Chapter 823 Aviation Equipment Test Base
After seeing off Tang Lintian and Meng Zhenyuan, Chang Haonan immediately contacted Ding Gaoheng and told him about his idea of "borrowing" the KJ-200 to conduct target feature identification and screening tests.
The latter was silent for a while after listening:
"Xiao Chang, have you forgotten that you are the deputy chief designer of the KJ-200 project?"
"..."
These words caused a strange silence on both sides of the phone.
Chang Haonan scratched his head.
I indeed forgot.
After all, the scope of authority of the position of deputy chief designer depends entirely on the specific work in charge, and the upper and lower limits vary greatly.
And Chang Haonan happens to be the type who is not responsible for any specific work——
What was said at the beginning was to help solve some difficult problems.
But the entire KJ-200 project highlights a natural progression: the two most troublesome parts, namely overall design and flight safety, were conquered by Chang Haonan when the project was launched.
So there were no difficult problems at all.
Naturally, it was not his turn as the deputy chief engineer to play any role.
Not even signed.
After all this time, coupled with my busy schedule in recent years, I had already forgotten about it...
And it's not just him.
I'm afraid that apart from Ding Gaoheng, few people still remember it.
Otherwise, there should have been at least a few more procedures when he took office at the Aviation Power Group.
However, since this identity has been established, the matter has changed from "parallel cooperation between two military-industrial groups under the system of the Science, Technology and Industry Commission" to an internal affair of the project.
As long as the two chief designers Liang Shaoxiu and Wang Xiaomo agree, it will be fine.
Considering Chang Haonan's working relationship with them, and the fact that it does not involve any hardware modification...
It's basically just a greeting.
Can save a lot of trouble.
"Then... I'll contact Engineer Liang and Mr. Wang directly."
After saying that, Chang Haonan was a little embarrassed and was about to hang up the phone.
But Ding Gaoheng still has something to say:
"By the way, Xiao Chang."
He stopped Chang Haonan from hanging up the phone:
"After I got to work today, I heard that there seemed to be another wave of public opinion at your school?"
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics is a university under the jurisdiction of the Commission of Science and Technology. In terms of the scope of authority, Ding Gaoheng can naturally be in charge.
It's just that he paid special attention to this little thing today, purely because he was worried that it had something to do with Chang Haonan.
"Ah...it's nothing serious."
Chang Haonan replied in a relaxed tone:
"A foreign mathematician came to visit us yesterday. We talked about academic issues for a whole night and got some inspiration. So I went back early today to continue my research."
"People outside don't know the ins and outs of the matter, so it's normal for them to make some unreliable guesses... "
Although Ding Gaoheng has held a high position for many years, he is not out of touch with the masses. At least he is very clear about the ethics of the media.
Therefore, after hearing Chang Haonan's explanation, he guessed what the situation was:
"That's good. As for the public opinion, you can let Tang Lintian handle it. You can give advice behind the scenes, but other than interviews arranged by the organization, don't express your views directly."
Although the former's performance in this regard has always been reassuring, Ding Gaoheng still gave special instructions.
After saying this, he still seemed a little worried:
"Forget it. I will hold a meeting for several universities under the Science and Technology Commission system to formulate a method to deal with sudden public opinion..."
"..."
After hanging up the phone, Chang Haonan immediately prepared to contact Liang Shaoxiu and Wang Xiaomo.
However, just as he was about to dial the number, he realized that as the deputy chief designer of the KJ-200 project, he didn't even know where the two chief designers were.
The office is definitely out of the question.
It's almost dinner time now, and the nature of their work means they can't sit in the office even if they have to work overtime.
As for mobile phones...
The last time the three of them met was almost two years ago.
At that time, only Chang Haonan was relatively wealthy and bought one.
So he didn't know the other two people's cell phone numbers...
"Ugh……"
He smiled self-deprecatingly and shook his head:
"My role as deputy chief engineer is... a complete negative example..."
Finally, there was no other way but to contact the Aviation Industry Corporation of China step by step, and only then did I learn that the two were now in Liaoning Province, conducting basic performance tests on the KJ-200.
……
Three days later.
Liao Province, Xingcheng Base.
This place actually used to be a station of the Naval Flight Academy, but it was rarely used. Only occasionally a J-7 Regiment would come here for training.
Taking into account the relatively remote geographical environment here and its locational advantage of being close to the Bohai Bay, after Wu Yifan brought back the information of the Nitka aircraft carrier training base, this place was selected as the future Chinese carrier-based aviation training base.
