The money earned by the new-generation aerospace fighter project is secondary, and the total amount of money given to this plan by the higher authorities is only 20 billion yuan, which includes the money for building the first batch of four fighters!

The profit is good, but the biggest attraction for Xinyuan is the advantage after being a defense contractor.

Xinyuan will obtain a huge aerospace license, which is larger than some national units, and can manufacture any level of aircraft and spacecraft on its own, and test flights in the demarcated airspace without formalities.

In addition, commercial operations can also go through internal channels to issue licenses and licenses, and establish a connection with the national talent system, which has far exceeded the scope of ordinary enterprises.

That's the reward for participating in cutting-edge engineering, not much money, but more useful than money.

Lin Ju himself sat with Xinyuan's senior management and the main R&D personnel of the Shenlong Project, listening to the ideas brought by Guo Shen.

Lin Ju noticed that most of these R&D personnel were in their thirties, and they were obviously the best scientific researchers in the country, and maybe they all had a system A level.

It's a pity that there is no A-level skill card in the system mall, and if you can have A-level or above engineers under your own hands, it is estimated that they are all national treasures.

B+ engineer Guo Shen is standing at the front at the moment, telling his views on the Shenlong plan:

"IMHO, the Shenlong project was unqualified from the very beginning, the volume and weight were too small, and there was no actual combat value at all"

This was very polite, but no one at the scene stood up to refute it, and only a few people expressed some dissatisfaction.

Because this is a fact, the Shenlong Project actually has no combat capability.

Its 8-ton body can only perform some reconnaissance missions, and if it wants to carry weapons, then the size and weight are very small, and carrying ordinary missiles is not worthy of its positioning at all, and if you want to use nuclear bombs, then why not use ballistic missiles directly?

But the Shenlong program is not without an attack system, it is designed to attack enemy satellites and spacecraft with lasers, but the power required is very large, the launcher cannot be stuffed into the narrow body at all, and the power system does not know how to solve it......

Strictly speaking, Shenlong is only a pioneer, this is the consensus of everyone.

Fortunately, Guo Shen didn't chatter endlessly about the Shenlong plan, and turned around and posted his PPT:

"'Snow Bird' manned hypersonic vehicle near space:

With a length of 42 meters, a wingspan of 19 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 74 tons, and four combined power turbofan-ramjet WCR-09 engines, with a maximum speed of Mach 10, it can fly to adjacent space, with a combat altitude of 52,000 meters and a range of 30,000 kilometers.

With a bomb load of 12 tons, it can carry hypersonic missiles or change the bomb bay into an energy supply device, carry laser weapons, and attack satellites in low earth orbit! ”

Guo Shen introduced the parameters in one breath, released the imaginary diagram, and finally did not forget to add:

"Don't think this is an exaggeration, the power system WCR-09 turbofan-scramble engine is in its final stages and will soon be finalized."

Base Researcher: "......"

Dou Ping: "......"

Dou Ping looked at Lin Ju, who was still at ease, coughed lightly and said to Guo Shen:

"Chief Master Guo, it's not that we doubt it, but whether the indicators of the snow bird are a little ...... Too ahead of its time? The world's highest flight altitude is 26,000 meters for the SR71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, and the Snow Bird is twice as high as it, and it can reach 10 times the speed of sound, which is really unbelievable. ”

Another researcher also spoke:

"You're also working on a combined power engine? Or scrambling? How many kN of thrust? ”

Guo Shen: "It can continue to output 90KN, and it is not a big problem to expand the thrust a little more, the original progress is already very high, the prototype has been manufactured, and it is not far from practicality, which is part of the Xinyuan Future Aerospace Aircraft Program." ”

Since the opening of the mall, Xinyuan has carried out research on a number of projects, one of which is the aerospace aircraft.

However, this project is not a high priority, after all, the reusable rocket has reduced the cost enough, and the aerospace plane is not as sci-fi as the NAPE spacecraft XN90.

It's just that now in order to participate in the military's plans, it is just a matter of re-mentging.

Dou Ping and the base researchers gasped, they only knew that Xinyuan was very powerful in aerospace, but they didn't expect that the aircraft in the atmosphere had gone so far.

There are three major difficulties in hypersonic vehicles: design, materials, and power.

The design is good, even if you don't have a genius in aircraft design, you can optimize it by blowing a little bit in the wind tunnel; In many cases, the cost is too high or there are other problems, and power has always been the biggest problem in the research of Huaguo aircraft.

But I'll tell you first, I've already done the hardest part of motivation......

Dou Ping and a group of researchers finally experienced the treatment that only foreign counterparts had before: first design the aircraft according to the engine, instead of having the design and waiting for the engine to wait until the project is yellow.

After a long time, someone finally said:

"We are responsible for the design part, so you can rest assured that we can leave it to us, and the body materials will be cooperated by both parties. At this speed, only specially marked steel and titanium alloys can withstand it.

Snow Bird ...... We've used this code name too, so let's think it's a rebirth, her stats are so beautiful that they remind me of the Goddess of Dawn. ”

The goddess of dawn, the hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft developed by Ami after the SR71, is claimed to be designed to fly up to Mach 8 at 30,000 meters, but with the collapse of the alliance and no follow-up, only a few imaginary pictures are revealed.

The index of the Snow Bird is higher than that of the Goddess of Dawn, but the latter in front of it does not seem so exaggerated, but it is also in line with the imagination of the future high-speed fighter.

The development of fighter aircraft was like a circle, at first propeller planes competed for maneuverability, and later with the emergence of the theory of energy air combat began to develop to high altitude and high speed, reaching its peak in the jet age.

Those second-generation aircraft and interceptors can casually fly twice the speed of sound and more than 20,000 meters, but in the era of third-generation aircraft, because of the maturity of missiles, the requirements for speed and altitude have been reduced, and maneuverability has begun to be emphasized.

When the fourth, fifth, and sixth generation aircraft arrived, all countries invariably developed at high altitudes and at high speeds, and even competed for space.

"What about low-earth orbit? Although the Snow Bird can theoretically attack satellites with lasers, there are too many variables, and we still need orbiters. ”

Guo Shen: "Then use the unmanned version of the H1, such a large space is abundant, you can stay in space for several years, and you can also use the space station to refuel and repair."

By the way, we have one condition. ”

Lin Ju, who was sitting, was shocked, and he couldn't hold back his doubts and didn't express a shocked expression, he didn't talk to Guo Shen about any conditions.

Dou Ping: "It's not that we will meet the excessive conditions, this is also a normal business behavior." ”

Guo Shen: "We want laser technology. ”

(End of chapter)