Tu Jida's words made the leading cadres and engineers of Xifei full of excitement and apprehension. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Undoubtedly, if it is really as it says, the domestic improvement on the basis of the F-14, and then the development of the Panda fighter into a new multi-role fighter-bomber, the prospects are too broad.

It will not only be a shot in the arm for Xifei, but also for China's national security and international strategy, and it will also be a beautiful picture that is unimaginable.

But because of this, the risks involved are too great.

There are many differences between the third-generation aircraft and the second-generation aircraft, and in terms of the standard classification of fighter jets, the third-generation aircraft has become an extremely dazzling page in the history of fighter aircraft with its outstanding performance and multi-mission capabilities.

The reason why the third-generation fighter can achieve so many classic models is because it was designed with the need to improve its life cycle in mind.

Whether it is fly-by-wire flight control or modular design, avionics and multi-function pods, communication standards and data buses, and a series of new technology applications, it ensures that the third-generation aircraft can continue to launch new models in the subsequent application process.

Based on the Su-27, Russia and China have developed a range of multifunctional fighters and bombers, as well as carrier-based and attack aircraft. The famous plastic bug F-18 Hornet is the main multi-functional selling point, and it alone covers all the aviation combat missions of the US aircraft carrier fleet. The F-16 Fighting Falcon has more improvements than the Bumblebee, and it really needs to be able to fight dogs, lick the ground, and be proficient in everything from laser-guided missiles to iron bombs.

The full range of capabilities of these classic fighters is not innate, but has grown through continuous improvement and expansion.

This expansion and improvement of capabilities has accompanied these classic third-generation aircraft for almost the entire service life.

If China can master the manufacturing technology of the F-14 and the Panda fighter is added to the sequence of the Chinese army, then it will inevitably continue to transform in the hands of the Chinese.

The blueprint drawn by Tu Jida is the direction of the future development of the F-14 fighter -- or the Panda fighter.

First of all, it can be equipped with a ground attack pod, which is a simple modification that can give the Panda fighter the ability to attack the ground.

The second is to deeply transform the radar, avionics, and other subsystems of the Panda fighter so that it truly has all-domain combat capabilities.

Finally, the Panda fighter will be completely improved, its aerodynamic layout and internal structure will be completely changed, and the amazing dream of bringing a regional air defense destroyer to the sky will be realized.

At that time, the Panda fighter will no longer be a "copy" of the American F-14 fighter, but a newly designed 3.9 generation of the strongest third-generation aircraft.

Whether it is air supremacy, anti-ship or ground licking, it combines supersonic cruise, super-maneuverability and super-information advantages as well as limited stealth performance, and the Super Panda will be infinitely close to the definition of a fourth-generation aircraft.

Such a fighter can completely make the unpopular Xifei in the past become the first echelon of China's aviation industry.

But the risk is also not small, to improve the Panda fighter to this extent, does Westflight have this ability?

Many of the leaders and engineers of Xifei here are not so confident in their hearts.

"Mr. Tu, since the mass incident caused by the Shanghai market last year, the policy of Western countries, especially the United States, towards our country is changing rapidly. A series of previous military R&D cooperation has been forced to be suspended. Grumman's deal for F-14 fighter jets has also been torn up. I'm not saying that we won't be able to play without the Americans, but wouldn't your plan be a little too optimistic? Without Grumman's support, would the development of the Panda fighter be affected?"

When Tu Jida heard this, he showed a smug smile, stretched out his hand and pointed to Wu Daguan next to him and said, "This question, I think I can ask Wu Lao to answer." ”

Wu Daguan was not young at this time, and had actually retired from the Ministry of Aviation Industry and the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. His current position as executive director of the board of directors of the Heavy Industrial Power Import and Export Company is more important. In addition, the post of director of the Institute of Aerodynamics of the New Academy of Sciences also falls on his shoulders, and the entire Academy of Sciences invests tens of billions of yuan in R&D every year, and he can directly affect at least 2 billion yuan.

Of course, as the nominal person in charge of the Panda localization aero engine project, he will be rehired to the project team even if he retires, and he will still be the leader of the aviation development team. It's just that more often than not, he is no longer engaged in front-line research work, but appears as a resource allocation and relationship coordinator.

Compared with the technical consultant he worked in the aviation engineering department before his retirement, his identity and influence after retirement have become more powerful.

Nowadays, not only in the aviation industry, but also in the entire Chinese heavy industry, as long as it deals with heavy power, there is no enterprise that has not heard of his name.

