In this situation, where all designers want to put some things that can be left without the nose radome, the fighter airborne radar is inevitably divided into several units (LRU) design.

According to different functions, the general airborne fire control radar is divided into four to six single choices: antenna, signal transmitter, signal receiver, power supply, processor, and some also count the display and the like. This is according to the respective plans of each country, and some do not have a power supply unit, just connect it directly to the on-board power supply.

The antenna and signal transceiver must be placed in the radome of the nose, and the installation position of the power supply can be appropriately leaning towards the center of lift, which is generally placed in the middle of the cockpit and the radome.

The radar signal processor can be directly stuffed into the cockpit, not to mention the radar display, and when the cockpit of the fighter is more advanced, there is no need for a separate radar display.

People can directly process the radar signal and put it on the multi-function display in the cockpit, which is why some radars do not have a separate display unit.

Now this kind of multi-function display is an important technology that the FC-17 should have, and the 2035 radar does not happen to pull out the radar display separately and count it as a radar unit, which is definitely a good thing.

At the same time, however, it should be noted that separating the units of such radars can also bring some disadvantages, the most typical of which is the problem of data transfer between the individual units.

The same is to transmit data, the EL/M2035 radar uses a somewhat backward method, Israel took the French route when developing the 2035 radar, and transmitted all kinds of data separately with their own cables. So the technology for data transfer between the various units of the radar is not very good.

The original 2035 radar used a large number of cables for data transmission, and the reliability was not high. It also brings a lot of dead weight.

In this case, because Southwest Science and Industry came into contact with 1553B data bus technology when cooperating with Northrop. In particular, when Southwest Science and Industry Co., Ltd. produced Thailand's J-74T order, it directly used the APG-67 radar.

At this time, the MIL-STD-1553B radar inter-unit data bus technology used on the APG-67 radar is in hand.

With the convenience of the Southwest Science and Industry, the Changhong Factory and the Israeli side also understood this thing by various means. Then it acted on the 7806 radar.

The weight reduction brought by this technology alone is more than 10kg, and this improvement alone controls the weight of the improved 7806 radar in 2035 to the same weight as the APG-67 radar.

With this kind of thing, Yang Hui has nothing else to say, just with the current data, the 7806 radar has the ability to compete head-on with the APG-67.

Even if there is no more progress at that time, it will be the only radar for the domestic FC-17 order, and if it can continue to control the weight. I am afraid that foreign orders will also come by hand.

"Okay, your improvement measures are very good, I hope you can continue to make such improvements, and if you reduce the weight by another 10kg, our FC-17 will meet the requirements of the radar."

While Yang Hui patted the table to express his joy, the three FC-17 radar system technicians who accompanied him also nodded with satisfaction.

As professionals, they have a rough assessment of whether a technical improvement is necessary, feasible, and whether it has the desired effect.

There is no doubt that data bus technology is absolutely capable of this, and the various unique skills of the 7806 radar are introduced later. Yang Hui drooled a lot.

"In view of the fact that this radar is to be equipped in the FC-17 international cooperation joint strike fighter project, we have comprehensively considered the use of air-launched weapons in various countries and the purchase of FC-17 by other countries that may exist in the future."

Behind is a very familiar performance introduction that Yang Hui saw, which is also the selling point that the FC-17 has been promoting in the previous one.

The presenter on the stage confidently explained: "Our radar is not only flexible to install. The choice of weapons is also very simple, and it can be effortlessly matched with most of the world's air-launched weapons, so it has a wide range of compatibility. ”

This point is the most optimistic about Yang Hui. The background of the military equipment of the countries that now use FC-17 is quite complicated, and the Republic and Bangladesh are all fine. The weapons of the air forces of these two countries are of the Chinese type, which will definitely be compatible with existing weapons.

It's not the same in Malaysia. In the past, Malaysia used American-made F5 fighters, and the weapons were naturally American-made missiles: Sidewinders.

The Brazilian Air Force is a veritable all-in-one country, with the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, and almost all the products of mainstream military aircraft manufacturers in Western countries have been collected, and I am afraid that it is only a little bit worse than the third brother.

Now, with the wide compatibility of the 7806 radar, even if you are a weapon of China, the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, as long as you have it, you can use it, and this wide compatibility lies in the fact that the Republic and Israel together can just make up the weapon data interface of these countries.

Needless to say, the republic was originally a hooligan, and not long ago he had to ask for the Blue Fox radar, and the British weapons data interface of the Blue Fox radar was there.

Israel is a frequent visitor to the weapons of the United States and France, and the 2035 radar will be compatible with the weapons of both countries in the development of the radar.

With this, the 7806 radar can throw the APG-67 far away, and the APG-67, which is from a famous family, will put down its body to be compatible with air-launched weapons of several other departments?

In such a situation, Yang Hui can already anticipate the glorious future of this 7806 radar, and what surprises Yang Hui even more is the hardware designability of this radar in the design.

To put it simply, this radar actually had a lot of ambitions at the beginning of its development, and after looking at the radar market of the FC-17, it also looked at the radar market of the No. 10 project.

To say that the radar of the No. 10 project has indeed been bumpy and has experienced all kinds of ups and downs, and even the last Israel in the face really took out the 2035 radar and was willing to sell it to the Republic for the No. 10 project.

However, in the end, the Republic of China itself came up with its own so-called KJL-3 radar, and finally thought that the performance of the 2035 radar was a bit unsuitable for Project 10 due to its light weight.

However, the real situation is that the development of the KJL-3 radar of the Republic was based on the purchase of several sets of Israeli 2035 radars for reference, which may indicate that the radar of Project 10 should be a domestically produced and enhanced version of the 2035 radar, and the route taken is exactly the opposite of the current 2035 radar from 2035 to 7806 radar.

This does not say how good the 2035 radar is, but only that the 2035 radar does have the potential to be supplied to the equipment of the No. 10 project.

Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that the Changhong Plant and the Israeli side are considering taking the share of Project 10 at the same time.

In order to take into account the radar requirements of the FC-17 and Project 10 fighters, two fighters with different physiques, it is necessary to have their own unique skills.

To this end, when developing the 7806 radar, a modular design concept was introduced, that is, the same power supply, data processor, signal receiver, and different antennas and signal transmitters were replaced to achieve different performance.

The radar caliber after increasing the antenna caliber has reached 78cm, for this reason, according to the radar numbering rules of the Republic, this large-caliber enhanced version of the 7806 radar has a new number: JL7807 radar.

It is believed that this will also be a very competitive radar of Project 10, and as long as it performs well in the use of FC-17, if nothing else, it should also be the radar of Project 10.

After seeing so much, Yang Hui felt that it was worth the trip, and this Changhong factory was indeed reborn after the baptism of marketization, not only in the development of the 7806 radar in consideration of the special situation of the FC-17, but also in full accordance with the needs of the development of products.

You can also know how to modularize the design, maximize the results of scientific research at the lowest cost, and with the help of the advertising effect brought by the 7806 radar that may be used in the FC-17, this is simply a scheming in the scheming! (To be continued.) )