The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 604 Pulse Doppler Radar (asking for monthly ticket)
Guifei Group.

At this moment, a very beautiful plane appeared in front of Liu Tao.

It is exactly the same as the small plane Liu Tao had before, except that it is enlarged.

This is the 'Eagle' advanced trainer aircraft developed by Liu Tao!

Compared with the 'J-7A', the 'Eagle' advanced trainer aircraft has the advantages of good overall aerodynamic performance, high maneuverability, high thrust-to-weight ratio, long service life, reasonable structural design, advanced manufacturing technology, great flexibility in use and high development potential.

In terms of overall technical standards, it has reached the world's leading level.

In terms of payload capacity and maneuverable flight performance, it can even be comparable to some advanced light fighter-bombers.

The service life of the airframe is 30 years and 10000 hours, and the service life of the engine is 30 years and 4000 hours.

The 'Eagle' advanced trainer aircraft is 12.27 meters long, has a wingspan of 9.48 meters, a height of 4.8 meters, a maximum flight speed of 1.4 Mach, a ceiling of 16000 meters, a maximum range of 3800 kilometers, and is equipped with two aircraft engines with an engine thrust of 2×4200 kilograms. The normal take-off weight is 6800 kilograms, the maximum take-off weight is 9800 kilograms, the maximum available angle of attack is greater than 29.2°, the maximum overload is +8.5/-3, the landing speed is 220 kilometers to 234 kilometers per hour, and the landing run distance is 593 to 669 meters.

The 'Eagle' advanced trainer aircraft is a tandem-seat, twin-engine aircraft with air intakes under the side strakes, a normal layout of the front three-point landing gear, large strakes, a wing-body fusion design, a wing with a medium aspect ratio, leading edge serrations, a fully movable horizontal tail, a single vertical tail, and is equipped with two afterburner turbofan engines.

This "Eagle" advanced trainer aircraft can undertake flight technical training tasks such as take-off and landing, stunts, instruments, formations, etc. in conjunction with advanced fighters, as well as basic tactical training tasks such as weapon use, air/ground target attack, single/multi-aircraft tactics, etc. Moreover, it is equipped with an afterburner engine and a high-performance fire control radar, and can complete basic tactical training and accompanying training tasks.

At this time, a big red flower was hung on the nose of the "Eagle" advanced trainer aircraft, which looked very festive.

"We were all shocked when we got the information. This trainer aircraft is actually equipped with a pulse Doppler radar. It's so luxurious! The J-8's radar is far inferior to it!" Yu Ximing exclaimed in admiration.

As the chief designer of the J-7 trainer aircraft, Yu Ximing has also reached the world's leading level in trainer aircraft design.

When he got the design data of the 'Eagle' advanced trainer aircraft developed by Liu Tao, he was shocked because it was so advanced.

Except for its slower maximum flight speed, it is superior to the J-7A in all other aspects.

And speed is only one aspect of an airplane.

In the past, people pursued high altitude and high speed, but after the third generation of aircraft, they no longer overemphasized high altitude and high speed.

Look at the pulse Doppler radar, its detection range reaches 200 kilometers, far exceeding the radar equipped on the J-8. The radar equipped on the J-8 has a detection range of 30 to 50 kilometers and a tracking range of 15 to 20 kilometers.

In addition, the "Eagle" advanced trainer aircraft is also equipped with new equipment such as new computers, HUD fire control systems, communication/navigation/data transmission systems, etc.

This also means that this "Eagle" advanced trainer aircraft is capable of beyond-visual-range air combat, close-range combat, and air-to-ground and sea precision strikes.

Pulse Doppler radar was something China came into contact with when it cooperated with the United States on the "Peace Pearl Project", and it has not yet fully mastered the Doppler radar technology.

As it turned out, Liu Tao had already developed it, and it was so advanced.

Liu Tao scoffed at the "Peace Pearl Project" jointly launched by the Air Force and the United States.

Although the J-8 fighter is indeed not very advanced, if the United States does not know about it, it will still make the United States cautious. After all, the J-8 fighter has good high-altitude and high-speed performance. If it has advanced airborne fire control radar and air-to-air missiles, it will still have a deterrent effect on US strategic bombers.

Liu Tao was helpless. In the end, he insisted that the Air Force keep the two air-to-air missiles he developed, PL-8 and PL-12, secret from the Americans, so that no one could see their underwear clearly. Liu Tao always had a strong guard against the United States, which was now a good guy in the eyes of the Chinese.

He always felt that anyone who was really stupid and naive enough to completely trust the United States would end up in a miserable state.

He always felt that the saying "Being an enemy of the United States is dangerous, being an ally of the United States is fatal" was not groundless. It was definitely not aimless for this saying to spread all over the world.

"Have all the air force members arrived?" Liu Tao asked.

Tomorrow, the maiden flight of the 'Eagle' advanced trainer aircraft will be held. Due to the special nature of this advanced trainer aircraft, the Air Force Equipment Department, Air Force Command and others will attend the maiden flight ceremony.

Yu Ximing nodded and said, "Everyone is here. The first flight ceremony will be held on time at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Later, Liu Tao learned about the situation of the 'J-7A' trainer aircraft. During this period, Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation has delivered 10 'J-7A' trainer aircraft to the Air Force, and the Air Force is very satisfied with this 'J-7A' trainer aircraft.

Even after this period of trial and error, the Air Force believes that the performance of the 'J-7A' trainer aircraft is superior to that of the J-7 series fighters.

After all, the radar detection range of the 'J-7A' reaches 75 kilometers, far exceeding the J-7 series fighters.

Now the Air Force is improving the J-7 series fighter jets to make them more powerful fighter jets.

Gui Fei was responsible for this improvement, and the chief designer of the improvement was Yu Ximing!
Continuous improvement is a fine Chinese tradition.

There is no way. China is too poor, as poor as a ghost.

Sewing for three years, mending for three years, sewing and mending for another three years!
The same goes for fighter jets, which are also constantly being improved to enhance their performance.

As a result, one aircraft has evolved into multiple models.

For example, the original model of the J-7 and the current latest model are completely two different aircraft, and their performance has been greatly improved.

That’s it, the improvement work on the J-7 has never stopped.

For example, Yu Ximing and his team are absorbing the advanced technology of the J-7 advanced trainer aircraft and improving the J-7.

Yu Ximing and his colleagues are very confident that the J-7 will be able to greatly improve its performance by using the advanced technology of the 'J-7' advanced trainer aircraft, surpassing the latest improved version of the 'J-8'. They dare not think about reaching the standard of a third-generation aircraft, but they are still very confident that it can reach the standard of a two-and-a-half-generation fighter.

This will undoubtedly greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the Air Force.

After all, the most important manifestation of the air force's combat effectiveness is the performance of its aircraft.

There is a world of difference between flying an advanced fighter and flying an outdated fighter.

In the past, China was equipped with outdated aircraft. Although the number seemed large, in fact, every pilot was always ready to die together with the enemy.

What’s even sadder is that, at this point in time, it may be impossible to perish together with the enemy.

(End of this chapter)