Chapter 1183 Airborne Early Warning Aircraft

Many of the older generation were very excited at this moment.

They remembered when they were young, from the 1950s to the 1980s, the equipment of the Chinese Air Force was relatively backward.

In fact, it was not so bad in the 1950s, because the Soviet Union provided jet fighters at that time, which were not worse than those of the United States.

But later, they could only rely on their own research and development, but the aviation industry at that time was too weak!

At that time, the J-7 and J-8 fighters were considered the most advanced domestic fighters, but compared with military powers, they were far behind, at least more than 20 years behind.

Main battle tanks, fighters, bombers, warships and other advanced weapons and equipment have never been available for purchase.

At that time, there was no Panshan Group that dared to sell as long as they paid.

It was not until later that the birth of the J-10 and J-11 fighters that China caught up with the world's advanced level in fighters, which meant that China had advanced domestic fighters to defend China's airspace.

It is also the rapid progress of China's aviation industry that has produced advanced Eagle advanced trainer aircraft, and J-7 and J-8 modified aircraft that have reached the level of second-generation and a half.

Now, China no longer has fighters produced before 1995, and J-5 and J-6 have long been retired from active service, and there are only a few in the whole of China.

Even the J-7 and J-8 modified aircraft at the level of second-generation and a half, as long as they are not the latest modifications, are mainly produced for export.

After entering the millennium, the Chinese Air Force has been an air force with third-generation fighters as its main force, and third-generation fighters defend China's airspace in the air.

As for the original J-5, J-6, J-7, J-8, etc., they were exported in large quantities to a large number of Asian, African and Latin American countries.

Now, the J-20 fighter is the world's most advanced fourth-generation fighter, and its performance is even better than the F22 fighter that will soon be in service in the United States.

No wonder this fighter is named "Weilong", the mighty dragon!

Liu Tao, Yang Wei and others cut the ribbon for the J-20 fighter, and then everyone came to the front of the J-20 fighter and took a group photo.

As can be seen from the photo, the J-20 fighter is huge and majestic.

In fact, the size of the J-20 fighter is similar to that of the J-11 fighter. It is equipped with more advanced aviation engines and more advanced radar systems, and its weight is nearly 500 kilograms lighter than the J-11 fighter.

Liu Tao is in the middle of the front row, and Yang Wei is standing next to him.

Next, everyone entered the cockpit of the J-20 fighter to learn about the avionics system of this advanced domestic stealth fighter, which is indeed very advanced.

After the J-20 fighter's off-line ceremony, except for a few people who left for something, more people stayed in Guifei Group, visited the 011 Aviation Base, and also participated in the first flight of the J-20 fighter three days later.

Yes, the J-20 fighter has just come off the line and it is about to make its first flight. This is because Guifei Group has strong confidence and dares to do so.

The first test pilot, Li Hua, is even younger, only 30 years old this year, but he is already an excellent test pilot. He has flown more than 20 aircraft, including the J-7 modified, J-8 modified, J-10 series fighters, J-11 series fighters, etc. He is also a member of the J-20 fighter development team.

He only has two days to get familiar with the J-20 fighter prototype. In three days, he will fly the J-20 fighter prototype to perform the first flight mission.

Liu Tao and others came to a production workshop, where the KJ-2000 prototype is being produced and built.

At present, China's domestically produced early warning aircraft include KJ-200, KJ-500, KJ-600, and KJ-2000.

KJ-200 is an early warning aircraft independently developed by China with independent intellectual property rights. The aircraft has undergone rigorous testing, testing, test flights and trials. It is technologically advanced, safe and reliable. It can be used in all weather conditions and in all areas. It can take off and land on rough and soft field airports or ground, and has a wide range of applications. It has a large fuel capacity, low hourly fuel consumption rate, and strong endurance. It has high efficiency and clear and concise flight information perception. It has a high level of flight automation, small control force, small crew workload, and a cabin environment suitable for personnel work, with high ergonomics.

The platform of KJ-200 is Y-9. The azimuth scanning angle of the radar is 300 degrees. It is an active phased array plus Doppler radar system with sea and air search modes. The maximum detection range of the S band is 450 kilometers, and the maximum detection range for 5 square meters of air targets (F15 and Su-27) is 280 kilometers. The sea search distance is 300 kilometers and the cruising altitude is 8,000 meters.

The maximum flight altitude of the aircraft is 20,000 meters, the data update speed is 10 seconds, the maximum range is 5,500 kilometers, and the air time is 8 hours.

China is equipped with one KJ-200, and the others are mainly exported, such as South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and Latin America.

KJ-500 is a new, medium-sized, all-weather, multi-sensor airborne early warning and command and control aircraft, which mainly undertakes air patrol and command and control tasks. It is also based on the Y-9 and uses the world's leading digital phased array radar technology. Compared with the current large early warning radar, it has greatly reduced the weight and radar antenna caliber, but has achieved a significant improvement in intelligence processing capabilities and anti-interference capabilities.

Currently, the Air Force is equipped with four KJ-500s, and will be mainly exported in the future.

KJ-600 is an early warning aircraft developed by China specifically for aircraft carriers. It is currently the most advanced carrier-based early warning aircraft in China.

KJ-2000 is a large early warning aircraft developed by China itself. It is based on the Il-76 and is equipped with a new phased array radar, dish antenna, supercomputer, console and software. The aircraft can achieve 360-degree all-round coverage and is particularly good at detecting high-speed air or sea targets. It can track 300 targets at the same time, with a detection range of 800 kilometers, a high-altitude detection range of 1,650 kilometers, and a speed of 850 kilometers per hour.

The one in front of us is the first modified KJ-2000.

As for more advanced airborne early warning aircraft, we have to wait until the Y-20 strategic transport aircraft is put into service before we can start developing it.

Before this, China's large airborne early warning aircraft were mainly Soviet-made early warning aircraft purchased in the 1990s. However, even the A50 early warning aircraft could not meet the needs of the Air Force. It was really because the Soviet Union was relatively backward in electronics.

Panshan Group is responsible for upgrading the A50 airborne early warning aircraft and developing the KJ-2000 early warning aircraft based on the Il-76 transport aircraft.

In this regard, Panshan Group also spent a lot of effort to complete the upgrade of the A50 airborne early warning aircraft and develop the KJ-2000.

As an air force multiplier, this large airborne early warning aircraft can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the air force.

A large air force cannot do without a large airborne early warning aircraft.

And a KJ-2000 like this costs almost 1 billion yuan, which is very expensive. (End of this chapter)