Chapter 273
"It's really a bit troublesome, so what is Chief Engineer Su's plan now?"
Now that we have made up our minds to stand aside with the 607 Institute and take out all the information of the 2035 radar, we should help to find a way together.
Now that there is information on the 2035 radar, it is not completely without the strength to confront foreign giants, but before that, it is necessary to find out what the 607 Institute is planning, after all, this project mainly depends on the operation of 607.
Solemnly put the materials on the table into the safe, and then sat down and talked slowly.
"What else can be done, together with other fraternal units in the United Nations that do not plan to make joint ventures, try to put pressure on the top management, and see if they can find a way to kick out this so-called joint venture plan, and if they can return to the previous radar development arrangement, it will naturally be the best. ”
It is clear that at this time, it is impossible for the domestic radar research institutes to be safe from the outside, and everyone can only choose the muzzle of the gun.
"I'm afraid this possibility is not too big, it has reached this level, it should be impossible for the military to regret it, we probably have to start with our own products, ready to fight hard with the joint venture party, even if it fails, it can be regarded as a hard work. Oh, by the way, which companies are those foreign joint ventures, and what are the products they bring, there should be news about this, right? ”
Wang Zhengguo does not think that the military will regret it at this time, before being able to suddenly change his mind at the last moment, accept the joint venture plan, and give the exclusive supplier qualification of the super seven fighter radar system, this must be a big reason in it, and it will definitely not be changed easily, people must have considered the consequences of doing this, but why did they still do it, is this not obvious enough?
Rather than hoping that the military will change its mind, it is better to put more effort into the development of radar and do its best to defeat the opponent in a head-to-head confrontation.
What is the current situation of these three joint venture partners, someone is still unclear, what radar is provided, which company participates in the bidding, these are still unknown, everything needs to be obtained from the 607 side.
"Information about the three joint ventures? This is there, wait a minute, I'll find it for you." ”
Since Wang Zhengguo cares about the radar project of Super Seven, Chief Engineer Su is also happy to share information, and this is not an important document anyway.
After rummaging through the backlog of documents on my desk for a while, I finally found a document at the bottom of the pile, thin, about 20 pages, bound into a book with a stapler, and then directly handed it to someone after the content was confirmed.
Flipping through the information, the first place is from General Electric, GM chose to cooperate with the 615 Institute, and came up with the APG-67, a very famous product in the field of fire control radar for light fighters, but it seems that this GM is colluding with the opposite side of the ditch, allowing the opposite side to copy the facelifted APG-67 radar for the IDF project.
The Golden Dragon 53 radar used by IDF is produced by the island breaker, and its technology comes from the APG-67, but because the US authorities in the 80s were unwilling to have military trade directly with the island, although many of the technologies on the IDF are derived from the United States, these technologies are second-rate or monkey version of the goods.
The radar is slightly better, at least the APG-67 is quite awesome in the radar of the same level, but General Electric does not dare to cooperate directly with the broken island, and finally can only choose to sell the design data at a high price to make a small amount of money.
In this way, Podao, who originally had no experience in the development of military radars, also stumbled into a copycat version of APG-67, but because the foundation was really poor, the performance of many radar-specific components was not up to standard, which also led to a certain degree of shrinkage of Jinlong 53 compared with APG67 in terms of performance.
Now General Electric has taken the APG-67 to the mainland, and it is a full set of original technology to be taken out as a joint venture, plus the republic's radar industry still has some foundation, if the project is really done, the performance of this domestic radar will definitely be much better than that of the King Long 53, maybe General Electric will get the radar project of Super Seven, and it is possible to sell it directly to the other side of the ditch.
"The threat of this APG-67 is indeed not small, the technology is mature enough, and the partner we are looking for is also our aviation counterpart, so there is a great possibility of success!"
Continue to flip through the information, followed by the product from Italy, the GRIFO radar performance upgrade, as for the original GRIFO, it is mainly used in the cooperation between Italy and Brazil to develop the AMX attack aircraft project, a total of 180 units to be equipped, which is a radar that is very guaranteed in terms of production quantity.
Anyway, it is also a product to be equipped in Italy, and the performance will definitely not be too sloppy, and it will definitely not be much worse than APG-67 when it is installed.
For this radar, in fact, Wang Zhengguo is also quite familiar, in the upper plane, this guy and the super seven project is also a variety of entanglements, and the relationship with Pakistan is quite profound, although the upper plane was not able to install the Thunder Dragon in the end, but in Pakistan's mirage 3/5, J-7 series upgrades, Pakistan is a total of about 200 units purchased, can definitely be regarded as the radar's largest customer.
In the face of the huge market of the Super Seven project, this is a demand for thousands of units, compared to the poor order of more than 100 units of the AMX attack aircraft, it is simply a behemoth, even if it chooses a joint venture, the profit that can be earned this time will not be enough to fill the pot.
As for the partner of GRIFO radar, it is naturally Fucheng Changhong Electronics, which is nothing to say, as long as the technology is taken in production, it will definitely be able to be done on time, and the two cooperate together, and the competitiveness is still there.
Without too many comments, I looked directly at the back, and finally saw something new, and the last joint venture party was really unexpected, just like its domestic partner Aerospace Port 23 was going to enter the airborne fire control radar business, and the identity of the foreign partner was also shocking and did not know what to say.
PS-05 radar from the British Fernandi company, if you want to talk about this company, Wang Zhengguo really can't think of any impression in his mind, it seems that among the international radar system suppliers, he has never heard of this unit at all, where did it come from?
This time, there are British radar suppliers bidding for the radar system of the Super Seven, this is for sure, after all, the cooperation between the Super Seven project and the United Kingdom is very close, and the previous J-7M radar is also provided by the United Kingdom, and the cooperation between the two sides is very pleasant, and the British side must want to continue to do it.
