Chapter 843: The Air Force Places an Order
Looking back on the past, Jian-10 has gone too long a distance, and has faced premature death several times, but fortunately, with the support of a large number of generals such as General Lin, it has finally come to the present, and now everyone is carrying out the final attack and conducting test flights of various subjects, but there is still half a year before the test flight is completed.
Now, the Air Force can't wait and has decided to procure!
Before placing an order, come to the test flight base to see how these aircraft are flying and get an idea of the progress.
Now, Qin Feng was shocked by this huge surprise, what did it mean? It means that the Air Force generals recognize the J-10!
At the beginning, the Su-27 was introduced, and many generals were saying that as long as the Su-27, don't destroy the ten, what now? I have proved the significance of the J-10 with practical actions, in many places, it is more advanced than the Su-27 and more suitable for the needs of the Air Force, so the Air Force has gone through repeated demonstrations and finally can't wait.
This is simply a record, and before all the test flight tasks have been completed, the order is about to be placed!
When he returned to the conference room, the expressions on everyone's faces were very excited, Song Lao was even more smiling, and his hair was already all gray, for this plane, Song Lao had fought for more than 20 years, and now, it was finally time to blossom and bear fruit.
"Now, we have four prototypes flying together, the basic flight envelope has been flown up, and there are some difficult subjects left, such as the test flight of the maximum watch speed, etc., in terms of avionics, the most important thing is to shoot targets with live ammunition, in short, most of the J-10 has been formed, and the final changes required are also very small." Song Lao said: "If you want to place an order, our factory can start to enter the pre-production period now, and after the airframe is produced, the avionics test flight will be over, and when it is delivered to the troops, it should be in full state." ”
Although the Air Force has begun to place orders now, it will take a period of time from the order to the final production of fighters, and during this time, all kinds of subjects have been tested and flown off, so there will be no technical defects when the Air Force places orders now.
"Now, in addition to the engine, we can produce the rest, so if you want to mass-produce this fighter, you also need to import a batch of engines from Russia." Song Lao continued.
Looking back now, you can find how wise it was to choose to use the third aunt as the driving force, even if it was quite reluctant at the time and felt that there were all kinds of problems, but now, the facts have proved that if there was no third aunt, it would not be possible to have the current Jianten.
Because of the turbofan ten engine, there is no shadow yet, relying on such an engine, it is absolutely impossible.
The third aunt doesn't have this problem, and it has successfully made Jianshi come out.
"Yes, we are negotiating with the Russian side and intend to order the first batch of three hundred AL-31FN engines." General Lin said.
Although they are all called three aunts, there are still specific details that are different, such as the change of double engine to single engine, and the position of the receiver have been greatly changed, so the engine prepared for the J-11 cannot be used on the J-10, and must be specially ordered.
300 units, which means that the Air Force will order 200 Jian-10 fighters in the first batch!
Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed, the J-7 fighter did not have such a good treatment at the beginning, it would be good to be able to buy fifty and fifty planes, and now, the J-11 will start with two hundred!
The Air Force can't wait, the surrounding countries are rapidly mastering the third-generation aircraft, especially India in the south, which already has a huge MiG-29 fleet and ordered the Su-30, and its own side must quickly expand its own aircraft group, but the progress of the J-11 produced in the north is too slow, the localization rate is too low, and the price is too expensive, so we can only start from here and rapidly expand the formation of the Air Force's third-generation aircraft, so as to be able to protect the motherland's airspace more effectively.
Of course, ordering these 300 units, it does not mean that the output of J-10 is only so much, this is just the initial model, and when this batch of production is completed, maybe the turbofan ten will be successful, and at that time, J-10 can be replaced with turbofan ten, J-11 can also be replaced with turbofan ten, and the fighter can be fully 100% localized, which has more important significance, once faced with war, do not worry about the source of parts being limited.
"Okay, then I'll go back to Chengdu in the near future to coordinate the production of the J-10 fighter, and at the same time, I can also take a look at the production of our Thunder." Song Lao said.
Song Lao was originally planning to go back, but now it happens to be a double happiness.
Thunder Dragon? Qin Guan has been testing the J-10 in the past few years, and he doesn't know much about other projects, and now, listening to this model, he feels a little unfamiliar.
"Xiaolong, it's Super Seven, we're producing the first prototype." Song Lao said: "Qin Feng, do you want to go back and complete the first flight of this plane?" ”
Super Seven! Like J-10, Super Seven has also gone through hardships, Qin Feng heard Song Lao's introduction, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, from the initial simple change to J-7, to the later Grumman Company's major change, and then to the twists and turns, the West stopped cooperating, Pakistan withdrew, and they have come step by step to the present, and finally, the Super Seven has also been created.
The aviation industry has risen!
Seeing Qin Feng's excited appearance, Song Lao was also full of emotion, Xiaolong was able to come to this point, and his steps were equally difficult, even if it was this prototype, it was also going through twists and turns.
Before the new millennium, Lao Pakistan had already signed a super seven contract with China, however, the follow-up progress was not smooth, the engine used the Russian RD33 engine, and it was rumored that India would put pressure on Russia to give up exports, and later, because Lao Pakistan detonated the mushroom bomb and ushered in international sanctions, the Western avionics they expected could not be provided at all.
Seeing that this plan is about to come to naught, Chengdu can't sit still, facing the long, meaningless avionics negotiations, lobbying, Chengdu proposed two new plans: either first develop a flight platform that does not consider avionics, anyway, the sanctions must have a time limit, and it will take a certain amount of time to develop, and when the aircraft flies, maybe the sanctions will end; Either choose between the avionics currently available in the country, or you can choose a subset of Russian equipment, neither of which will be affected by the sanctions.
In this way, the prototype without avionics has entered the fast lane, and with the experience of the J-10, it is more efficient to build the Thunder, and now, the prototype is already being built.