Dominate South Asia

The Tomcat target shooting was a complete success, which also means that Pakistan's air force has one more killer weapon.

"After this missile is finalized, according to our original agreement, we will also build a missile factory in Pakistan to produce this missile." Muhammad said.

"Yes, we are now waiting for the finalization test." Old Arslan said: "After the finalization is successful, we will start domestic production."

"At the same time, we will continue to invest in Sweden." Muhammad said: "The Swedes have a long-term vision. In addition to modifying the active sky flash of this seeker, they should also have a project using ramjet engines. We can continue to cooperate with them to develop this missile together."

"Yes." Old Arslan nodded repeatedly: "The Swedes showed it to us, but at that time our attention was on the active sky flash, and we didn't pay attention to this missile. Now, our next goal is the new ramjet engine air-to-air missile."

The active sky flash is unknown in later generations because this missile was not successfully developed, but the long-range air-to-air missile of the ramjet engine is very famous in later generations, that is, the Meteor air-to-air missile!

At that time, when Saab was developing the active radar-type "Sky Flash" air-to-air missile, it studied the market and decided to develop this type of missile. It also adopted advanced technologies such as ramjet engines and data links on the basis of this type of missile to develop a better-performing over-the-horizon air-to-air missile to seize the future market. The Swedes are very forward-looking in this regard. Unfortunately, in history, after the prototype of the "Gripen" fighter crashed in 1989, Sweden found that its capabilities were limited. So the Swedish Ministry of Defense canceled the development project of the new missile and focused on the development of the "Gripen" fighter. In order to avoid the missile from dying in vain, the Swedes finally decided to push it to the international market, which immediately attracted the participation of Germany, France, Italy and Spain, and established the "Meteor" missile group. After several years of development, this missile eventually became the standard air-to-air missile in Europe. It showed the capabilities of Europeans and demonstrated their strength to the United States.

Now, the Swedes are still developing it themselves. There is no plan to invest in the international market. Pakistan will definitely agree to invest in it with funds.

Although the Phoenix has a long range, it is too heavy and has limited overload, so it is not suitable for future air combat. If Pakistan can get a long-range air-to-air missile with a range of 100 kilometers from Swedish technology, the Phoenix can almost be retired.

"Report to the President, our air-to-air missiles have entered the advanced ranks. However, our current development is facing another problem." Old Arslan said.

"What problem?" Muhammad asked.

"We are still short of fighters." Old Arslan said: "Our main force of the Air Force is about 80 Tomcat fighters and 40 F-16 fighters. Now, 20 Tomcat fighters have been transferred to the Navy, and we have 60 Tomcat fighters left. The number of our advanced fighters is still too small. If there are about 80 more, it would be the best."

Some Tomcat fighters were lost in the battle. However, when Rick came back from South Africa, he drove the Tomcat fighters in South Africa back to make up for Pakistan's losses.

Lack of fighters! This problem did not disappear with the end of the war. On the contrary, it became more and more serious.

After the Soviets left, the Pakistani Air Force also needed to protect the skies over Afghanistan, and the defense area was further expanded. At the same time, India in the east also needed to deal with possible battles at any time, as well as future wars. For example, they wanted to take back East Pakistan all the time. This almost flew over the entire Indian continent, and in future plans, the skies over the Indian continent were indeed the defense range of the Pakistani Air Force. In this way, the number of fighter planes of the Pakistani Air Force was too small.

Muhammad frowned. He had thought about this problem before. At first, he planned to equip the second batch of Tomcat fighters. However, in order to improve Pakistan's own domestic manufacturing level, Muhammad hoped that this batch of fighters would be produced in Pakistan. However, the United States rejected Muhammad's request, so the final order was not followed up.

At the same time, for Muhammad, domestic production in Pakistan is not just a simple production. Pakistan will thoroughly digest and absorb this fighter, and then it will be able to launch updated and improved products, just like the Su-27 in later generations, which stopped after assembling dozens of them and became the J-11.

Digital fly-by-wire system, optimized flight control, and more mounting capacity are all areas that Pakistan hopes to upgrade. When the hope of introducing technology from the United States and producing it in Pakistan fell through, Muhammad had another way left, which was reverse mapping of the Tomcat.

