As expected, the Americans really thundered and vigorously opposed the cooperation between Chinese and Rolls-Royce, but the old empire is an old empire after all, even if the phoenix is not as good as a chicken, but after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and when the British thought that this cooperation was the most critical opportunity for the Rolls-Royce company to maintain its "three strongest aero engines in the world", no matter how the Americans protested, they decided to do so...... When Rolls-Royce and several airlines in the UK accepted the invitation of AVIC 2 to watch the first test flight of the North County 400 in early '05, they were completely convinced.

Yes, cooperation with the Chinese in the field of "civil" aviation technology was in the interests of the British Empire.

It is said that after receiving this unceremonious briefing from the British, the directors of Boeing almost set the conference room on fire, but even so, what could they do? The Rolls-Royce company was pushed by them to the Chinese, strictly speaking, it should be their own mistake.

They wanted to give the British some color, but they sadly found that the British turned out to be their staunchest allies in the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, and if they really went too far, it was difficult to guarantee that the British would make any hurried actions to jump over the wall.

Similarly, in order to buy a "pass" from the Americans, the Republican side promised the United States to actively support the American anti-terrorist cause in Iraq...... At the same time, a number of domestic engineering companies have been sent to Iraq in a steady stream to help the Americans complete the reconstruction of Iraq. It has fully fulfilled the international obligations of China and the United States: the Americans will smash a place, and the Chinese will build the smashed place.

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Today, it is a day of great significance for the Navy, many chief officers of the Navy have all arrived at a certain test site of the Second Group of AVIC, staring at a strange-shaped Z-9 helicopter in the field, yes, it is absolutely not wrong to say that this Z-9 helicopter is strangely shaped.

From the point of view of appearance, this is a straight-9Y type folded wing high-speed helicopter with vertical take-off and landing and glide take-off and landing capabilities, but unlike the ordinary straight-9Y, there is a huge disc under the belly of this straight-9Y. It is about 3 meters in diameter.

In addition, the nose and jaw of this Z-9Y helicopter also have a huge bulge in the nose and jaw, and the fuselage is covered with antennas of unknown purpose, which adds a bit of mystery to this aircraft.

A strange helicopter with a "tumor" under its belly, why did it attract so many admirals to the scene? Why are these generals so excited?

The excitement is not because this straight-9Y has a tumor. Rather, it is because this Z-9Y is the first experimental carrier-based early warning helicopter of the Republic, and the disc with a diameter of more than 3 meters under the belly of the plane is not a tumor. Rather, it is an active phased array radome of a prototype.

Yes. This is the AEW model developed by AVIC No. 2 Group and CLP 14 on the basis of the Z-9Y high-speed helicopter, equipped with the latest active phased array radar of CLP 14, which can provide a slightly higher early warning capability than the KA-31 early warning helicopter for the warship group without an aircraft carrier and with a destroyer as the core, and has a detection distance of up to 310 kilometers and a 5-hour air patrol time for large sea surface ships.

Of course, there is no doubt that the Z-9Y (AEW) can also be used as an AWACS aircraft for aircraft carrier formations. If you take off from an aircraft carrier in a glide jump, you can patrol the air for up to 8 hours.

Lin Hongfei stood not far from the plane, looking at the helicopter temporarily named Z-9Y (AEW), his eyes were gentle as if he was looking at his own child. However, compared with Academician Wang Xiaomo next to him, Lin Hongfei is obviously a little worse, Lin Hongfei looks at this Z-9Y (AEW) but "like" looking at his own child, while Academician Wang Xiaomo looks at this Z-9Y (AEW) is looking at his baby bump and his own daughter.

The difference is too great.

"It's a pity that such an excellent aircraft is just a technical verification machine." Academician Wang Xiaomo looked at the Zhi-9Y (AEW) in front of him, and his regret was overflowing.

"Elder Wang, you are wrong, I think that the use of this aircraft is still very wide, even if our Z-13Y (AEW) comes out in the future, it can carry a larger diameter 'plate', and the Z-9Y (AEW) This small AWACS aircraft also has its own living space." Lin Hongfei said to the old man with a smile.

