The Military-industrial Scientific Research System of the Academic Master Chapter 1046

Chapter 1046 Anti-stealth ability

Originally, as the plane landed safely, a burst of cheers naturally erupted from the tower.

Except for some command posts who must stay at their posts, most people are ready to go downstairs to welcome the test flight team in triumph.

But with Wang Xiaomo's resounding words, the originally noisy hall became quiet almost instantly—

The strongest in the world, bar none!

It can be summed up in just eight words, but it is enough for everyone to remember for a long time...

Even after half a lifetime.

In recent years, China has indeed made significant improvements in many fields.

But after all, the starting point is too low, and it will take a relatively long process to implement the technology into the project.

Therefore, although some achievements have reached the world's leading level, when it comes to products, even the top models such as the Turbofan 10 or the J-10 and J-11 can only be regarded as "reaching the world's leading level."

It means being on par with others.

It is true that for China, which only finalized the mass production of the J-7E ten years ago, it is already a huge leap to share the title of "world leader" with others.

But after all, it is still not as simple and straightforward as it is today.

The saying "Comparing with others is meaningless, if you want to surpass the United States, surpass the United States!" The words are still ringing in my ears, and now they have been realized in advance in the aviation system.

Not only that, the data link and air command system developed under the leadership of Chang Haonan also completely made up for the shortcomings of the Air Police 2000 model...

If I have to say there is a pity, it is only because of the time limit that we cannot use the optically controlled phased array system that is currently being tested in full swing...

We can only wait for the next generation of early warning aircraft to talk about this.

Opposite Wang Xiaomo, Qiao Chenqing, who came to inspect the first flight, was also shocked for a moment by the former's determination:

"The early warning aircraft with the strongest comprehensive performance..."

He muttered it softly, then turned his head again and looked at aircraft No. 2000-01, which had completed deceleration and was slowly approaching the taxiway entrance on the runway.

It can be said that soldiers of Qiao Chenqing's generation have spent most of their lives thinking about how to defeat the strong with the weak.

In the years when the conditions were the most difficult, what was even considered was how to use the J-6 with only cannons to fight against third-generation aircraft.

Once upon a time, even "missileization" seemed like an unattainable dream.

Now I suddenly got a piece of equipment that is stronger than all the imaginary enemies...

For a while, it even made people feel a little at a loss.

"I remember when the project was established, the effective detection range was 450km?"

With Qiao Chenqing's position, it was not suitable for him to act too pretentious at this time.

So I had to shift the topic to the technical level.

"That number... doesn't really matter."

Wang Xiaomo explained as he walked out the door:

"You know, in actual combat, the target's relative height, orientation, RCS, movement trend... these will affect the detection effect of the radar, and our Air Police 2000 uses a phased array system, plus dual-sided C-band and L-band The formation can basically deal with all different types of targets to the maximum extent.”

"Even for stealth aircraft, because the focus of optimization is the X-band, it will be easier to detect when faced with relatively low-frequency radars such as the L-band."

This point can be said to hit the key point that Qiao Chenqing is most concerned about.

At this time in 2003, the test flight of YF22 has entered the final stage.

As a model that was developed at the end of the Cold War, ATF has not been contaminated by many of the procrastination habits of U.S. military projects since the 1990s.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that F22 will be officially mass-produced in two to three years at most.

By that time, the Chinese Air Force, which has just acquired the third-generation fighter jets for a few years, will once again find itself in a situation of generational differences with its opponents.

Although the purchase volume of F22 has been cut again and again, it has been reduced from the initial four-digit estimate to about 200 today.

But stealth aircraft, after all, still have a qualitative difference. The B2 shot down in the Balkans a few years ago may have symbolized the end of stealth aircraft in the eyes of outsiders.

But those who know the inside story will know how many extreme coincidences and new technologies are behind that result.

Instead, it proves the value of stealth aircraft.

Therefore, when he heard Wang Xiaomo talk about anti-stealth, Qiao Chenqing almost couldn't walk immediately:

"That means that even if the American F22 officially enters service, we will still have a way to deal with it?"

This question is not easy to answer.

So much so that the former hesitated:

"Hmm... If we only rely on a single method, there will still be hidden dangers when facing stealth aircraft. At least the L-band detection accuracy is not enough, and due to the limitation of the physical size of the antenna, it is difficult to install it on a fighter jet. It is best to implement multi-platform, Composite reconnaissance with multiple detection sources is exactly the area where data links can play a role..."

At this time, Chang Haonan, who was walking beside but never spoke, also added:

"And to take a step back, even if we can detect stealth aircraft with existing technology, stealth is only one of the many advantages of fourth-generation fighters... You should have seen that when third-generation fighters face second-generation fighters, The same principle applies to all-round advantages.”

"Anti-stealth technology can only narrow the advantage, but if we want to truly fight against fourth-generation fighters, we can only equip ourselves with fourth-generation fighters."

"We are also equipped with fourth-generation aircraft..."

Qiao Chenqing put his hands behind his back and looked deeply to the horizon with his eyes, as if he was imagining that there was a fourth-generation fighter jet with the August 1st military emblem flying there.

As a political worker, the reason why he was able to act as commander of the Air Force was largely due to the sudden deterioration of his predecessor Liu Yaoshun's physical condition.

Taking into account the age factor, it is likely that he will take a back seat in a few years.

Therefore, Qiao Chenqing felt in his heart that there was a high probability that he would not be able to see the day when China's fourth-generation aircraft entered service while in office...

The successful first flight is just the beginning of a long testing phase.

As the saying goes, the first flight is difficult, and finalization is even more difficult.

Since the gap between the Air Police 2000 and the Air Police 200 is too large in terms of aerodynamic structure and airborne equipment, it is difficult to refer to the relevant experience in the development process of the latter.

A lot of things need to be started over.

The most special one is naturally the command system that Chang Haonan is responsible for developing.

This is also the most essential difference between Air Police 200 and Air Police 2000 -

The former only moves a radar to the sky. Specific combat command and decision-making still need to be completed by ground command posts or front-line fighter jets.

The latter is a true Air Force combat center that integrates multiple functions such as reconnaissance, command, control, and communications.

There is also a huge difference in levels between the two.

In actual combat, the Air Police 200 only needs one officer at the level of major or lieutenant colonel to be responsible for uploading and distributing information.

However, Air Police 2000 may require a division-level commander to ensure that he has the highest authority in the entire airspace.

Therefore, while the Haofei Group carried out high-density test flights of the aircraft itself, the team led by Chang Haonan also completed the software design of the airborne command system as quickly as possible.

In terms of steps, there is not much difference between software projects and hardware projects.

It should also be divided into principle verification, technical verification, engineering verification... and other processes.

The only difference may be that due to the reproducible nature of the code, there is no need for an additional production finalization.

The current command system is in the process of transition from principle verification to technical verification.

In order to realize this process as quickly as possible, Chang Haonan reduced the number of available nodes in the system from the maximum 200 in the finished software plan to 20 without changing the underlying logic of the software to speed up the development progress -

Anyway, this round is just a technical verification and does not require a complete restoration of the actual situation.

20 goals are not enough.

Thanks to this simplification, the Air Police 2000 command system was installed on the prototype in the form of an Alpha test version only twenty days after the first flight.

This also means that this model is truly functionally complete.

Then the next step is naturally to conduct airborne equipment level testing with combat aircraft...

(End of chapter)

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