Chapter 506: Computer-Aided Design
Look at whether the radar is advanced, just look at its mode, the more powerful the level of post-processing, the more modes, this point, it can also be seen that the United States is tough, the Tomcat fighter in the seventies, the supporting AWG-9 radar, is already a variety of modes are complete, even multi-target attacks can be, you know how against the sky.
Now, Israel is also tirelessly developing a new generation of radar for its latest fighter jet, after all, they are well aware of the role of electronic superiority in modern warfare.
Of course, they did not expect that the Lion fighter they are now developing with great interest will eventually be aborted for various reasons, and the various subsystems developed for this fighter are on the verge of abandonment, at this time, they did not give up, continued to invest money, developed this EL/M-2035, and manufactured a prototype for flight testing.
That's right, when the Lion fighter first came out, test flights and the like, this radar didn't catch up, in fact, the prototype came out, and the follow-up five or six were only flying avionics, and the others could be counterweighted with lead blocks.
In the end, this radar was not practical, however, Israel did not give up, and on the basis of this radar, the EL / M-2032 radar was developed, which was obviously developed later, but the number was smaller, which is very strange.
The most advanced part of this radar is the use of a modular structure, the module is mainly antennas and transmitters of different sizes, so that it can adapt to different noses, large-size antennas, can be equipped with advanced multi-role fighters such as F-16, and small-size antennas can be stuffed into the MiG-21 air intake cone.
This has puzzled some people, is it possible that the maximum search range of this radar, 150 km, is it possible to put it in the air intake cone of the MiG-21?
That's definitely the data given by the layman, even if it's a phased array radar, it is impossible to have such a long distance, in fact, this is because of the difference in radar antennas, in the MiG-21 air intake cone, at most thirty kilometers, it is impossible to go far.
This radar of later generations was also adopted by the J-7 FS and was installed in the nose of the improved chin air intake.
Now, as soon as Ward said this, Qin Xue was also moved: "Then can we take a look at this radar?" ”
"I'm sorry, this radar is still under development, if you are interested, we can talk about the purchase later." Ward said.
So, it was Qin Xue's turn to sigh, and the other party said for a long time, it turned out that they were going to sell their radar, they were going to develop their own radar, and they would definitely not buy it in large quantities, if they didn't take a complete road of self-development, then even if they bought the radar now, they would still be controlled by others.
"Thank you, Mr. Ward." Qin Xue finally said.
EL/M-2035 is the most advanced radar being developed by the other party, so it is unrealistic to directly ask the other party, and it must be purchased with money, whether it is a finished product or a technology, however, when the other party introduced the research and development of the radar just now, he still said a lot of useful information, so Qin Xue's teacher still did not shout in vain.
No one slept at noon, but everyone was very excited, coming here, seeing a lot of new things, especially in the afternoon, going to see a more advanced equipment.
The LAVI fighter has not yet been manufactured as a prototype, but any fighter must have a prototype when it is developed, even if modern development methods are used.
"What you're entering now is our R&D department." It was still Saraf who led the tour, and when everyone walked in, they felt an atmosphere of scientific research.
What is the development of military aircraft in China? A large space, in which a drawing board is neatly placed, countless draftsmen, on this board drawing, drawing fighter parts one by one, and then send the drawings to the factory, according to the drawings for processing.
When Qin Feng went to visit the 611 Institute, he saw such a scene, Zhang Lijun, Ma Haitao, and they were all such small draftsmen, and later, when surveying and mapping the imitation of the MiG-21MF, it was still such a scene, and everyone was working the drawing board.
But here, it's different, work is underway on the LAVI fighter here, and their development is not on the drawing board, but on the computer!
In fact, such efforts are also being made in China, and the J-7 being developed is the first fighter in China to adopt computer-aided design, but Qin Feng has not been to the research and development site much, and now he is the first time to see the other party using a computer to develop it!
Qin Feng is already very familiar with computers, he has one at home in the test flight institute, Qin Feng's wife Gu Tingting, who uses that computer to write programs, but it is already pediatrics.
On the computer screen here, there are graphics, lines of shape, and, most importantly, three-dimensional!
People are on the computer, enter a command, this three-dimensional graphic began to change direction, just now it is a side view, you can only see a thickness of a thin slice, now turn to the front, you can see that this is a triangular wing, look like that, it should be the main wing.
"When we design, we use computers to carry out, which has a lot of benefits, for example, our wings need to be processed by American suppliers, we only need a small storage medium, copy the design scheme, the other party can process, if you use drawings, you may need a car to install." Salaf continued to introduce everyone.
The designers did not say anything to these visiting guests, they were all in their own positions, concentrating on doing their own things, and if someone looked at them from behind, they would be very calm, what to do.
"Does the factory need to reprint the drawings when it is processing?" Qin Feng couldn't help but ask, his words attracted the attention of a designer, put down the work in his hand, turned his head and glanced at him, and said: "If that's the case, what's the point of us designing on the computer?" Our design products are directly input into their processing computers, and they can be directly produced for us on CNC machines, and the whole process is paperless. ”
All with a computer, there is no need for paper at all! When he heard the other party's words, Qin Feng was shocked again, he couldn't even imagine what kind of scene it was, absolutely modern!