Chapter 1,559: What the Orientals have, we must have too!
The J-20 does not need to fold its wings when boarding a ship, because its wingspan is not very large, and it has a canard layout that can be arranged head to tail. However, other aircraft do not have this advantage, especially the G-11 in front of us.
The wingspan of this kind of aircraft is more than 14 meters. If the wings cannot be folded, it will take up too much space.
Now, the wings fold fully automatically. After folding, the width is reduced to 8 meters.
This greatly facilitated deck operations. Everyone was speechless when they saw the wings folding automatically.
“Can fuel be stored on the outer edges of wings?”
There are many restrictions on folding. We need to consider the impact on stealth and whether fuel can be stored on the outer edge after folding. If it cannot be stored, the aircraft's range will be greatly affected.
"No." Zhang Wanhe said: "The outer edge is the aerodynamic steering surface. We have no intention of using it to store fuel, but our collective space is enough. Even if we only use internal fuel, we can have more than four thousand people."
Kilometers of range, and our drones can also automatically refuel in the air. Since there is no need to consider the limitations of the human body, our aircraft have almost unlimited endurance, even if it can fly in the sky for thirty hours.
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Everyone nodded. Now that aerial refueling technology has matured, this technology can be used to increase the range of the aircraft. But the aircraft can be refueled, but what about people? Even if the pilot brings food, it is not just eating and drinking, but also diarrhea.
ah.
In a small fighter jet cabin, long-distance flying is not a pleasant experience, and you even have to wear diapers. Drones do not have such worries. As long as there is fuel, they can keep flying.
Everyone was very satisfied with this aircraft, especially Delano, who saw it for the first time and was filled with emotion.
However, he quickly thought of a reason to comfort himself: So what if it is a drone, during combat, doesn't it still require the command of a two-seat fighter? Talent is the only factor that determines the outcome of a war!
Thinking of this, Delano became excited again.
After a demonstration at the parking bay, the drone moved to the take-off point under the control of Zhang Wanhe. Everyone stood under the ship island and watched the drone take off from a safe distance.
It is no different from a manned fighter jet. The flame shield is raised, and the yellow vest makes body gestures. The drone is suddenly ejected. No tail flame can be seen at the tail. The drone takes off lightly, and it seems to be nothing.
He had no strength, but after leaving the deck, he pulled up easily.
Just fly away?
Delano watched the plane leave, suddenly feeling a sense of reluctance.
"Okay, the experiment was a complete success, let's go celebrate!"
In the sky, a satellite passed across.
It just happened to pass by here. After all, after the aircraft carrier maneuvered at sea, it was difficult for the satellites in the sky to spot it immediately. But at this time, after the satellite passed by, it also took photos. Although the focus was not much adjusted, the picture
It was slightly blurry, but I still managed to take a photo of the weird-looking guy taking off from the deck of the aircraft carrier.
After the photos were sent to the rear, the intelligence officers immediately paid attention, and soon the technically processed photos were sent to their superiors.
"Everyone, let's see what surprises us this time." Swift's tone was teasing, and she took the photo, and then her expression changed.
"This was taken from an Oriental aircraft carrier?"
"Yes, it was a picture taken by a passing satellite."
"This, isn't this our B2?" Swift said: "How could this aircraft appear on the Eastern aircraft carrier?"
"No, this is not a B2. It is more concise in appearance than our B2, and it is also much smaller in size. This is an Easterner who copied our B2 and used it on an aircraft carrier!"
The first one in the world to develop stealth attack aircraft was the United States, and the first one to develop stealth bombers was also the United States. They had thoroughly mastered the flying-wing layout, and of course the subsequent followers copied them!
A small B2 appeared on the deck of Dongfang's aircraft carrier. How could they not be surprised!
"Putting aside whether you copied our aircraft, everyone, you have clearly seen the layout of this aircraft. It has no cockpit!"
"Isn't it the one in front?" Swift pointed at the dark thing in front and said. The satellite shot was a bird's-eye view. From a high position, some of the structures seen were not clear.
"No, no, that's not the cockpit. Our technicians have already analyzed it. It's the air inlet. This aircraft has no cockpit!"
Without a cockpit, it’s just a drone!
With the development of technology, it has become very common for drones to be mounted on ships. However, most drones are used for reconnaissance operations, among which the Yankee Global Hawk is the representative one. However, the Easterners made a bad start.
, first they developed an integrated reconnaissance and attack drone, allowing the drone to participate in frontline attacks. But now, something even more speechless happened. Dongfang actually developed a stealth drone with a similar B2 aerodynamic layout!
What is this aircraft used for? With its good stealth, it must be carrying out bombing missions, or it is a drone. Even if there is an accident, no one will be in danger.
"Impossible, impossible, the technology in the East is not that advanced, and we don't even have unmanned bombers!" Swift began to shake his head again: "Isn't their technology developing too fast?"
