general manager of Liming Factory, who was a few seats away.
“In addition, during the design process, I specially reserved 50kW of power generation capacity for the turbofan 10A after the thrust reduction. When both engines are equipped with generators, it can provide a total power supply of 100kW. I can honestly say , This is prepared for special tactical platforms, and it is also the most irreplaceable advantage of heavy aircraft.”
"this…"
Liu Gaozhuo certainly understood what Chang Haonan meant, but he still had some concerns.
"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. ”
In today's 1999, China still has hundreds of J-6s in service, and the J-7 is the "main" and "new" fighter.
The advantages of single-engine aircraft are even greater.
It can only be regarded as a trump card, not the main force at all.
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 them both.
With limited aviation supply capacity, using two engines for one aircraft is really resource intensive.
What's more, now is the time when there is an urgent need to increase the paper quantity of third-generation machines.
Even though Chang Haonan seems to have worked on 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.
This, for the Air Force and the aviation industry, is already a "grand occasion" that was unimaginable in the past 20 or 30 years.
In such a limited quantity, two models are needed.
“But Mr. Liu doesn't have to worry too much about the production capacity issue.”
“Although the air superiority model also has a weapons bus and can perform these tasks, it is still a bit insufficient to rely solely on a multi-function display on the pilot's operating panel.”
After relieving the Liming Factory a little bit of pressure, Chang Haonan changed the subject again:
“Multi-purpose models and special aircraft platforms are available. If you currently have sufficient technical capabilities and manpower, freeing up the production capacity of 2-3 mass-produced aircraft for research and development will definitely not be a loss in the long run.”
So, no wonder he and He Ming were nervous just now—
This is the bad thing about twin-engine aircraft.
The latter also nodded with a wry smile.
So, 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.
Of course it's only on a first-come, first-served basis.
This is also one of the reasons why Factory 112 plans to produce some limited improved versions first.
After all, equipment has its own inertia. As long as an army uses heavy-duty aircraft, unless there is no choice later, it will generally continue its past habits when it is updated in the future.
If you occupy the pit position now, you won't lose anything.
Looking at the troubled Liu Gaozhuo, Chang Haonan could probably guess the other person's worries.
From the perspective of a reborn person, this is naturally unfounded.
In the future, the Chinese naval and air force aviation forces will replace all the more than 2,000 tactical aircraft in their hands with third- and fourth-generation aircraft. The space for replacement is extremely abundant, and it 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 changing in this direction. You must have heard that 611 is planning to modify the overall design of the aircraft to meet possible multi-functional needs in the future.”
“Even medium-sized aircraft are working hard in this direction, so Project 11 has obviously greater potential in multi-purpose, so we can't lag 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.
Now it's just the other way around.
What does it mean to eat two fish for one?jpg
“I have indeed heard about the changes to the No. 10 Project...”
Although the method of stimulating generals is old-fashioned, it is useful.
Liu Gaozhuo's inner balance, which was still reeling, 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' understanding of needs is often lagging behind. In many cases, they are not realized until a long time after the needs arise. The nature of the defense industry is quite special. In many cases, if the time window is missed, it will be difficult to wait for the next one.”
“So, it's best to make predictions and seize opportunities in advance.”
At the end of the 1990s, the relationship between the aviation industry system that manufactured aircraft and the aviation force that used aircraft was relatively complicated.
Before this, the army 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 produce whatever aircraft the military wanted.
Now is exactly the transitional stage in the middle.
There is a choice, but the range of choices is still relatively narrow.
So many things are discussed between the two sides.
Objectively speaking, the navy and air force's demand for multi-purpose air power, or tactical air strike power, was actually created after the millennium due to renewed tensions.
The second batch of Su-30MKK of the Air Force and the Su-30MK2 of the Navy in the previous life were all introduced under this background.
So, now that the conditions are in place, it is better to prepare early.
(End of this chapter)
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