Later, I felt that it would be a bit of a waste to use such a large area just to house an aircraft carrier training facility.
Therefore, it was simply planned to be HNA's exclusive aviation equipment testing area.
It's a bit like Area 51.
Of course, although no one has said it explicitly, there is definitely some meaning of benchmarking with the Air Force Dingxin Base.
Therefore, the KJ-200, as an early warning aircraft funded by the Navy, became the first model to enjoy high-standard treatment here.
"Mr. Chang, we haven't seen each other for a while."
As soon as Chang Haonan walked out of the cabin of Challenger 601, Wang Xiaomo and Liang Shaoxiu came to the gangway and shook hands with him respectively:
"I thought you had forgotten your title as deputy chief engineer..."
As the person in charge of the KJ-200 project, Wang Xiaomo certainly remembered that he had a deputy chief designer who almost never showed up.
"I……"
Chang Haonan thought that he should just get over this and calmly change the subject:
"Yeah, long time no see."
After saying this, he tightened his coat to protect himself from the damn sea breeze.
"I'm ashamed. As the deputy chief engineer, I only did some minor work. Now I have a project on hand, and I have to trouble you again..."
"Hey, don't say that. It was you who proposed the overall design of this early warning aircraft."
Wang Xiaomo slowed down his pace and replied:
"If you hadn't proposed the T-shaped antenna, we would have probably just used a balance beam solution like the Saab 2000..."
At this time, Liang Shaoxiu, who had been silent just now, also nodded beside him:
"More importantly, the platform itself. Before we arrived in Liaoning Province a while ago, we encountered severe icing during a test flight in southern Shaanxi. Fortunately, the de-icing system worked in time, otherwise there might have been an accident."
There was still a hint of fear in his tone.
As they were talking, Chang Haonan and his group walked into the large hangar where the KJ-200 was parked in the distance.
Since the main equipment for a long time has been the first and second generation fighter jets, the Chinese Air Force has never paid enough attention to the ground protection of aircraft.
After all, things like the J-6 and J-7 really don't need to be pampered.
As for what you said about rainy and snowy weather...
Sorry, these planes are not designed to operate in bad weather.
No need to take off...
But with the third-generation fighter jets and a number of special aircraft being equipped and tested, it will definitely not work to continue to be so crude.
This large temperature-controlled hangar is the first attempt by the naval aviation force.
As soon as he entered the door, what attracted Chang Haonan's attention most was not even the early warning aircraft with a towering antenna on its back.
Instead, there is a large circle of control panels around the hangar.
It doesn't feel like entering a hangar, but more like a workshop...
Perhaps noticing Chang Haonan's wandering eyes, Wang Xiaomo smiled and introduced:
"This hangar is really amazing. The Navy has specially considered the convenience of technical verification work and spent a lot of money to install a lot of maintenance and auxiliary equipment."
"Some minor parts replacements and software upgrades can be carried out here after the items are transported here, without having to fly the aircraft back to the factory."
"Good guy..."
Chang Haonan had seen similar fully functional hangars before his rebirth, but seeing something like this in 2000 still made him marvel:
“That’s really convenient.”
Chang Haonan nodded with satisfaction.
He originally thought that the plane would have to return to Nanzheng to complete the upgrades he needed.
But now it seems that we can avoid a round of trouble.
"That's why we moved the plane from Yanliang to here in advance."
Wang Xiaomo opened the cabin door and led the other two people into the cabin, which was already filled with a row of display consoles:
"On the one hand, it is to test the adaptability of the aircraft in the coastal environment, and on the other hand, it is to test the working effect of the radar."
As an incompetent deputy chief engineer, it was actually the first time for Chang Haonan to enter this aircraft, or rather, the first time to enter the interior of an early warning aircraft.
So it still feels a bit fresh.
Wang Xiaomo was already used to seeing what people looked like when they boarded an early warning aircraft for the first time, so he skillfully gave Chang Haonan a running message, introducing the specific functions of each device.
Chang Haonan sat nearby and listened quietly.
It was not until the former talked about the core multi-function radar display that he interrupted the other party:
"Boss Wang, let's talk about radar."
Chang Haonan pointed to the top of his head:
"Can we make this antenna array larger?"
He remembered that when he first talked to Wang Xiaomo about the domestic early warning aircraft, the other party seemed to have said that the size of the antenna was about 8 meters * 0.6 meters.
In terms of the size of the Y-8 platform, it is certainly large enough.
But if Tu-214 or the domestically produced C909 is used as the platform, it may be able to accommodate something larger.