But even so, it should be a veteran airborne fire control radar manufacturer like Marconi Company, what is it that a nameless young man suddenly appeared?
With all kinds of curiosity, I continued to look down until someone saw another famous company: Ericsson Sweden, and also saw JAS-39, and then finally understood, this is really enough.
The situation is not complicated, the so-called PS-05 radar was actually developed for JAS-39, and the main contractor of this radar was originally Sweden Ericsson, but because Ericsson has never had experience in cooperating with the military industrial system of the Republic, this time it played a trick and replaced it with a British company.
The Fernandi company is actually the subsystem contractor of the PS-05 radar, mainly responsible for the development of the antenna base and signal processing machine, and can also occupy a certain position in the entire radar project.
In this way, there is this nobody who was originally unknown to stand up and participate in the joint venture, but it really makes people laugh and cry, it seems that the order of more than 1,000 radars is indeed very attractive, and it directly attracts the Swedes who have never had contact with Super Seven in the upper plane, which is interesting.
Fernandi, Ericsson, 23, the three most unexpected units combined, can definitely be regarded as the biggest surprise in this bidding, and the products they came up with are also quite competitive, PS-05 radar in terms of performance, is definitely the best in this bidding, there is no one.
As Europe's first multi-functional fire control radar that combines tracking, attack, and reconnaissance missions, it can detect third-generation medium fighters within the 120K range, and also has multi-target tracking capabilities, and its performance is definitely far beyond the needs of Super Seven.
Of course, the performance is not without a price, first of all, its weight is as high as 150KG, which can even be used as a radar for F-16 and No. 10 medium-sized aircraft, and for Super Seven, it is indeed a little overwhelming.
Fortunately, these guys are not stupid, and in response to the needs of Super Seven, it is proposed that some unimportant functions can be cut, so as to reduce the weight and cost of the radar, and achieve more accurate competitive positioning.
"This PS-05 is a good thing, in fact, it is most suitable for the use of the J-8 major modification project, according to Sweden's positioning of JAS-39, it is to complete a variety of tasks such as air superiority, interception, ground, reconnaissance, etc., so this radar is also an all-rounder, and the J-8 is now also a volley, ground, sea, reconnaissance omnipotence, the two are very compatible. ”
Can it not be a good match, if it is really for the J-8 to use the PS-05, Wang Zhengguo guarantees that the new eighth master can fight against the mainstream third-generation aircraft without falling behind, as for the second-generation aircraft or something, I am afraid it can be directly beaten, as for how high the cost is, it is naturally another matter.
"I've heard of this project.,It seems that at the beginning it was said that it was going to use the AI-24 radar.,That is, the one on the Tornado ADV.,But then I heard that the nose space of the J-8 is a little small.,It is said that now it's busy expanding the nose.,Anyway, the military is determined to use AI-24.,A little guy like PS-05.,People definitely don't look down on it.。 ”
The radar used by the J-8 has only been slightly rumored in China, and there has never been a development plan for a domestic replacement, mainly because the military has always been optimistic about the AI-24, and at this time, it is categorically impossible to look at the PS-05, which is a whole circle smaller.
Someone has figured out the situation of the three joint ventures, and Chief Engineer Su doesn't seem to be too willing to talk more about these three radars, so he turned to mention the 607 Institute's own radar project.
"To be honest, the positioning we gave in the ministry at the beginning was not to do airborne fire control radar development, but to do more airborne imaging radar. ”
Chief Engineer Su spoke very modestly, but Wang Zhengguo would never believe it, and he was not a fool.
"I don't like to hear what you say, we 607 Institute has not successfully developed airborne fire control radar, this is a fact, but other domestic units do not necessarily have experience, speaking of which, this super seven is to have a multi-functional fire control radar, and it also needs to have radar imaging function, and this is the professional field of the 607 Institute!"
By this time, the Super 7 project was not only limited to air capabilities, and the multi-purpose requirements were more from Pakistan, and the domestic military more or less accepted this plan after consideration, which required the airborne radar to have imaging capabilities.
It is precisely because of this that the 607 Institute is more confident in getting the project, after all, this is an intersection with the research field that it has been engaged in for a long time.
"Okay, I'm very comfortable with what you said, our 607 institute of airborne scanning imaging radar technology accumulation, is indeed in the forefront of the country, 78 years have been developed in the water bomb 5 side phased array radar antenna system, but unfortunately later because the water bomb 5 did not have a large-scale equipment troops, our radar did not produce a few. ”
Whenever I think of the project of my own research institute, I always feel proud and sad, who would have thought that the hard-working development of the mine reached the end, only produced no more than ten figures, although through the project has accumulated enough experience for the institute, but this is still a little regrettable.
Wang Zhengguo heard for the first time that China had installed and mass-produced airborne phased array radar in the 70s, which is a big news, amazing!
"Phased array radar? The institute still has research in this area, but I don't see it, and now the world's most cutting-edge airborne fire control radar development, it seems that everyone is beginning to develop in this aspect, and it seems that the 607 has grasped the development direction of the times in advance. ”
Airborne phased array radars in the 80s have indeed appeared one after another, and the MiG-31 is the first fighter to use phased array fire control radars, and the Rafale under development is also intended to adopt a phased array radar system.
As for the F-2 fighter in the small book, that guy is not inferior to the Republic in the field of secrecy, and in the 80s, it was not openly said that it was developing an active phased array fire control radar.
But it doesn't matter, as long as you know the MiG-31 and the Rafale, they have already led the trend of the times, and if you don't hurry up at this time, then when?
"Have you ever thought about it, we should continue to dig deep into phased array radar technology, simply put aside the Doppler flat slot radar technology that we are not familiar with, and directly start researching phased array fire control radar to achieve differentiated competition. ”