A big country of aerospace with black technology

"Air scanning radar, have you found any targets?"

Zhang Xingyang asked curiously.

Although according to his previous predictions, it was basically impossible for radar to detect the Veyron fighter jet with excellent stealth performance at this time.

But there are no absolutes in the world. If some unexpected situations occur, it is still possible for radar to detect them.

"No trace of verification machine No. 02 has been found yet."

The staff in charge of the radar answered Zhang Xingyang's question with some difficulty.

Although they also knew before that the new fighter jets had excellent stealth performance.

But what they use is a large phased array radar, which is the highest level of domestic radar technology at present.

Prior to this, the J-10S fighter jets, which were capable of semi-radar stealth, had difficulty hiding their traces within their radar search range.

Today's new fighter jets are even better than the previous J-10 fighter jets in terms of stealth performance.

But it shouldn't be much stronger.

However, the reality was far beyond their imagination.

They had scanned the sky from multiple angles in the past fifteen minutes.

But no trace of any fighter jets was found!

"Open the communication band."

Zhang Xingyang looked at the staff who were sweating profusely and still operating the equipment, trying to find traces of the Veyron fighter, and said with some helplessness:

"Now as long as he doesn't want you to find out, it's impossible for you to find a trace of him."

"General Master Zhang, I know too."

The staff member reluctantly hammered the workbench in front of him, and then stopped the radar scanning work.

With their current radar level, it is impossible to detect this fighter jet hidden in the sky.

"Tower calls Unit 02!"

"Tower calls Unit 02!"

The dispatchers in the tower began to use the previous frequency band to detect the No. 02 machine hiding in the sky.

"Tower, Unit 02 received."

A slightly distorted sound rang out from the speakers, causing those who had previously speculated whether the fighter jet had actually fallen down but didn't realize it to shut their mouths.

"Unit No. 02, prepare to return."

Zhang Xingyang, as the general person in charge of the first test flight, issued the order to return.

In fact, as the first flight test, the test this time is already relatively rich.

Normally, the first test flight will only fly three or four times in the sky, and it will end if there are no problems.

As for other aspects of performance testing, they will be carried out during the next hundreds or thousands of test flights.

But this time is special, and this fighter jet is also special.

This is the first stealth fighter in China!

Although the previous J-10S also had some stealth designs, it even used some stealth paint.

But his body platform determines that it is impossible for him to achieve complete invisibility.

Only new fighter jets that consider complete stealth design from the beginning of their design can be completely invisible from radar.

"Unit No. 02 received!"

"Preparing to return!"

Lei Gang was in the process of becoming invisible just now, and he was actually enjoying himself.

This experience of being able to see others, but others not being able to see you, is a very novel feeling for everyone.

There is a kind of transparent human pleasure.

In the past ten minutes, Lei Gang had actually been flying within a range of 300 kilometers around the test flight site.

This is also the area that is classified as a no-fly zone today.

Without afterburner turned on, the fighter jet has been flying at a supersonic speed of Mach 2.24.

This also means that this fighter jet actually has extremely strong supersonic cruise capabilities.

The khaki-painted fighter jet flew from the sky not far away at a slow speed from the naked eye's perspective.

Although they were several kilometers apart, everyone could still hear the roar of the two high-thrust engines.

The moment the fighter jet touched the runway, it released its parachute behind it.

Start to slow down the fighter jet that has just emerged from high-speed flight.

People who don't understand the specific reasons for this will be surprised why such an advanced fighter jet needs a parachute.

In fact, Dragon Kingdom now has the best aviation brake discs in the world.

However, as a first test flight, possible brake failure must be taken into consideration.

Because before this, no one knew what kind of problems might arise during the first test flight.

"Welcome back, our aviation hero!"

Zhang Xingyang smiled and handed a bouquet of flowers to Lei Gang, who had just climbed out of the airplane cockpit.

"Thank you for your honor, Commander Zhang!"

Lei Gang was very excited after completing his first test flight. He took the flowers from Zhang Xingyang's hand and said.

"How does it feel to test fly a new fighter jet?"

Zhang Xingyang did not ask Lei Gang about his views on the performance of fighter jets, but asked a relatively broad question.

"It feels more comfortable than any fighter I've flown before."

Lei Gang had a lot of feelings about the new fighter jets.

“What’s the most impressive thing about you?”

Zhang Xingyang asked immediately.

"If I want to say that the most impressive thing is the helmet."

Under the gaze of the people around him, Lei Gang gave an answer that surprised everyone.

Some people think he might say it's stealth, and some people think it's supersonic cruise.

But no one thought why Lei Gang was most impressed by the helmet.

"Why a helmet?"

Before Zhang Xingyang could continue to ask, someone on the side asked impatiently.

"Because it feels strange."

Lei Gang seemed to start to recall the flight process just now:

"In the past, we also flew fighter jets in the sky."

"But due to vision problems, we can often only see the front and left and right sides of the fighter jet."

"It is difficult to take into account the view behind and below the fighter plane, and it can only be observed through radar."

"But the new full-sensory helmet can integrate the sensor perspective of the fighter aircraft into the helmet, allowing us to observe the fighter's surroundings in an all-round way."

After listening to Lei Gang's explanation, everyone was thoughtful.

In fact, Zhang Xingyang spent a lot of time promoting the research and development of the helmet.

At this time, everyone is generally more concerned about the stealth performance and engine thrust of the aircraft.

We don’t pay much attention to the aircraft’s information perception capabilities.

But Zhang Xingyang knows that the future war situation and fighter positioning will require increasingly higher requirements for information perception capabilities.

In particular, heavy command and control fighters, which generally serve as air combat command hubs, have the highest requirements for comprehensive information capabilities.