"Because they have the best computers." Another voice said coldly: "We should have restricted their progress in computers a long time ago. Now, their computer technology is developing very fast, although it is still circulating in the international market.
It is Loongson 4, but it is said that within them, Loongson 6 has already been released, and the technology used is also quite advanced, surpassing ours by a long way. Our Intel company is really useless. It is obviously a strong player in this field, but now it is
He was pressed down and beaten by them!"
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"Get the people from Northrop Grumman." Swift said: "We must have what the Easterners have!"
The trend of mergers of military industry companies in the United States continues. Northrop and Grumman are both huge military industry giants. After their merger, they have strong R&D and production capabilities. Under the current circumstances, they can only
Put your hope on them.
"They are already on the way. In the past few years, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has prepared for rainy days and started researching unmanned combat aircraft. It seems to be a far-sighted plan. Unfortunately, our research and development progress is too slow."
In 2000, Boeing and Northrop each received a grant of two million US dollars and began to study unmanned combat aircraft, including many aspects, such as salt and moisture resistance at sea, the landing and operation of aircraft carrier decks,
Integration with the command system, electromagnetic compatibility, etc.
The plan that Northrop came up with was the X-47.
Now, Swibull, the person in charge of this plan, came in a hurry with the plan. After entering the conference room, he introduced it.
"Our X-47 is a very mature aircraft. It rolled off the assembly line in 2001. It successfully made its first flight last year and is now being run-in on the aircraft carrier." Swibull opened the slide,
A shuttle-head-shaped airplane appeared on the projection screen.
The leading edge is sharper than the trailing edge. It is a special diamond shape and looks very unique.
"This is our X-47. It is a pure flying wing design aircraft without a vertical tail. It is made entirely of composite materials. It uses a JT-15D turbofan engine with a thrust of 14.2 kN. The cabin can
Carrying a 225 kilogram bomb, this is the most advanced ship-based drone in the world!"
Hearing his words, everyone present couldn't help but shake their heads. These arms dealers are not good at anything else but bragging.
The take-off weight of this small aircraft is only 2.2 tons. Although it has a bomb bay, no bomb-dropping experiments have been carried out. Moreover, it has no landing hook or mooring hook. When tested on the deck, a slight strong wind blew it to the left.
Shaking right and left and making ping-pong noises, it is not a qualified aircraft at all. At best, it can only be a verification aircraft for testing.
Is this the most advanced in the world?
"Mr. Swable, look at this photo." Swift handed the photo over.
Swibull took it, glanced at it, and then raised his voice a bit: "What is this? A product of Boeing? No, this is absolutely impossible. Judging from the proportions of the deck, this should have a normal shipboard
The size of the aircraft! The drone cannot be built so big, otherwise it will not be able to take off and land on the aircraft carrier by its own power, and it will not be able to withstand the impact of the ship's hook! This must be their bragging!"
Swibull subconsciously thought it was a product of competitor Boeing.
The size of the drone cannot be too big, otherwise it will have an impact on many other needs. They built such a small drone so that it can land on the aircraft carrier without a landing hook. If it is too big, it will not work at all, and it will not work.
It withstood the impact of the blocking cable and fell apart when landing!
Now, Swibull is not slandering his competitors, but he thinks it is impossible.
"This is an Oriental aircraft. They have officially begun testing this carrier-based drone on an aircraft carrier." Swift said: "We made a simple estimate and found that the take-off weight of this drone is
It is about twenty tons, can carry about two tons of ammunition, and has a long flight distance. Can we have this kind of technology in our country?"
The B2 is the masterpiece of Northrop. It is the world's first bomber with a flying wing layout. Their research on flying wings is the best. Now, let them study this kind of aircraft, and they will be familiar with it. As for their competitors,
Boeing?
Thinking of the repeated failures of Boeing's Flying Toad, the Navy lost confidence in Boeing and would not be able to hand over such a project to Boeing again.
They are absolutely the best generals in the world.
"Orientals?" Swibull opened his eyes in surprise. It's impossible! Aren't the drones of the Orientals just copied our Global Hawk? Because they can't make those long wings.
They also made an upper and lower two-layer wing with a shoulder pole structure. When did the Orientals start to develop this kind of flying wing layout?
You know, the technical difficulty of an aircraft with this layout is very high, and it puts forward very high requirements for flight control. They, Northrop Company, feel that only they can build it, and others simply don’t have this ability!
"Yes, it's the Easterners. They have developed this kind of advanced carrier-based drones, which poses a great threat to us. Therefore, our navy must have similar drones, and they must not be like yours.
We want this kind of toy to be a truly large-scale drone with combat capabilities!"
Swibull's expression changed, and he was very dissatisfied with the Navy's difficult requirements, but he still endured it.
The B2 produced by their company has been repeatedly criticized by the military due to its high cost, and apart from the B2, they have no other aircraft projects. Grumman was even defeated. The project now required by the Navy is their new
They had no choice but to accept the hope.
