During World War II, a design bureau with dozens of people was able to design an aircraft independently, but in the era of jets after World War II, it was necessary to have a team of hundreds of people. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info, especially stealth machines, require countless resources to be manufactured.

Even the United States, which has deep pockets, cannot undertake the development task of a new generation of stealth aircraft alone, and in the end it is Lockheed and Northrop? Grumman was selected for demonstration/verification, and the two prototypes for the final flight test, the American YF-22 and YF-23 fighters. At the time, Lockheed, General Dynamics and Boeing had reached an agreement that if only one company's design was chosen, the remaining companies would join the program to develop an advanced tactical fighter. Northrop and McDonnell Douglas have signed similar agreements.

The aviation technology of the United States is quite developed, and in order to develop a new generation of fighters, it is necessary for several companies to work together, and if the Soviets want to develop advanced new fighters in a short period of time, cooperation between various design bureaus is also imperative.

But when Andrei came up with this plan, he found out that he was indeed wrong, and he underestimated the competition between the various design bureaus within the Soviets!

"Andre, this proposal of yours, we need to consider it carefully." "Now there is fierce competition between the various design bureaus in order to promote the development of our aviation technology, and if there is no competition, no matter if any design bureau wins, the other will be able to get the corresponding task, which is not good for the competition," Ustinov said. ”

"Yes, General Andrei, our Mikoyan Design Bureau, as one of the oldest design bureaus in the Soviet Union, has designed many advanced fighters, and the strength of our design bureau is strong, and we can undertake the development of a new generation of fighters alone." The chief engineer of the Mikoyan Design Bureau also said.

Andrei was suddenly embarrassed, in later generations, as a pilot, he knew a little about the planes of all countries in the world, and even more so about the Soviet fighters, he remembered quite clearly that the MiG-1.44, as a new generation of Soviet fighters, was not actually completed independently by the Mikoyan Design Bureau. Because the bureaucratic system of scientific research units in the Soviet Union at that time and the dispersion of research units made scientific research very inefficient, and it was unable to cope with the large and advanced plans of the fifth-generation aircraft, which also caused the dispersion of funds. Moreover, the development of systems and equipment for fifth-generation fighters is also a complex matter, and the cost and complexity of the work of research and development are increasing. In order to reduce the risk and get new fighters out as quickly as possible, the Soviet Union established a "joint research and development program" in 1983 to jointly develop new systems and technologies for all classes of fifth-generation aircraft, which can also improve interaction between agencies and ministries, curb bureaucracy, and maximize efficiency.

This plan was well received, and the fact that Mikoyan's chief designer, Belyakov, was very supportive, and that the top leaders of the Soviet Ministry of Defense and industry included it in the five-year economic development plan, which shows the importance of it.

And now, why is this joint plan proposed by himself so unimportant? Could it be because of his own intervention that the situation has changed dramatically?

Andrei had a flash of inspiration in his mind, he seemed to have made a mistake, if he wanted to unite the Sukhoi Design Bureau and the Mikoyan Design Bureau, it would be absolutely impossible, it could only be like later generations, the Mikoyan Design Bureau could not open the pot and was merged into the Sukhoi Design Bureau, otherwise, how could these two giants be subservient!

The twisted melon is not sweet.

It is not the individual aircraft design bureaus that are united, but the subordinate units, such as the Saturn Design Bureau, which produces the AL41 engine, the Tikhmilov Instrument Research Institute, which produces radars, and so on.

"This, I retract what I just said, in order to develop our fifth-generation fighters, we need the full cooperation of various departments, and I propose that our aircraft design bureau, engine design bureau, avionics design bureau and other units form a joint department to fully develop the systems and equipment of our fifth-generation aircraft and coordinate the overall progress." "The stakes are high in the development of fifth-generation aircraft, and we can't afford to lag behind because we can't catch up with the progress of a certain department, especially the engine and avionics departments," Andrei said. ”

Andrei's proposal, this time, made everyone's eyes shine, especially several aircraft designers.

Their biggest headache is that the progress of the subsystem can't catch up, for example, Simonov, when developing the Su-27, the engine can't catch up with the progress, and they have to use the backward turbojet engine to test the flight first, and the radar development can't catch up with the progress, if it weren't for the advanced electronic technology obtained from the island country later, I'm afraid that their Su-27 will have to carry a heavy inverted antenna to the sky!

For the new generation of fighters, the final performance is not only the efforts of fighter manufacturers, but also depends on other departments, such as the new engine, what level can be achieved, whether the thrust-to-weight ratio can achieve more than 10 design indicators, and whether the thrust can reach 20 tons, are all crucial, such as the avionics department, whether it can come up with a comprehensive integrated fire control system, which is also very important!

"I approve of General Andrei's proposal." This time, Belyakov spoke first.

"I also agree with Andrei's proposal." Ustinov said: "Andrey, the top head of this joint department, it seems that you are the most suitable. ”

Myself? Andrei shook his head: "No, I still have to be in charge of the affairs of the military region, I'm afraid I can't be busy, let's choose a new suitable candidate." ”

If you don't command the military district, Andrei really likes this position, it's a pity ...

"Well, this matter needs to be discussed at the next meeting, which is our focus and needs to be included in the five-year plan." Ustinov said.

The meeting was basically over, and after the meeting ended, Andrei stopped Simonov.

"Comrade Simonov, how is our carrier-based aircraft project going?" Andrei asked Simonov.

In the field of fighters, the Sukhoi Design Bureau and the Mikoyan Design Bureau have always been in competition, thanks to the experience accumulated on the MiG-23K, and now, the MiG-29K of the Mikoyan Design Bureau has already made experimental flights on aircraft carriers, and also participated in the last operation. And the Sukhoi Design Bureau has just sent the basic version of the Su-27 to the troops, and the improvement of the Su-27K is being carried out intensively. (To be continued.) )