Chapter 697: Ericsson's Eye and Stirling's AIP System
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Among the personnel accompanying him, because they mainly came to negotiate the active Sky Flash project, in addition to the experts who negotiated, there were missile technicians of the Air Force who were involved in this program, and there were very few people in the army and navy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info≦≧ However, Hekmatt still feels that this is an opportunity!
What is Iraq most lacking? It's not money, it's something that can be bought, especially the production line, he seems to regret it a little now, if from the beginning, Iraq cooperated with Sweden, then, I'm afraid, there are already many projects that are going to bear fruit, the Americans always love to release pigeons, the British hold the thighs of the United States, and always dig holes for Iraq, the French are very enthusiastic, but, to start the price, it is absolutely ruthless, Soviet weapons, Lord Qusay does not look down on electronic equipment, and Sweden, just fill these gaps.
Even the people of the whole country have tightened their belts and introduced the projects that should be introduced. Of course, this is just a statement, Iraq is backed by two billionaires, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and has crude oil from Khuzestan Province, Iraq's economy has developed greatly, and besides, Iraq has been developing its military industry, and it is not completely only input, and Iraq will still turn into the ranks of major arms exporters. ≦≧
While reporting to China, Hikmatt also extended his trip to Sweden, and he needed to see more places, gather more things that Iraq needed, and report to His Excellency Qusay before deciding on the projects to be introduced.
"You have so far been the country that attaches the most importance to the equipment of the Air Force, and now you are using the early warning aircraft imported from the British side, which has played a major role in your air combat. But. This kind of early warning aircraft is only the result of the expansion of ordinary airborne radar, and it has various disadvantages. Therefore, you need more technologically advanced AWACS aircraft. Scherer, who was with Hekmat, said.
If it's Cusai himself, then. It is certain that the Swedes are going to sell Iraq their efforts on AWACS, which is later popularly known as the balance beam, and now the Ericsson Eye early warning system.
AWACS aircraft, this multiplier of air combat forces, has attracted the attention of more and more countries, but, until now, countries that have been able to develop AWACS aircraft. There are only a handful of ≦≧, and the United States has the most and the most mature technology. Soviet. It has also developed to the second generation, the air police No. 1 of the eastern power. But he died without a problem. The British Fan Hunt AWACS aircraft was finally taken over by the Iraqi side and blossomed in a foreign country.
Sweden needs to be in the national situation and is also eager for early warning aircraft, but Sweden is a small country, and it is obviously inappropriate to follow the path of the United States and the Soviet Union, and Sweden needs a cost-effective small early warning system.
Since the beginning of the 80s, Ericsson Microwave Systems has set out to develop airborne early warning radar systems, and directly skips the early stage of the development of early warning aircraft in countries such as the United States and the Soviet Union, such as traditional airborne surveillance radars and even passive phased array radars, etc., and directly starts with airborne active phased array radars.
Ordinary radar scans the surroundings by rotating the antenna, while phased array radar uses a "phase shifter" to realize the rotation of the radar beam, and controls the direction change of the radar beam with electricity when the antenna is not moving, which is also called electrical scanning. ≦≧ passive phased array radar has only one central transmitter and one receiver, the high-frequency energy generated by the transmitter is automatically distributed to each radiator of the antenna array by the computer, and the target reflection signal is amplified by the receiver in a unified manner, and each radiator of the active phased array radar is equipped with a transmitting/receiving component, and each component can generate and receive electromagnetic waves by itself, so it has greater advantages than passive phased array radar in terms of bandwidth, signal processing and redundancy design. This single component is an insurmountable chasm that lies in front of all radar experts, and in this regard, the United States is not advanced enough.
Ericsson is one of the world's most famous electronics companies, in which a huge amount of energy has been invested, and until now, a breakthrough has been made in the main technology, the FSR-890 "Ericsson Eye" airborne active phased array early warning radar, has been called out. In later generations, this airborne active phased array early warning radar successfully conducted air tests at the end of 1985. At the 1986 Paris Air Show, the PS-890 "Ericsson Eye" radar made its first public appearance. The Swedish Air Force used the American "Metro" transport aircraft as a platform and modified the "Metro"-3 air early warning aircraft. This was the first AWACS aircraft in Swedish history, and later, the Saab 340 transport aircraft was selected as the fuselage and converted into a Hundred-Eyed AWACS aircraft. ≦≧
Sweden is a small country, but it can have great achievements in all aspects, and their defense industry model has a lot to do with it, their neutral foreign policy, can allow them to absorb all kinds of foreign capital, as long as it is not similar to the bearded Ben that is wanted by the world, you can interact with Sweden, now, the Middle East is a rich country, and is very brave to try new technologies, Sweden threw out its own early warning system, hoping to win investment from Iraq, Iraq can spend so much money to buy the British Fan early warning aircraft, and can invest in Sweden's active sky flash missiles that have not yet completed the development, then, this kind of active phased array radar, it is estimated that Iraq will be more interested, at present, attracting funds to Iraq, can make this kind of early warning system, can enter the practical stage earlier, the two sides cooperation win-win, Scheler has a great degree of certainty, won the favor of the Iraqi side.
