Historically, the Sukhoi Design Bureau has also worked hard to improve the carrier-based version of the Su-27, and in 1982, one year after the first flight of the Su-27 modification in April 1981, the T-10-3 prototype began to conduct ground glide deck take-off and arrest landing tests. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAt this time, the Su-27 still had all sorts of technical problems that had not been overcome, and the work on the modification had already begun.

Although the number of carrier-based aircraft required is not very large, carrier-based aircraft can reflect the strength of the aircraft design bureau, so the Sukhoi design bureau is naturally the best.

Because the Su-27 project was all overturned and restarted, the improvement of the Su-27K also lagged behind for a while, but after the Su-27 was equipped with troops, the modification of the Su-27K was launched.

"We have completed the development of all the projects, including engines to increase thrust, folding wings, strengthening the landing gear, salt protection, improved fire control systems, and now, the Su-27K has flown to Ukraine for experiments in sliding and take-off." Simonov said: "Our Su-27K will definitely be able to catch up with the service of the USS USSR." ”

Simonov was confident.

For example, in order to reduce the area in the aircraft carrier hangar, the wings need to be folded, and in order to withstand the impact of landing, the landing gear needs to be strengthened, and flying at sea, the erosion of salt is very strong, and various treatments need to be done, and after that, because the number of carrier-based aircraft in the Soviet Union is small, it needs to undertake all-round tasks, and the Su-27K not only needs to carry out air supremacy operations, but also needs to mount anti-ship missiles, carry out anti-ship attacks, mount bombs to bomb the ground, and so onIt must be a generalist, so the original fire control system needs to be upgraded to be multi-functional.

And all this requires a significant increase in the weight of the fuselage, and in order to achieve the same performance, it is necessary to increase the thrust of the engine.

These are all necessary improvement measures.

The Mikoyan Design Bureau has experience in improving the MiG-23K, and the progress is fast, and the Sukhoi Design Bureau is also in charge, and the competition between the two design bureaus is quite fierce.

At the same time, Simonov is also very confident that in the competition with the MiG-29K, his own fighter has a greater advantage, because his fighter is a heavy fighter! The space on the aircraft carrier is limited, the number of aircraft that can be carried is small, and its heavy fighters can fly for a longer time, carry more weapons, and the combat effectiveness far exceeds that of the MiG-29.

Moreover, there is also General Andrei in front of him, the best soldier who has risen in recent years, has always had an inexplicable good impression of the Sukhoi Design Bureau, and just now, Andrei personally expressed his support for his plans for a new generation of fighters.

"Great, it seems that I have to find time to go to Ukraine and see the progress of the Su-27K experiment." Andrei said.

The USSR already had a large enough advantage on land, and the next step was the battle at sea, so Andrey was very concerned about the development of the Navy, and the aircraft carrier formation was the top priority.

"Okay, Andrey, if you want to go, we can go together." Ustinov said that as defense minister, Ustinov is also quite concerned about the construction of the navy.

"Of course that's good, but we still have a few places to go before we go to Ukraine." Andrei said.

It is not easy to go back to Moscow, and after the New Year, it is time to go to the Turkestan Military District, and now, in Moscow, Andrey has several places that must be visited.

The first place Andrei went to was the Tikhmilov Instrument-Building Institute, which was the oldest Soviet electronic design institute and at the same time, the most important radar development unit in the Soviet Union.

Here, many Soviet fighter airborne radars were born, and the flat slot radar of Su-27 fighters was also born here. In later generations, passive phased array radars, including the Su-35, also came from here.

However, in the current demand, the passive phased array radar can not meet the needs of future air combat, if you want to talk about passive radar, then the MiG-31 is the use of ferrite phase shifter, quite bulky, at the same time, the performance is not bad, can be used as a small early warning aircraft.

The next generation of fighters needs an active phased array radar! And the most critical thing for active phased array radar is the T/R component!

Passive phased array radar, transmitter or traveling wave tube, through the front ferrite phase shifter, the beam changes phase and radiates out, while active phased array radar, each small unit, is a transmitting/receiving unit, so that more effects can be achieved!

When Andrei and Ustinov and others came here, the first thing they inspected was the progress of the active phased array radar!

"Welcome all leaders to visit our hospital." Dean Kanchelsky said: "At present, the development of our airborne radar, in accordance with the orders of the superiors, is being carried out at an accelerated pace, and there is also the help of some international friends. ”

International friends! Among the developers, some island nationals can be seen, which makes Andrei a little strange, are these guys politically reliable? In case of American agents, the losses of their own side will be great!

"The KGB has been rigorously screened, these people have relatives who died in the last war on the island, they hate the United States, they have high political consciousness, and some of them have joined us Soviet citizenship." Ustinov, apparently knowing better, said to Andrei.

In terms of electronic technology, the island country is very advanced, including the T/R components, which were actually developed in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and now, some of these development teams have come to the Soviet Union from the island country to contribute their own strength to the strength of the Soviet.

Andrei nodded, he seemed to have understood something, these guys have always respected the strong, and in recent years, the United States is gradually losing its international status, and it has been suppressed by the Soviet Union.

"Well, let's talk about the progress of our active phased array radar." Andrei said.

"Please come over here." With Kanchersky leading the way, they came to a general laboratory, and here, the finished product of an airborne radar could already be seen! Several rectangular boxes, inside which are definitely circuits, are filled with various wires, and in front of the box, is a circular radar antenna! It is nearly a meter in diameter, and it is densely covered with protrusions. (To be continued.) )