Wu Daguan saw that Tu Jida pushed the problem on his head, and couldn't help but nod and smile bitterly: "Okay, since Mr. Tu has spoken, then I'll tell you some inside information." ”

"Before I talk about our relationship with Grumman, I want to tell a real 'story'. ”

Wu Daguan cleared his throat, and there was a faint expression on his face: "Our story happened one day in the early eighties, and a big event happened in the famous MiG Design Bureau of the Soviet Union!"

"This is something special in the MiG Design Bureau, everyone knows that it happened, but they don't know how it happened or why it happened. What is the matter? It is this classified unit like the MiG Design Bureau that has leaked very serious secrets! But the problem is that the leak is made by a non-existent aircraft!"

After Wu Daguan finished saying this, the eyes of everyone present suddenly widened. Although they are all senior leading cadres, it cannot be said that they are well-informed, but such things are still too amazing for them.

They are all engaged in military work, and the work of anti-espionage and anti-espionage is always grasped unremittingly, and the secrecy code is even more ripe to memorize, and this string is stretched at any time.

Naturally, there is no need to mention the degree of secrecy of the MiG Design Bureau, and the place with the strictest secrecy measures in the world is not necessarily the Kremlin, but there is certainly a copy of the MiG Design Bureau. In such a confidential place, there was a theft of secrets? If this was placed on the wine table, everyone would probably listen to it as a roadside stall literature. But when these words came out of Wu Daguan's mouth, they had a lot of credibility.

But since it was a leak, how could it be leaked that a model that did not exist at all? Since it did not exist in the MiG Design Bureau, how did it leak to the outside?

This suspense grabbed everyone's hearts tightly.

Seeing this, Wu Daguan also deliberately bought a pass, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea slowly. Just when everyone was scratching their ears and cheeks in a hurry, they had to continue talking.

"The British press published a message in the newspaper at the time that British intelligence had leaked a photograph of an imaginary drawing of an aircraft, as well as a design for a stealth fighter. The fighter in this scheme had a very advanced canard layout at the time, the fuselage was composed of streamlined continuous curves, wing-body fusion, inward tilt and vertical tail and binary vector nozzles, which was almost like a fighter in a science fiction movie at the technical level of the time. ”

And the most striking thing is undoubtedly the Soviet camouflage and the huge five-pointed star logo on this imaginary fighter. In the design scheme of the aircraft, this fighter was named MiG-2000. In other words, the British actually got their hands on the design of the future fighter that the USSR was designing. This also seemed to be a logical thing for the Soviets. After all, the proud Soviets, after seeing this plan, also thought that only the great MiG design bureau could design such an advanced fighter in the world. ”

"But the problem is that the MiG Design Bureau itself knows that this is not a product of the MiG Design Bureau at all. The MiG-1.44, which is similar to this plan, has just entered assembly this year - ahem, everyone knows this, and don't spread it out again. In short, the MiG leaked a non-existent MiG stealth fighter. Is it hard for this spy to travel back in time and steal technical data from the future MiG Design Bureau? Then this spy is too boring. ”

"In the early eighties, we now know that the MiG Design Bureau did not begin work on the design of a new fighter at all. But on the other hand, the Americans are working on preparing their ATF program. This information is not too classified now, and the Soviets have confirmed that the ATF program for the new generation of American fighters really exists. The next-generation fighter with stealth, super-maneuverability, supersonic cruise and super-information capabilities as the standard is the positioning of the fourth-generation aircraft by the Americans. ”

"The ATF program for the Americans was launched, but the USSR did not advance so fast. The American intelligence agencies hoped to gather information on the Soviet Union's next-generation fighter jet, but the problem was that the Soviet Union's major design bureaus had not yet begun to design the next-generation fighter. The CIA was looking for something that didn't exist at all. ”

This may seem like good news for Americans, but not necessarily for the ATF arms companies. The lack of an enemy is a mortal danger to the arms company, and if the ATF program is to be advanced, the Americans must have a goal to catch up or overtake. Otherwise, it's like a marathon with no end, and who knows which route is the right one to run?"

"And if it is true that if the American Congressional Elders heard that the Soviets did not have such an advanced fighter program, then it is probably unknown whether the ATF can continue. ”

"But nothing is nothing, and here with the Soviets, the CIA could not find intelligence on the next generation fighter anyway. At this time, an engineer from General Motors stepped forward and came up with a solution that no one could have thought of anyway. ”