The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1022 Fourth Generation Fighter Project
United States, Pentagon.

Everyone was in a good mood. The purpose of this meeting was not to discuss China's aircraft carrier, but to take this opportunity to increase the military budget for next year.

Originally, everyone thought that next year's military spending of $2000 billion was a bit risky.

But now it seems that 2000 billion US dollars is not enough, and it will take at least 3000 billion US dollars to add up!
At this time, everyone is not talking about other things, but about which warships, planes, tanks and armored vehicles to add.

Things are looking very good for George Walker, who is backed by energy giants and the military-industrial complex, and everyone is tired of low oil prices and no orders.

Why does Wall Street make all the money?
Why did all the money flow into the Internet, resulting in the bursting of the Internet bubble?

Why does the US military have to live such a hard life and can’t even drive their warships out for a stroll?

Why does the United States still have to remain calm even when the U.S. military is slapped in the face?

These hard days are gone forever!
Of course, there are also people who admire the Chinese aircraft carrier. It has to be admitted that the Chinese aircraft carrier looks very beautiful. Moreover, compared with the Type 001 light aircraft carrier, the Type 002 aircraft carrier is a medium-sized aircraft carrier and is much larger.

The carrier-based aircraft on the Type 002 aircraft carrier are also very beautiful.

During the entire seven-day National Day holiday, there was a lot of discussion about the Type 002 aircraft carrier.

Of course, the National Day news is not just about the Type 002 aircraft carrier, but also about the seven-day National Day holiday and the golden tourism week. All the scenic spots are packed with people.

With the development of the economy, more and more people choose to travel during holidays.

The revenue from tourism industry has also grown explosively year by year.

After the seven-day National Day holiday, Liu Tao went to Guifei Group.

Guizhou Aircraft Group, Military Aircraft Research Institute.

Currently, the Commercial Aircraft Research Institute and the Military Aircraft Research Institute are the largest research institutes in China, with a group of technical personnel.

At this time, Liu Tao convened a meeting, which was about the project establishment of the fourth-generation fighter jet.

Since the successful first test flight of the US F1997 'Raptor' fighter in 22, the United States has reported it extensively, announcing that the United States has mastered the technology to develop fourth-generation fighter jets and will mass-produce F22 'Raptor' fighter jets in the future to ensure the air superiority of the US Air Force. Naturally, this news also spread to China.

However, China has only now begun to work on the project of fourth-generation fighter jets.

Speaking of the fourth-generation fighter jet F22 Raptor of the United States, it can be traced back to November 1981, when the US Air Force formally proposed the requirement to develop a new air superiority fighter as the successor to the F-11. In September 15, the US Air Force signed a concept research contract with seven companies, and signed engine verification and certification contracts with Pratt & Whitney and General Electric.

That is to say, it has been 22 years since the F20 Raptor fighter was first required!
By now, the characteristics of the fourth-generation fighter jets have basically been clarified.

Its biggest feature is the use of fifth-generation aircraft engines and the comprehensive application of low-detectability technology. It also has high maneuverability, advanced avionics systems, a highly integrated computer network, and excellent battlefield situation perception and information fusion capabilities.

The energy and imaging characteristics of the fourth-generation fighter jets can generally be summarized by 4S, namely super stealth capability, supersonic cruise capability, super maneuverability and super battlefield situation awareness!

At present, according to the more popular generation classification standards, the J-11 fighter belongs to the third-generation and a half fighter, and is not yet a fourth-generation fighter.

"Now, I announce that after research and careful consideration by the group, Comrade Yang Wei is appointed as the chief designer of the J-20!" Liu Tao stood up and read out the appointment.

Liu Tao did not personally serve as the chief designer of the J-20, but appointed his student Yang Wei as the chief designer of the J-20.

Yang Wei is the technical director of the J-11B fighter jet. He participated in the development of the J-11C fighter jet and was the technical director of the J-11D fighter jet.

The accumulation over the years has enabled Yang Wei's skills to make great progress.

Liu Tao believes that Yang Wei is qualified and capable of serving as the chief designer of the new generation of fighter jets.

Yang Wei was very surprised. He did not expect that he would be appointed as the chief designer of the J-20. He originally thought that Liu Tao would personally serve as the chief designer of the J-20, and he would at most serve as the deputy chief designer of the J-20.

After all, he is not even 40 years old yet, he is still too young!
The others were not surprised, as Yang Wei's efforts and abilities were obvious to all.

It is normal for him to be appointed as the chief designer of the J-20 at this time.

Yang Wei took a deep breath, stood up, took over the heavy responsibility, and received the appointment letter from Liu Tao!

This also means that from now on, he has to focus all his energy on the J-20.

Liu Tao continued to announce other things, including the confidentiality level of the J-20 project, the technical leaders of various systems, and so on.

A brand new fighter jet involves all aspects.

Avionics systems, weapon systems, airframe materials, aerodynamic layout, airframe structure, etc. If we go into more detail, including the aircraft's landing gear, there will be even more!

The development of the fourth-generation fighter jets requires a very large design team, mobilizing a large amount of manpower, material and financial resources.

Even this research and development team will be very low-key in the future, and even the main members will not appear in any reports.

This is also to protect them from being targeted.

After the meeting, Liu Tao asked Yang Wei to come to his office.

Boil water and make tea.

"How about it, do you have the confidence to take on this important task?" Liu Tao said with a faint smile.

Yang Wei smiled bitterly and said, "Teacher, I do have confidence, but it's a bit sudden. You didn't even inform me in advance."

"I am only 37 years old, and I will be 38 next year. It is inevitable that I am a little young." Yang Wei said: "I thought you would personally serve as the chief designer of the J-20, and at most appoint me as the deputy chief designer."

Liu Tao smiled faintly and said, "You are now the director of the Military Aircraft Research Institute. You must have confidence and courage. Seniority is the most useless in our group. Ability is the most important!"

Even now, Panshan Group is not considered an old company, but still a young company.

Back then, Liu Tao became the director of Panshan Machinery Factory when he was only 24 years old. At that time, many people around 30 years old were promoted to deputy directors.

Although with the passage of time, there are more and more talents, the system is becoming more perfect, and there is a complete promotion mechanism, and qualifications will also be considered as one of the factors for promotion, but the weight is the lowest.

Only when the circumstances are the same will seniority stand out.

Sometimes, seniority is even a negative factor. After all, winning by relying on seniority is not a skill.

The capable ones go up, the mediocre ones go down!

This is the principle that Liu Tao has always adhered to. If you don't have the ability, you will definitely not be promoted, and you will not be promoted just because of your seniority.

Otherwise, when the time comes, the leaders who made the corresponding recommendations will be held accountable.

"As for me, I naturally have more important things to do!" Liu Tao said, "I don't have the energy to serve as the chief designer of the J-20, so you have to take on this heavy responsibility."

Liu Tao has a lot of things to do now. If there are suitable candidates to serve as the chief designer of the J-20, he will naturally not serve as the chief designer of the J-20 himself. At most, he will sometimes attend technical meetings and help solve some problems.

(End of this chapter)