"Really? Do you also have an AWACS project? Hikmat said with great interest, at this time, he had not recovered from the project he had just inspected.
"Yes, our AWACS aircraft are more advanced than the United States and the Soviet Union, and the early warning technology we use is an active phased array radar, which is a new type of radar, and at present, the United States has not made a breakthrough. ≦≧," Scherer said. "If you're interested, our next place to visit will be Ericsson."
"Yes, we're very interested." Hikmat said.
Inspect it, eat and live for free, and you can also take some of their introductions to these projects before leaving, so that you can bring back some credentials when you report to your Excellency Qusay, in case your Excellency Qusay is very interested, so that you will not be empty-handed. However, the Swedish side obviously misunderstood, thinking that it would be better for Iraq to invest in these projects, and they would spare no effort to introduce to the Iraqi side, for example, the specific performance of these weapons and equipment.
Hekmat is a layman, it does not mean that his entourage is all laymen, and when they heard the active phased array radar, they were moved. And the project just inspected excited the only representative of the Navy, and this representative of the Navy was Mustafa, the captain of the TR-1700 submarine in Iraq.
The project I just saw is called the Stirling AIP system!
Since the birth of the submarine, it has become a killer hidden underwater, lurking under dark water, relying on its own sonar to listen to everything on the sea, using torpedoes to launch its own attack, and becoming a killer at the bottom of the sea.
However, this killer has a fatal heel, under water, it can only rely on batteries to provide power, because the energy provided by batteries is limited, even if it is low-speed sailing, it can only last for a few days, if it is high-speed sailing, one or two hours, it will consume all the electricity.
Therefore, conventional submarines need to float to at least the depth of the snorkel every certain time, ignite the diesel engine they carry, and charge the battery, and at this time, it is the most dangerous time for the submarine.
The exception is nuclear submarines, which, on their own almost unlimited power, can sail underwater all the time. However, not all countries can be equipped with nuclear submarines, first of all, nuclear submarines are not sold out, and all countries build their own use, and secondly, even if they can be bought, the high price and maintenance costs are not something that ordinary countries can afford.
Therefore, most countries use conventional submarines.
It is impossible for Sweden to equip nuclear submarines, so they have embarked on a unique path of their own, researching an underwater auxiliary power system, that is, the Stirling AIP system, which is a unique closed-cycle hybrid system, mainly composed of two V4-275R Stirling engines, several cryogenic liquid oxygen cabinets and their control equipment. The Stirling engine is a V-type 4-cylinder external combustion engine, and the main components are a heater, a pressurized combustion chamber, an annular recuperator, a cooler and a cylinder block. During operation, the oxygen from the liquid oxygen chamber and the fuel from the fuel tank are injected into the pressurized combustion chamber respectively, ignited by the hot wire ignition plug, and the starter motor drives the crankshaft to rotate to do work, so as to establish a working cycle and provide continuous power for the submarine, with a total power of 150 kilowatts. The Stirling AIP system runs smoothly, has low vibration, is safe and reliable, has a high thermal efficiency rate, low exhaust pollution, low failure rate and long service life. In addition to the 75 kilowatts required for the normal lighting, electronic equipment and living facilities on the boat, the remaining 75 kilowatts of energy can be used to propel the submarine, so that the submarine with a displacement of about 1,500 tons can obtain an underwater speed of about 6 knots, and can maintain the speed for 15 consecutive days.
To put it simply, this system is an external combustion engine that can carry out work underwater by adding liquid oxygen and fuel oil, so that it can continue to generate power until it runs out of fuel and accelerant.
When he heard these data, Mustafa's eyes lit up, and he had already made up his mind that when he returned, he would definitely report to His Excellency Qusay, hoping to equip such a system. Because this system can not only be applied to new submarines, but also can be retrofitted to old submarines. However, the last thing the Swedes said was that the system was still in the final stages of development, and if Iraq was willing to join the programme, it would be tested on submarines at the latest next year.