This Z-9Y (AEW) is a model developed along with the Air Police 2000, and the Air Police 2000 is the same as the Air Police 2000, it is a fleet-type air early warning aircraft designed by Academician Wang for the naval forces, although the overall effectiveness and the US military's E-2 "Hawkeye" series of early warning aircraft are still far behind, but considering that the Z-9Y (AEW) can directly go on frigates and destroyers, the flexibility of deployment greatly exceeds that of the E-2 "Hawkeye" series, and the E-2 "Hawkeye" is greatly inferior to this.

"That's right," although he felt sorry for the Z-9Y (AEW), Mr. Wang agreed with Lin Hongfei's words very much, and nodded, "The Z-9Y (AEW) is inexpensive, and it is very suitable for the aircraft carrier battle group with a small aircraft carrier as the core, the amphibious combat group and the small ship group with the destroyer as the core. ”

Boss Lin very much agrees with Academician Wang's remarks, in fact, there is a considerable gap in the naval early warning system of the world: the large aircraft carrier battle group led by the US military has E-2D/E "Hawkeye" early warning aircraft that can provide air early warning for its own fleet, and the naval powers led by Britain and Russia can use carrier-based early warning helicopters to provide maritime and air early warning capabilities for their own aircraft carrier formations, but whether it is the US military's Wasp-class multifunctional amphibious assault ship or the amphibious combat ship group of other countries, Dock landing combat ship groups and destroyer and maritime combat ship groups with destroyers as the core do not have their own fleet's air early warning command capability.

At the beginning of the design of the Z-9Y (AEW), Lin Hongfei and Academician Wang Xiaomo aimed at this huge market gap, and although the Z-9Y (AEW) has the factor of training the Z-13Y (AEW), a special early warning aircraft for the real aircraft carrier battle group of the Republic in the future, it does not mean that the Z-9Y (AEW) will be deployed into the small warship formation.

For example, when our warships go out to perform some tasks that are not so high-level, sometimes it is necessary to have a destroyer, a frigate and a supply ship, but only relying on the warship's own data link and air alert/search radar, the effect may not be so good, but if you use Z-9Y (AEW), it is completely different, the detection range of up to 310 kilometers for large ships on the sea surface, 200 kilometers for small ships and fighters, The detection range of 170 kilometers for helicopters and other targets and the detection range of 135 kilometers for cruise missiles is enough to provide a longer warning time for the fleet, so that the fleet can deal with the target more calmly, and even for many small countries with a small land area, the Z-9Y (AEW) can even be used as their homeland-type early warning aircraft, and it also has this capability.

Lin Hongfei and Mr. Wang chatted very happily, but obviously, the generals of the navy couldn't help it, and couldn't help but come over and urge Lin Hongfei and Mr. Wang, "Mr. Lin, Mr. Wang, can we ...... Well, here we go? ”

They had just taken a tour of the interior of the Z-9Y (AEW) and were eager to weigh the Z-9Y (AEW) in action...... In order to cooperate with the Z-9Y (AEW) test, several cooperative exercise units have already been prepared, and they can start just waiting for an order from this side.

"Let's start, I'm sorry, everyone, I've been chatting with Mr. Lin for a long time." Old Man Wang didn't expect that he would talk to Lin Hongfei for so long as he spoke, and he was a little embarrassed, and apologized to the generals again and again.

Old man Wang is the existence of Taishan Beidou level in the domestic radar field, the radar technology of the Republic can quickly catch up with the forefront of the world, the old man has made great contributions, and unceremoniously said that under the conditions of modern warfare, Old Man Wang alone can be worth at least five divisions, and he is a real national treasure-level figure, who dares to be unkind to him? Seeing that the old man was so polite, the general was a little embarrassed.

Mr. Wang is a real scientific researcher, open-minded, and also considerate of others, and understands the urgency of these generals of the Navy for the Z-9Y (AEW): although the Z-9Y (AEW) has been tested several times in the test stage, it is the first time that it has really been exposed in front of the Navy. ”

"The command platform, this is 01, the command platform, this is 01, the plane is in normal condition and can take off at any time."

"Take off with Option One."

"Understood, take off with Plan One!"

As soon as the voice fell, the helicopter slowly lowered the folding fixed wing, the huge rotor made a deafening sound, the next moment, the plane slowly lifted off the ground, slowly rose into the air in a vertical attitude, and when it flew to a certain height, the plane slowly accelerated, and after sinking slightly, the plane flew up smoothly.

"It worked!" At this moment, the admirals of the Navy were all in tears. (To be continued......)