"Yes, if the Navy wants to have a similar UAV, we will start developing it immediately!" Swibull said: "We currently call this prototype X-47A, and the large UAV developed for the Navy is called X
-47B, but if the Navy wants to advance this project, it will need to allocate funds to us, and we cannot raise funds ourselves."
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency only allocated two million US dollars to them, which has been used up long ago. They will continue to raise their own funds to promote the development of the project. As for building such a two-ton toy, on the one hand, it is a technical issue;
It’s also a funding issue. If we don’t have that much money, how can we engage in related projects?
They can do research and development, but it costs money!
"We will submit the relevant procedures as soon as possible." Swift said: "You also have to develop it as soon as possible. The Navy can't wait. Now all the Navy's related projects are outdated. We must once again catch up with Eastern talents in some fields.
OK! Come up with the prototype within one year and equip the navy within three years!"
The Navy is very anxious.
"Okay, as long as the funding is sufficient, we will ensure that we complete the task." Swibull assured, patting his chest.
When he left the Navy conference room, the assistant who followed him said: "Mr. Swibull, we don't have relevant R&D reserves at all now. How can we complete the project in such a short time?"
The assistant was very anxious.
"We just need to make a high-quality replica." Swibull held the photo given to him by the Navy in his hand.
High imitation?
The assistant was stunned: "However, many people are opposed to imitation. In the original JSF bid, plans similar to Eastern's vertical take-off and landing fighter were first eliminated."
"That was before. In the past few years, JSF has not been going well. Everyone understands that Dongfang's solution is the most mature and suitable. Since it is the best, why should we bypass Dongfang's technical route?"
Swibull said: "Many people tend to let Lockheed continue to develop the X-35. After all, the F-32 has more and more problems and there is no hope. We don't have to go around in circles and just go the Eastern route.
That’s fine.”
In this way, Northrop-Grumman's X-47B project began. From the design stage, this project was exactly the same as the Eastern Attack-11.
After they copied the shape, they realized how correct this shape was. It was better than their B2 shape, simple and efficient, and more suitable for control than their X-47A's shuttle head solution. It was simply the best.
Perfect layout.
Even the next generation stealth bomber can use this shape!
You have to take detours to develop your own research and directly copy the mature solutions from the East. It’s so delicious!
East.
After resting, Delano once again sat in the cockpit of the J-20. He needed to fly multiple aircraft carrier takeoffs and landings to determine the most suitable takeoff and landing routes, and at the same time summarize a large amount of flight experience and pass it on to others.
This process is boring, and only people like Delano would enjoy it endlessly. After Qin Tao and Wu Shengli watched the takeoff on the aircraft carrier island, it was considered the end of their trip with the aircraft carrier formation.
It’s time to go back next.
What are you going to sit on when you go back?
Of course it’s a carrier-based transport aircraft!
An aircraft with the same appearance as the Kongjing-600 early warning aircraft appeared on the deck. This aircraft was just a large plate without an early warning aircraft on the top. Everything else was the same, even the vertical tail at the back was four-piece.
The airframe platform of a carrier-based fixed-wing early warning aircraft must be newly built, but after it is built, it would be a waste if it is only used as an early warning aircraft. This airframe platform has a great effect. If it is equipped with an anti-submarine device, it can
It is a fixed-wing carrier-based anti-submarine aircraft with nothing installed. It can also be used as a carrier-based fixed-wing transport aircraft. This kind of aircraft is much more efficient than a helicopter.
Of course, it is incomparable with that kind of land-based large transport aircraft.
Qin Tao, Wu Shengli and others walked up from the tail of the plane.
As a transport aircraft, its tail has been changed into a hatch for unloading. Forklifts can drive up and fork out standard pallets from inside. The loading and unloading efficiency is very high, much better than that of helicopters.
Now, because people need to be transported, seats are installed inside. They are the kind of seats that can be folded. Fortunately, they are not small saddles, so they are quite comfortable to ride. The backrest is large and there is a headrest. For ejection take-off, this is
Various seats are necessary. However, due to the small internal space of the aircraft, only about twenty seats can be arranged.
The surrounding bulkheads have no interior panels, and various pipes are exposed, giving it an industrial aesthetic. There are two red leather-wrapped sponges on the top of the head to prevent tall people from bumping into each other.
A few minutes later, the plane reached the ejection position. As ordinary people, everyone also felt the charm of an ejection takeoff. Whoosh whoosh! The excitement came to the ground. If you don't have some concentration, you might get your crotch wet.
"Dad, are we going back now?"
"Yes, you still want to stay on the aircraft carrier for half a year?"
"Now that I think about it, there seems to be nothing to do when I go back."
"Why don't you have nothing to do? Let's go to the shipyard in Qiongzhou to see if we can improve the construction progress."