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The successful first flight of the new fighter jet is not only a powerful stimulant for the fighter design and development team.

For the Air Force, it feels even more like its good days are coming.

In fact, as a key area of ​​confrontation in the 21st century, the Air Force will carry out a lot of equipment replacement every year after entering the 2000s.

Compared with the big brother of the army, which may only change its uniform once every ten years.

The treatment in the Air Force is much better.

Of course, this is also to compensate for the lack of investment in the previous decades.

"Xingyang, I wonder how the new fighter jet you have recently developed is progressing?"

As soon as Zhang Xingyang walked into his office in the test flight field, an old man not wearing military uniform took his hand and asked.

"Mr. Huang, I have told you before that we are still in the test flight adjustment stage."

"It will be impossible to supply it to the Air Force in a short period of time."

In the past few days, Mr. Huang had talked with Zhang Xingyang many times.

I hope he can complete the research and development of fighter jets as soon as possible. The Air Force is eager to wait.

"You don't know how miserable our air force is!"

Huang Lao saw that his previous trick didn't work very well, so he played the emotional card again.

"Many of our troops are still using J-6 and J-7!"

Although the J-6 was discontinued fifteen years ago, it has been produced in large quantities in order to prepare for war, and it has always maintained a large number in the Air Force.

In fact, the Air Force has set the retirement time of the J-6 at about 10 years.

However, in the past few years, due to the large amount of J-10 equipment, the Air Force is preparing to completely retire the J-6 around 2005.

As for the J-7 fighter jets, they even served until 23 years before the last two hundred J-7 fighter jets were completely retired.

"Huang Lao, in the past few years, Chengdu Aircraft has produced at least thousands of J-10 series fighter jets."

When Zhang Xingyang heard Huang Lao's cry, he twitched the corner of his mouth and spit out a number.

In fact, Chengdu Aircraft can now produce more than 300 J-10 fighter jets every year, and the factory using the pulsating production line is already operating at full power.

Although in the past two years, some J-10 fighter jets were exported to some countries.

But even with the remaining production capacity, it can still equip at least ten aviation divisions!

There are currently 33 aviation divisions in the country, but there are not that many aviation divisions that mainly face air pressure.

10 aviation divisions are enough to deal with most air threats.

And this number is still increasing at the rate of three divisions per year.

At this rate, the remaining 23 divisions can complete the replacement within eight years.

This number, when applied to technological products, represents a relatively long product cycle.

But in terms of large-scale military equipment, it is a very short period of time.

Take the J-10 fighter jet as an example. After continuous improvements, its series of fighter jets can be in service for at least 30 years.

"Ten divisions seems like a lot."

Huang Lao also had hardships and said:

"But you also know how long our national border is. Tens of thousands of kilometers of border air defense require advanced fighter jets."

"Today's ten divisions are all deployed in border areas."

"Our inland core areas are all guarded by fighter jets like the J-6 and J-7, which is really worrying."

Zhang Xingyang also understands the tremendous pressure the Air Force is facing at this time.

In the past few decades, although the Air Force has been striving to keep up with the world's advanced level, due to various reasons, it is still second-rate in the world.

The current situation is all paying for the past.

"Mr. Huang, if you tell me this, there's nothing I can do about it."

Zhang Xingyang also said helplessly.

"If you want more fighter jets, you should go to the factory that produces the J-10 and ask them to improve production efficiency."

"I'm just in charge of R\u0026D."

Although Zhang Xingyang is currently responsible for many tasks, except for the production and manufacturing of rockets and missiles, he is not responsible for the manufacturing of aircraft.

"Hey, that's what you said."

Mr. Huang also smiled at this time and said:

"If you complete the research and development work as soon as possible, wouldn't we be able to equip it?"

"There will be more advanced fighter jets by then."

Zhang Xingyang now understands Mr. Huang's thoughts.

That is, I want the J-10 with high production volume, and I also want the fourth-generation aircraft with advanced performance!

Children only make choices, adults want them all!

"hiss!"

Zhang Xingyang rubbed his toothbrush a little.

"Mr. Huang, you really dare to think!"

"How can the development of new fighter jets be so fast!"

It's not that Huang Zhongping doesn't understand fighter jets. On the contrary, as a person who rose from a front-line aviation position, he has a sufficient understanding of fighter jets.

"Generally speaking, wouldn't mass production be completed soon after a fighter jet completes its first flight?"

"This is indeed the case for traditional second-generation and third-generation aircraft."

Zhang Xingyang finally understood why Mr. Huang was having a tough time with him. He breathed a sigh of relief and explained to him:

"After the first flight is completed, the finalization of the fighter jet is basically completed, and the next step is mass production."

"But fourth-generation aircraft, as the most advanced fighter jets in the world, are not like this."

"It can even be said that the completion of the first flight is just the beginning, and there is still a lot of work to come."

"Whether it is airborne radar, avionics equipment, engine adjustment, and wiring arrangements for built-in magazines, it takes a long time to plan and install."

The complexity of the fourth-generation machine is not only reflected in its appearance design.

As a top-level fighter, every aspect of it must be considered in detail.

After listening to this, Mr. Huang felt a little surprised. His previous experience with the new fighter jets was actually wrong.

So he asked with some curiosity:

"Then how long do you think it will take before the new fighter jets can be officially commissioned into the army?"

"If the progress is faster, it will probably take another two years."

After Zhang Xingyang quietly calculated in his heart, he gave a somewhat conservative answer.

"What if the progress is slower?"

"If the progress is slow, it may take longer, maybe four or five years."

In fact, if it is just to form combat effectiveness, it does not take so much time.

But Zhang Xingyang doesn't want the first domestic fourth-generation phone to have any shortcomings, so he still hopes to try his best to make it perfect.