The mapping mission was carried out in China. In addition to mapping, the development of new digital fly-by-wire and other technologies was also proceeding in an orderly manner. Apart from other things, at least the two difficulties of engine and avionics have been overcome, leaving only the fuselage, and there are not too many difficulties. The only thing that is worrying is the digital fly-by-wire.

Thinking of this, Hamad said: "Yes, it seems that we can't wait any longer. We have to make two preparations. On the one hand, we will discuss with the Americans to see if we can purchase another batch of Tomcat fighters at a preferential price. The number does not need to be too large, only about twenty aircraft. On the other hand, we are in contact with the Chinese side to see how the work of reverse mapping Tomcat fighter jets is going, especially the telex system that we need to improve, and whether we have overcome the difficulties. ”

Winter has come, and on the land of China, the north is already covered with thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow, while in the south, the climate at this time is even colder. The south without heating is even more difficult than the north.

The climate in the Sichuan Basin is no longer hot and humid. Instead, it is now more comfortable throughout the year.

Chengdu.

People in the institute are still working nervously. Many people are working day and night for key national projects. If the country wants to develop, more financial resources must be invested in economic construction. Even so, success has not been given up. Fei, our project is a key model of the country, there can be no problems at all!

At the same time, as the focus of new model development, two models are being placed on the left and right on the Iron Bird test bed built internally by Chengdu Aircraft.

The model on the left is already a full one-to-one scale model, and all flight control aspects of the model are already installed in place just like the actual aircraft.

The cockpit's steering column, pedals, and various external control surfaces are all assembled accurately according to the actual aircraft. If an ordinary person takes a look at it, he will definitely think that this is a real aircraft.

Of course, only the flight control is complete, and the rest is quite rudimentary.

There are countless cables on the iron bird, which are connected to the test equipment outside.

This model is an aircraft with a canard layout. The canards in the front are also movable, and the air intake is in the belly. As long as they see it, future military fans will know that this is the pride of the Air Force, the J-10 fighter!

The model on the other side is even more eye-catching. Isn't this a Tomcat fighter jet?

The skin of the rear fuselage has not been restored, so the skeleton is exposed at the back, and the engine has not been installed. However, all flight control parts are complete, including wings, flaps, tail, etc. New digital telex components have been installed on all control surfaces.

A young technician was checking something on the computer, with beads of sweat on his nose. He had spent almost every day here for more than two years.

There were many technicians around, working together, looking at the program codes, and discussing constantly.

"Mr. Yang, how is the progress of the project?" While the young technician was tinkering, a voice came to his ear.

Yang Wei raised his head and saw the tough old man in front of him. He forced a smile on his face: "Mr. Song, are you here?"

Song Wencong would come here to take a look almost every few days. After all, the development of the flight control system is related to the development progress of the entire fighter aircraft. Domestic third-generation aircraft must come from Chengdu Aircraft!

"We are overcoming the bugs in the final program." Yang Wei said: "It may take a day or two, or it may take a month or two, before our telex system can be installed and tested."

"Well, we can't just pursue speed, we must also pursue stability. Whether our new aircraft can be successfully developed depends on our fly-by-wire system." Song Wencong said: "How is the research on the flight control law of the Tomcat fighter?"

Looking at the almost dismembered Tomcat fighter, Yang Wei said: "The research on this fighter is going well. If nothing goes wrong, it's time for us to install it and test it."

Historically, Yang Wei and his technical staff built this system in just over a year. They worked day and night and carried forward the spirit of continuous operations.

But now, the time has been delayed for an extra year, because this time the two systems are being developed simultaneously. In addition to developing the digital telex of Project 10 for Chengdu Aircraft, they are also matching the Tomcat.

The Tomcat on the test bench is a real Tomcat! It was the Tomcat fighter jet provided by Pakistan for surveying and mapping!

Surveying and mapping required dismantling every part and completely replicating it. This big project was done by XAC, which dreamed of building such a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber.

However, with Xifei's power, it only completed the surveying and mapping, and handed over the telex system to Chengdu Aircraft Co., Ltd. It just so happened that the disassembled aircraft was reassembled and brought to Chengdu Aircraft Co., Ltd. to control each wing surface. The self-developed digital telex was installed on the system and placed directly on the test bench. (To be continued ~^~)