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 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:

"At least the current core mission of our country's air force is homeland defense, competing for air superiority 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 every year, then we can also consider using the planned multi-purpose models and special machine platforms. Research and development should 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.

The latter also nodded with a wry smile.

"But Mr. Liu doesn't have to worry too much about production capacity."

After relieving the Liming Factory a little bit of pressure, Chang Haonan changed the subject again:

"Multi-purpose models also have special aircraft platforms. If you currently have sufficient 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 insufficient to rely solely on a multi-function display on the pilot's operating panel."

“In addition, during the design process, I specially reserved 10kW of power generation capacity for the turbofan 50A 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 tactical special platforms, and it 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.

In the case of 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 number of third-generation machines on paper.

The advantages of single-engine aircraft are even greater.

Therefore, it’s 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 the J-7 is the "main" and "new" fighter.

Even though 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.

For the Air Force and the aviation industry, this 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 required.

Naturally, 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.

If you occupy the pit now, you won't lose anything.

Looking at Liu Gaozhuo, who looked troubled, Chang Haonan could probably guess the other party's worries.

From the perspective of a reborn person, this was naturally unfounded.

In the future, the Chinese Navy 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. Even if you say it, others may not really believe it.

Therefore, the easiest way is to directly create a sense of crisis.

So, Chang Haonan cleared his throat and slowly said:

"Actually... Project No. 611 is currently changing in this direction. You must have heard that 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. Project 11 has obviously greater potential in multi-purpose. 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.

But now it's just the other way around.

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"I have indeed heard about the changes to the plan for Project No. 10..."

Although the method of provoking generals is old-fashioned, it is useful.

The balance that was still shaky 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."

"We still have to be as proactive as possible."

Chang Haonan immediately started to come up with ideas:

"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 predict and seize opportunities in advance.”

In the late 90s, the relationship between the aviation industry system that manufactured aircraft and the aviation forces that used aircraft was relatively complicated.

Prior to this, the military basically had to use whatever aircraft China built.

No choice at all.

By the time before Chang Haonan was reborn, the aviation industry could build whatever aircraft the military wanted.

And 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 what can be said to be air tactical strike power, was actually created after the millennium due to renewed tensions.

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.

Therefore, now that the conditions are in place, it is better to prepare early.